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Pontiac unveils

car of the future

IT’S EVERY automotive design-
er’s dream — develop an exciting
new multi-purpose concept vehicle
from the ground up, showcasing
ideas which could be functional
and producible in the future.

The challenging assignment is to
combine modern technology and
design into a vehicle which can
hold as many passengers as a full
size sedan and have ample space
for luggage and supplies, while
driving the Pontiac themes of
sportiness and excitement into a
new form of transportation.

General Motors’ answer is the
Pontiac Trans Sport. >

“Here at Pontiac, we looked at
the Trans Sport as a unique oppor-
”* explained Terry Henline,
exterior design studio chief. ‘‘It
was our chance to demonstrate the
kind of freewheeling innovation
you would expect from a totally
new breed of Pontiac.’’

The Trans Sport is the essence of
free expression, with its fluid
aerodynamic shape. The vehicle is
based on a front-wheel-drive sedan
configuration extended to a 116
inch wheel base, the Iength of a
full-size wagon,

These elements allow the central
load floor to be extremely long and
low. With an overall exterior
height of 59.6 inches, the Trans
Sport is five to twelve inches
shorter than a number of current
mini-van/wagon entries; yet its in-
terior walk-through height of 48
inches is nearly equal to those
vehicles.

The 12.5 inch step-in height and
passenger accessibility is closer to a
mid-size sedan entrance of 8.9 in-
ches and from four to nine inches
Jower than the mini-van/wagon
models on the road today.

“The generous use of glass pro-
vides an extremely pleasant and
contemporary interior environ-
ment,’” Henline explained, ‘‘while
dramatically highlighting the exte-
rior design.’’ The slanted wind-
shield extends back over the driver,
with the profile slightly raised in a
helicopter-like subtle bubble form.
“We were able to elevate the driver
for improved visibility,’’ Henline
said. The side windows wrap into
the roof resulting in an interior
headliner only three fect wide and
running the length of the passenger
compartment,

Furthering the Trans Sport's

clean aerodynamics, the door han- are narrow openings containing

dles are recessed into the structure See Futuristic
of the door. Composite headlamps Page 34

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A glimpse of the future

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overhead and fully articulating seats have individual radio controls and
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