Stay updated with breaking news from Leo pruneau. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Sun, surf and... sex, Australia's panel van culture once rocked our beaches drive.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from drive.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Leo Pruneau, a car designer behind Holdens of the 1970s and 1980s, has blamed computers for producing dull cars A designer behind some of Australia s most recognisable Holdens has blamed computers for today s dull cars - with SUVs slammed for all looking the same. Leo Pruneau created the Kingswoods, Toranas and Geminis of the 1970s and the Commodores that dominated the sales charts during the 1980s. The 89-year-old American-born retired stylist - who has designed General Motors models in the US, the UK and Australia - said computers had made cars look dull. He missed the 1960s and 1970s, the golden age of car design which produced the E-Type Jaguar, the original Range Rover and the home-grown Holden Monaro. ....
Sponsored Links Visitors to the Geneva Motor Show in March 1966 must have been astonished by the radical-looking two-seat sports coupe on display at the Vauxhall stand. The U.K. brand, which had been part of General Motors since 1925 and would remain so until 2017, had produced the Vauxhall XVR Concept, which bore no visible resemblance to any of its production vehicles. All Three Vauxhall VXR Concepts at the Vauxhall Viewing Terrace This was the first of three cars known as Vauxhall XVR Concept – the letters standing for eXperimental Vauxhall Research – of which the only survivor, the third that had ever been built, is part of Vauxhall’s magnificent 60-car Heritage Collection. ....