GM’s Top 10 Production Cars
General Motors has been digging through its archives to name its top ten production cars
As it preps for its one-hundredth anniversary celebration in a few weeks, General Motors has been digging through its archives to name its top ten production cars built in its history.
There are some familiar names on the list — maybe you’ve heard of the Corvette or the Chevy Bel Air? Other choices are a little more esoteric, like the 1927 LaSalle, and some seem like kudos thrown to various parts of the GM empire for political reasons — we’re talking about the influential-but-maybe-not-earth-shattering Saab 92 here, reported carconnection.com.
There are some familiar names on the list — maybe you’ve heard of the Corvette or the Chevy Bel Air? Other choices are a little more esoteric, like the 1927 LaSalle, and some seem like kudos thrown to various parts of the GM empire for political reasons — we’re talking about the influential-but-maybe-not-earth-shattering Saab 92 here, reported carconnection.com.
1964 Pontiac GTO:
They call this one the first muscle car, and they may be right — it’s a lot more clear than, say, the “first rock-n-roll record” or the “first person to predict Amy Winehouse’s current state of disablement.” The “Goat” started life as a Tempest, and stirred a tempest that still reverbs at GM today in the form of the 2010 Camaro and the ‘09 Corvette ZR1.
They call this one the first muscle car, and they may be right — it’s a lot more clear than, say, the “first rock-n-roll record” or the “first person to predict Amy Winehouse’s current state of disablement.” The “Goat” started life as a Tempest, and stirred a tempest that still reverbs at GM today in the form of the 2010 Camaro and the ‘09 Corvette ZR1.