[caarmike]

Some really radical ideas that got rejected:

http://www.netcarshow.com/chevrolet/2009-cruze/02.htm

[SV]

I dunno if I'd call them radical so much as a bit edgier than what came out. The front isn't much different (though I like the integration of the Chevy grille in the sketch) but I prefer the rear 3/4 sketch by miles to the final blandtastic effort that resulted.

[Rob]

Nice stuff. Pity they didn't inject the production Cruze with the soul that these sketches have.

[Puffhead]

Holden's and Chevy's Cruze both suck
I prefer the one from Penelope
I'd be driving it all day and night

[pjl35]

Originally Posted by Puffhead

Holden's and Chevy's Cruze both suck
I prefer the one from Penelope
I'd be riding it all day and night

When are you going to learn to just shut up??

[Puffhead]

Originally Posted by pjl35

When are you going to learn to just shut up??

chillax, homie...
what's your problem?
you been sippin on that Hatorade?

[JBlair]

Originally Posted by caarmike

Some really radical ideas that got rejected:

http://www.netcarshow.com/chevrolet/2009-cruze/02.htm

Those are the sketches that preceded the production model. They were not 'rejected' as you say.

[caarmike]

What they rejected was a full-on realization of the ideas in the early sketches. They took the forms portrayed in the sketches and "conventionalized" them. I admit this happens a lot, but every once in a while a design goes from sketch to production with its essence intact, like the Camaro.

[JBlair]

Originally Posted by caarmike

What they rejected was a full-on realization of the ideas in the early sketches. They took the forms portrayed in the sketches and "conventionalized" them. I admit this happens a lot, but every once in a while a design goes from sketch to production with its essence intact, like the Camaro.

There's a HUGE difference between the niche Camaro and econo-sedan that needs to be appropriate for at least a half dozen markets around the world.

[Puffhead]

http://carspyshots.net/showthread.php?t=17064