Interviews don't get much better than this: I sat down with Tom Peters,
Design Director for Rear Wheel Drive Performance/Corvette/Full Size
Truck, and got a lesson on mental preparation for drag racing.
Peters
likened the mental and emotional clarity needed for a perfect pass to
the zen state designers need to be in when creating cars and trucks.
Any disturbance in the force can find itself onto a car, and people see
it immediately.
This ability to intuitively find the right line for a
car is what drives good design, and is one of the things that Bob Lutz
has given GM designers the freedom to put to work. More on Peters'
comments about taking on Full Size Truck after the jump.
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