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davethecooper

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Cally Designer......
« on: March 27, 2007, 17:45:51 PM »
Does anyone know who designed the Cally ............because my wife is under the impression that it must have been an Australian.......(Holden)....because even though you can get your family in it goes like hell ...... there is plenty of bootspace for crates of Fosters and a barbecue............and even though it is a sports coupe. there are still fittings on the roof for roofbars to hold the surf boards.....anyone got any thoughts on this........
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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2007, 18:40:21 PM »
Wonderful place this internet  ;D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Cherry
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Re: cally designer......
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2007, 18:41:40 PM »
great link robbie
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Re: cally designer......
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2007, 18:43:49 PM »
I aim to please  ;)
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Pedro

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Re: cally designer......
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2007, 20:51:17 PM »
Wayne Cherry is/was a design guru.
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davethecooper

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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2007, 23:46:59 PM »
cheers robbieV
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Re: Cally Designer......
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2007, 04:59:36 AM »
isnt it german....ill take all that about ozzies as a compliment haha...we like to get to the beach while the surfs still good...so we need fast cars
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Re: Cally Designer......
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2007, 09:15:27 AM »
Quote from: davethecooper on March 27, 2007, 17:45:51 PM
Does anyone know who designed the Cally ............because my wife is under the impression that it must have been an Australian.......(Holden)....because even though you can get your family in it goes like hell ...... there is plenty of bootspace for crates of Fosters and a barbecue............and even though it is a sports coupe. there are still fittings on the roof for roofbars to hold the surf boards.....anyone got any thoughts on this........

...as the designer was apparently an American the boot is obviously designed for crates of Bud and a barbeque ...and the fittings for the roofbars to hold the surf boards were obviously designed with California and 'Surfin' USA' in mind.
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Re: Cally Designer......
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2007, 20:33:43 PM »
Wayne Cherry was a top design guru at GM. He designed the Camaro IROC-Z http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-generation_Chevrolet_Camaro and a host of other great cars.

But since he's american, all his cars must be cr*p right.. ::)

Although the Calibra was for Opel, GM were looking to take it to the US as thre Pontiac Grand Prix. Wonder what they would have thought of it.
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Re: Cally Designer......
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2007, 22:40:04 PM »
Quote from: will on March 28, 2007, 20:33:43 PM
Although the Calibra was for Opel, GM were looking to take it to the US as thre Pontiac Grand Prix. Wonder what they would have thought of it.

The Yanks like cubes.  Surely they would have had to stuff a bigger lump under the bonnet to appeal to the coupe market over there.  2.5L wouldn't have cut it against 4.0, 5.0 & 6.0L competitors driven through the rear axle.  Perhaps they couldn't get a large enough engine in there which is possibly why the Pontiac Grand Prix never materialised.
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2007, 22:59:20 PM »
Quote from: will on March 28, 2007, 20:33:43 PM
Wayne Cherry was a top design guru at GM. He designed the Camaro IROC-Z http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-generation_Chevrolet_Camaro and a host of other great cars.

But since he's american, all his cars must be cr*p right.. ::)

Although the Calibra was for Opel, GM were looking to take it to the US as thre Pontiac Grand Prix. Wonder what they would have thought of it.


Wayne Cherry is indeed a Septic, and designed the "Droop Snoot" look on the HP firenza, Chevette Black Magic, the Equus concept, Cavalier Aero, and a few others.

I think he's the head of GM Design Europe now.

Do a Google - probably tell you more than I can!
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Re: Cally Designer......
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2007, 23:01:13 PM »
Quote from: Pedro on March 28, 2007, 22:59:20 PM
Do a Google - probably tell you more than I can!

RobbieV already did that and posted the link to Wikipedia below... ;)
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