As oil prices soared, car designers scurried to shave pounds, inches: Crash program had mixed results; as one designer said: 'it took us awhile to get it'

摘要

Pivot Point: Downsizing in the 1970s. With the gasoline crises of the 1970s still fresh in many minds, Buick designer Bill Porter labored over the proportions of a new Buick Riviera, scheduled for mid-1980s introduction in dramatically downsized form.He wasn't happy about how the design was taking shape.