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Aussies Scoop Design Awards In Detroit: Avenir, Bolt, GT

A trio of Australian-designed cars have been recognised with top design awards in Detroit this week, proving that there is life in the local auto industry yet. Announced at the Detroit Auto Show, GM’s big Buick Avenir landed the ‘Best


A trio of Australian-designed cars have been recognised with top design awards in Detroit this week, proving that there is life in the local auto industry yet.

Announced at the Detroit Auto Show, GM’s big Buick Avenir landed the ‘Best Concept Vehicle’ award, while the compact Chevrolet Bolt EV was declared runner-up for the same award.

Rounding out the trio was Ford’s new GT supercar, awarded the top prize for ‘Best Production Vehicle’.

The result means that while Australia’s major automotive assembly plants will close their doors over the next few years, Ford and Holden will remain important players on the global stage.

Buick Avenir, Chevrolet Bolt

Speaking for the Avenir and Bolt teams, GM International Design vice president Mike Simcoe - himself an Australian and a former Holden design chief - said that the two concepts further prove the local operation’s talent pool.

“Avenir and Bolt EV are clear illustrations of the creativity and capability we have in the global design studio in Australia,” Mr Simcoe said.

“To have these vehicles recognised on the world stage and to receive not one, but two, awards from our peers is a fantastic achievement and one in which everyone should be immensely proud.”

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