adoldfield Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Stunning Avista concept wins a top design award tonight in Detroit: http://media.buick.com/media/us/en/buick/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2016/Jan/0112-eyesondesign.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 This is NEAT! This is recognition for those involved that they did a great job. And . . . it generates another trophy for the trophy case that many can show with pride. NOW . . . to get it into production!!!!! NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) Knowing GM, it will only remain a 'concept'; not unlike that 2003 Cadillac Sixteen. If we do see a production version, first thing it's going to lose is that gorgeous pillarless styling. Craig Edited January 15, 2016 by 8E45E (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I tend to agree on the pillarless styling being a victim of side impact crash ratings. But perhaps there COULD be a way around that! When the car is immobile, a retractable support/reinforcement could be lowered to maintain that styling. When the car is started, it would raise and index with the roof rail, not unlike the "deployed" roll bar on some Mercedes convertibles not long ago, which "sprung into action" when sensors detected a coming roll-over event. BUT it would have to be "fail safe" and un-hackable! The original Camaro4 (current Alpha platform car is Camaro5) show car was un-pillared, too, but was pillared with deep tinted quarter windows in production, as was the latest Dodge Challenger. Such INNOVATION could lead to lots of BUZZ about General Motors products, that "halo effect". Might even provide the technology for a return of 4-door hardtops, too??? We've got pyrotechnic seat belts which fire a charge to tighten the belt with the air bags deploy, so why not something similar, but less involved, for a variable-height B-pillar?? NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I tend to agree on the pillarless styling being a victim of side impact crash ratings. But perhaps there COULD be a way around that! Bentley, Mercedes Benz, and Rolls Royce currently offer true pillarless hardtops. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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