chevy truck trivia

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Prerunner1982

c) Where were Chevy trucks designed in the mid 80's? Dunno.

c) This was sort of a trick question: the answer is "all over Southeast Michigan" (lol). As trucks gained in popularity, and therefore as the Engineering group grew in numbers, either as a result of necessity or maybe even a bit of jealousy, the Truck team was unceremoniously "kicked out" of the Chevrolet headquarters at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. Small job shops throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area were contracted to house the vagabond groups: C/K Truck at "Pioneer" on 9 Mile Rd and then "Modern" in Madison Heights; S/T Truck at Northfield, on Livernois, and then Northridge; G Van some where else, and Medium Duty in the Administration building in Pontiac. This made for focused, dedicated cross functional teams but unfortunately, in the days before voicemail, email and anything other than US Mail, communication was difficult. The groups were not combined again until the late 90's, when we found enough office space to consolidate in the Centerpoint Facility in Pontiac, where we stayed until the big move back to the Tech Center (returning victoriously, I might add) in 2003.