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The 11 GM Global Design Centers
February 23rd, 2008, 2:48am by Ryan - 0 Comments
Photo Credit: GM Design
Bryan Nesbitt, GM’s Vice President of Design in North America has recently provided Saab History with his wonderful presentation that he showed at the Boston Auto Show back in November of 2007 during the 2008 9-3 Turbo-X Launch.
I have decided to provide this information over time, beginning with this post that includes the visual above that illustrates the 11 Global Design Centers of General Motors.
Out of these design centers, as far as Saab Automobile is concerned, the Pixbo Design Center in Molnlycke, Sweden just outside of Göteborg as well as the GM Europe Design Center in Russelheim, Germany are where the future Saab products are designed today.
These two design centers work together in concert with all of the members that comprise the Saab Brand Center also in Sweden to best communicate that design language in all of the right places.
It is also interesting to note that I have discovered while visiting the GM Heritage Center in Michigan, that besides their archives for Saab Automobile, each of these design centers have their own archives as well. It would be nice to find out whether either the Pixbo or the GM Europe Design center archives, happen to have Sixten Sason’s and Rolf Melde’s original drawings and engineering blueprints for the first SAAB 92 on hand.
A very special thank you to Bryan Nesbitt as well as the staff at the GM Design Center in North America for sharing this material with us here. This presentation many of us enjoyed back at Boston was just too good to not share with the readers on Saab History. I hope this posting provides some clarity in terms of where Saab Automobile’s design process takes place within General Motors, globally.
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