GM's Taking It Back To The 50s, You Dig?

Autoweek reports:

Tail fins are making a comeback at General Motors Co., although they are a far cry from the saillike appendages of the 1950s. And this time the company is calling them blades.

The look, pioneered on the Chevrolet Volt to improve aerodynamics, will appear on other models to boost fuel economy, said Ed Welburn, GM's global design chief.

"The blades in the rear, the hard edges, you'll see on other cars," Welburn said in an interview at the Beijing auto show. The blades will be more overt on Chevy models--hybrid or otherwise, he said. But they also will be carried over into other GM brands in a more subtle way...

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TCLA - 5/4/2010 4:43:33 PM

+1 Boost

"You Dig" is from the 70's, not the 50's.

rubenkincaid - 5/4/2010 8:37:40 PM

+1 Boost

Actually, it's an old Jazz and Beat phrase from the 1940's and 1950's. Check your Ginsburg, Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, et al...