Larry Shinoda, Designer of the Ford Mustang Boss 302
Source: From the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide.
Larry Shinoda brought to Ford a sense of no-nonsense car-guy cool. His work on the 1969 and 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 is all the evidence that statement requires.
Ford Vice President of Design Eugene Bordinat gave the always-outspoken Shinoda his [...]

Larry Shinoda—Car Enthusiast,  Student at Art Center. His first time at Ford, then Packard, and then GM Styling.
His time at Ford, White Motors, and as an independent designer will be featured in Part 2.
More information about the Monza GT, including the brochure, is under the GM Brochures link.
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Andy Hansel and Brian Wuerker cartoons, stories, and quotes from the “heartbeat of the industry.”
When Jerry Hirschberg left for Nissan Design in 1980, Andy Hansel christened his departure with this depiction of Jerry as a full-fledged Samurai.
The studio movie. In the late fall of 1979, Jerry made an 8mm movie in the studio that was [...]

Glass is in, or bubble tops made a comeback.
According to Automotive News, January 4, 1988, GM’s ‘Image’ Cars (Buick Sceptre/Lucerne, Pontiac Banshee, Chevrolet Venture, SRV-1, GMC Centaur, and Cadillac Voyage) were to be featured at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (like the Motoramas of old) in a show entitled, “GM Teamwork and Technology for Today and [...]