I went in a hole looking Corvettes Wikipedia recently. I do not remember exactly how I got there (anyone never remember how they ended up in a hole Wikipedia?), But it does give me the opportunity to remember Chevrolet Engineering search vehicles (CERVs) GM - a series of concept cars mainly based on Vettes that lasted more than three decades from 1959 to 1993.
above is a complication of b-roll images of CERV III, which began in 1990 as an engineering exercise bleeding-edge: it had a carbon fiber chassis, titanium and aluminum; four wheels; an active suspension system capable of jumping over bumps on the road; electronically controlled all-wheel drive; and a twin-turbo V-8 pushing 650 horsepower. (650 sounds almost banal in 2016, but it was almost science fiction in 1990.)
A navigation system, unusual for 1990
as cool as the exterior and powertrain CERV III, however, the interior is nuts. There was an integrated navigation system, for example. In 1990! (Go to 2:38 in the video to see it in action.) The vehicle had two center-mounted graphical displays, two decades before this kind of technology has become commonplace. And then there was the crazy center console, which has 21 toggle switches on my own, in addition to a four-way d-pad. I have no clue foggy that you could need 21 switches, but I do know we live in a world where we do not usually get a lot, and it's a shame .
So go, take in the fresh button we could have filled another car got reality, GM engineers have their way.
