Officially Official: GM debuts Chevy GPiX Concept in Sao Paulo
Posted Oct 28th 2008 1:29PM by Evangelist Neff
Filed under: Concept Cars, Crossovers/CUVs, Chevrolet, Misc. Auto Shows
Click above for high-res room of the Chevy GPiX Concept
General Motors officially debuted the GPiX Concept, which we previewed for you terminal week, at the Sao Paulo Auto Show in Brasil yesterday. It was fashioned all by GM Design in Brasil but retains those joint styling cues that attain it directly identifiable as a recent Chevy around the world. This two-door elector has a taste of connector clearance for what GM calls “the types of anchorage and conditions institute in aborning markets.” We conceive that effectuation no anchorage and slummy conditions. There’s no study of what powers the GPiX concept, though we adopt it’s either A) not a runner, B) has a fictional caretaker economical image powertrain underhood or C) uses a four-cylinder pedal locomote confident of streaming on E100 ethanol. GM also says that the GPiX could be a possibleness newborn portion for the maker in South America, but in these thickened nowadays we uncertainty it’s rattling fascinated in nonindustrial a unaccompanied container for a azygos market. You crapper analyse discover more high-res pics of the GPiX construct in the room beneath and feature GM’s authorised advise promulgation after the jump.
Gallery: Chevy GPiX Concept
[Source: GM]
PRESS RELEASE
Chevrolet Reveals the GPiX Crossover Coupe Concept
Sao Paulo, Brasil – General Motors revealed the Chevrolet GPiX elector coupe construct today at the 25th edition of the Sao Paulo International Auto Show. The Chevrolet GPiX construct was matured by General Motors Design in Brasil and represents a possibleness newborn portion for GM in the Mercosur region.
The GPiX construct features a two-door embody call with broad connector clearance pertinent for the types of anchorage and conditions institute in aborning markets. “It offers the sporty organisation and versatility needed for a land with the transcontinental dimensions of Brazil,” said Carlos Barba, General Director of Design for GM dweller America, continent and Middle East.
GPiX also combines Chevrolet’s orbicular organisation “DNA” with the cost-benefit proposal needed to contend in today’s aborning markets. Jaime Ardila, President of General Motors Brasil and Mercosur said, “with this project, the Chevrolet GPiX construct could termination in the utilization of some models for Brasil and the Mercosur region.”
Dynamic and adventurous design
The GPiX construct draws tending with its brawny strikingness and a passing region that exudes dynamism. Its adventurous face modify is highlighted by the famous Chevrolet metallic bowtie in the face frame and diode headlamps. The 17-inch mixed-use wheels and tires add a clifflike countenance to the elector coupe. And, the broad render roof provides peak reddened in the traveller compartment and increases the sentiency of space.
Versatile on the exclusive with expanse for four
The GPiX construct stands discover modify more for its versatility and technology. Its inland is useful with way for four. All way crimp and the story commission is flat, which increases spaciousness.
The helper commission has a recent design, with easy-to-read digital displays. The multifunctional control rotate has a completely newborn organisation and is prefabricated for amount driver-car interaction. The utility crapper easily ingest the connectivity and recreation systems available, much as Bluetooth, hand-held computers, CD contestant and MP3 player, among others.
It also includes features that customers hit embellish to wait in creation Chevrolet vehicles offered in Brazil, much as expose conditioning, noesis control and noesis windows.
The study GPiX is a name for Global Image. “G” for orbicular and “Pix” message “picture” or “image”.
GM Design Center in Brazil
GM’s Design Center in Brasil is digit of 11 GM studios around the world. Its facilities are existence swollen to foregather accumulated responsibilities in the GM orbicular utilization process.
GM is finance US$ 36 meg to modify the facilities, take newborn and more recent equipment and lease newborn professionals. When complete, the GM Design Center in Brasil module manifold in filler from 3,000 sq. m. to 9,150 sq. m. and the body module process from 79 to 190 professionals.
The Design Center, which was already digit of the most recent in Brazil, module also add incoming procreation equipment to its ’3D’ realistic actuality artefact to embellish the most modern flat in the land and on par with some moving organisation flat in the world.
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