A Rare Look into GM Heritage Center and Renaissance Center

[@markdc1145]

It truly amazes me that every single German OEM has a spectacular museum yet no US car company has one that is open to the public. Chrysler had a small museum in Auburn Hills but that was closed many years ago. The Henry Ford-Greenfield Village is an independent operation although the historic association with Ford is obvious. Thanks for the tour!

[@edwardpate6128]

I am so proud to work for General Motors. I grew up just a mile or so from the GM Tech Center in Warren MI and being able to work there a fulfillment of a childhood dream!

[@TheBathulk10]

I work for gm now and im in the subdivision next to the tech center. I am proud too

[@trutymeproductions5478]

Sitting in the tech center now lol Estes for some OT 😊

[@marvinheemeyer6660]

You're proud to work a company that needed a welfare check from sugar daddy Obama to not go bankrupt? And the same company that engineering sucks so bad they wait for the completion to innovate a new design then copy it? Like they did for the mid engine mid-life crisis GM fanboys fondle themselves to?

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Shows up to the GM Heritage Center....in a Dodge Challenger. Well played sir!

[@Dakiraun]

Oh wow - you're so lucky to have gotten in there, and thanks so much for filming some of it for us! The Buick Y-job has long been one of my favourite cars of all time. It's just so gorgeous - and not overly styled. Everything's "just right".

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

I agree Aaron!

[@jthomas3773]

Yup! Some of my "All-Time Top Ten Favorites" change as the years go by, but the Y-Job has been my #1 for decades!

[@Dakiraun]

@@jthomas3773 Yeah, same. It's just *SO* good. Sort of the ultimate Art-Deco car.

[@bos2pdx2yvr]

Encore, encore! I was so sorry to see this video end, I loved every car, every piece of info and trivia you gave us about them. If you have more footage from this amazing museum I think a lot of us would love a second (or third, fourth...) video!

[@rsc9520]

Me too!

[@victorvance2573]

I couldn´t agree more!

[@lorieandpatrickdavies7483]

Incredible! What a fabulous place to visit, and I am amazed you were given access. Its a testament to how popular your KZbin channel is becoming, congratulations! I could spend days wandering around such a collection, such a pity the public are not allowed to visit (but completely understandable). Very enjoyable video, I hope there is a part 2 planned.

[@Delta_NWAB747fan]

I’ve been in there with my father 2 times now at the Heritage Center. My dad has a C7 Corvette and is part of a group on Facebook so it’s a treat when we go there. They do alternate the cars every now and then. Thanks for sharing! Edit: 3:37 I’ve only seen that ‘59 Electra once there as an example for them changing the vehicles. They might be moving facilities out of Warren so hopefully the new place is nice. So many rare cars there! My second favorite in Michigan, The Gilmore near Kalamazoo is a crazy museum if you get the chance.

[@Jag-leaper]

I always wondered how to get in there..why have such an awesome place if only very few ever get to see it 😔

[@Delta_NWAB747fan]

@@Jag-leaper I think it is possible for the public to see it’s just very, very rare. They are moving to Grand Blanc so make sure you check out their schedule, who knows if they will have a grand reopening. All I know is when I go with my my dad, the owners of the club organize it and then everyone that goes has to donate to keep the cars as stunning as they look. I hope that helps.

[@Jag-leaper]

@@Delta_NWAB747fan awesome,thanks so much...next yime you guys go let me know so I can tag along ..lol😄

[@charlescrossman2225]

OMG ED - YOU MUST HAVE FLIPPED YOUR LID AT THE HERTAGE CENTRE! WOW!

[@KayleeCee]

Awesome footage, Ed! I really like how you added in the vintage promotional material for the cars. That was a nice touch.

[@lawpilot8526]

11/24/2022 - It is not footage, it is video. Footage relates to feet of film.

[@KayleeCee]

@@lawpilot8526 OK, Mr. Literal. Footage is a generally accepted term for video, regardless of how it's captured. I'll bet you're a lot of fun at parties 🙄

[@giggiddy]

Buddy, your videos are, hands down, at the top of my list. And you've appeared in videos produced by my other top guy! Tremendous work and thank you.

[@Seventizz]

Holy shit that Riviera is gorgeous. I didn’t even know they Silver Arrow’d the boatail. It’s a work of art!

[@johngraves6878]

Well, now Ed, we're really talking. What a superb and delicious lineup of cars! Ed's Auto Reviews, Premium Edition. The LeSabre cyclops was amazing. When that oval plate rotated around, I just about lost my marbles. I have never, ever seen a critique and evaluation of the auto industry as erudite, as fascinating and as intelligent as yours.

[@morgang7877]

Thanks for coming - I hope we were good to you and that you had a good trip.

[@camberweller]

That collection is, without intending to, a perfect metaphor for a consistent failing of GM over the decades: "Here is an incredibly cool car. You can't have it." I am not much of a car buff, but even I am amazed at the ability of GM to tease the car buying public with amazing concept possibilities and then produce turgid, uninspiring designs for sale.

[@Just-a-guy926]

Thank you for sharing this

[@AviationCommercials]

I could have spent all day there- what a collection.

[@currentsitguy]

You really, REALLY need to go to the Duncan Imports warehouse in Christiansburg, VA . Aside from a ridiculous amount of JDM vehicles for sale, they have essentially one of everything in terms of US and European vehicles in the private collection, all open to the public. I got my 93 Suzuki Cappuccino from there. It's the most fun on 4 wheels I've ever had.

[@Kazwell111]

Great presentation! Out of all of the examples shown, probably the most mind blowing for me was the 80's Corvette with displays on the inside of the doors. Talk about thinking outside the box.

[@samorowell535]

1:07 I think it’s absolutely hilarious seeing that massive heavy Cadillac in a field of light sports cars, looks like something out of Forza

[@christopherkraft1327]

Wow, so many amazing General Motors cars!!! Harley Earl & Bill Mitchell were true visionaries!!! How fortunate you are for having been able to enjoy those hallowed halls!!! 👍👍🙂

[@61rampy65]

As usual, another fantastic video! Thank you for including the Electrovair II, the Astro 1, and the Rampside pickup! Please note that the Greenbrier was the window van version of the Corvair 95. The pickup was just a Rampside. Not mentioned was the Loadside pickup, which was just about the most useless vehicle on earth. No ramp, no opening of any kind on the sides, and with the engine in the back, very difficult to load anything in the middle. Can't wait for the next installment! Please let there be more...

[@maxpayne2574]

The Buick Y looks like it has some Cord style a great look.

[@kellingtonlink956]

Amazing collection. Thanks for taking us along!

[@MrJoeltrain]

Thank you so much Ed! My first view of the Pegasus. As Pontiac is my by far favorite brand and the Firebird and ta my favorite car EVER I am surprised I never saw or heard of it. Didn't know about the Electrovair either. Maybe now I've seen all that gm has ever done, maybe not but I am surely closer to that goal after seeing this video. Again ty I really love your vids. GM should have this open to the public we have a right to it, even more since the bailout we got nothing but no more Pontiacs from!

[@tigre7739]

What a Dream Place!🤩💖 Thanks for giving us a glimpse into this incredible, but inaccessible, Auto history. 😃🤘

[@christianotten560]

Another great episode on my favorite channel for history of the automotive industry and especially for American car lovers. keep it up Ed. tot ziens en vriendelijke groeten uit Duitsland.

[@Donald_Shaw]

Thank you, thank you Ed... another great video of your trip to America and the cars you saw.

[@12yearssober]

The GNX is a beautiful car in person. I believe it is the very first production number.

[@Padoinky]

My family was an Oldsmobile family - mom drove a 75-76 CustomCruiser wagon and dad had a same era 98 Regency Sedan… gotta love that tufted pillow upholstery

[@paulsto6516]

That was fun! Thanks, Ed!

[@JackBWatkins]

What great automotive milestones in a nice video package. Thanks.

[@andoletube]

That Buick Silver Arrow may well be my favourite car design ever.

[@clclclclcl90]

Is there more footage from the heritage center? I'd love to see it!

[@anya3027]

Love you Ed!! Thank you

[@OLDS98]

Very good job. Excellent footage and information. Thank you for the effort and thought put into this video. It shows. I am glad you got to get inside GM and view and share what you experienced.

[@AlexGoings]

I loved getting an afternoon here when I was an intern at GM. Excellent video!

[@danielulz1640]

Thank you, Ed. I loved seeing the Olds Limited and the proto Corvettes. Look on the cutting room floor and see if you can piece together another episode, please.

[@chrispaulson2934]

That must have been a walk in automotive heaven! And one heck of an educational visit. History, styling, concepts, so much to take in! Didn't see it in the video, but was there a 1955 nomad wagon with corvette nose there? Also really curious about that white 1963-64 chevy nova there..

[@hobartw9770]

I'm usually the last to know but I have never seen or heard of this museum before. Very nice.

[@TheTransporter007]

Always a good day when EAR drops another video!

[@szilardtoth8814]

Heritage Centre, where car related dreams come true. 10:08 the Station Wagon. I almost bought one of these, a '76 Pontiac Catalina Safari with no engine inside and with a missing seat from 2nd row and with a damaged doorpanel in it, once upon a time eaten by a dog, etc. Unfortunately when I had arrived with the agreed amount to buy that beauty, the owner made up his mind. So I finally bought a Chevrolet Trans Sport.

[@JayTheComputerGuy]

GM rarely gets things right nowadays. But this is something other companies have not done that makes me happy! A museum for rare and one of a kind gm cars! Makes me so happy to see these cars and trucks preserved!

[@thedispenser8301]

I love this video

[@jameshaury2716]

That episode knocked me on my EAR.

[@shaunw9270]

Another excellent video Ed ! Quality stuff 👌

[@ronforeman2556]

No! No! That can't be all. Please tell us you're editing Parts II, III & IV of this series. I can't get enough of this sticky stuff.

[@josephgaviota]

3:33 That Heritage Center looks REALLY cool!

[@stephenhenion8304]

I remember the New York World's Fair in 1965... we rode in the new Mustang's at the Ford Pavilion... " The Road to Tomorrow ".. Great video

[@currentsitguy]

Very interesting. The Y-Job is like a glimpse into the future. For the most part it has all the lines of the post war GM lineup. One thing I will point out about those mid 70's wagons was that since they were so huge, there was plenty of room to take your date into the back, if you catch my drift.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Early 70's were wider

[@TommyChardonneret]

Ed, good guy, another great "insider's" video about American cars, especially my favorite 50's and 60's General Motors brands! And thanks for the humor about how differently Americans and Europeans pronounce that very light metal, spelled here in North American English "aluminum" (ah-loo-min-um)!

[@jamesslick4790]

That the LeSabre is ONLY 13 years newer than the "Y-Job" is wild! I love'em both for different reasons, And I'm a Buick guy as well.

[@charlescrossman2225]

YAY! MORE NEW EDS!!!

[@bearlamb5026]

great video. I remember when I was a child my older sister had her driver's license at 16 years old. I grew up in Canada and at the time we had very big cars. In the 1980s. she had a very big station wagon. Let me just say those cars were built tough. And could hold a lot of stuff. The only thing that the problem was was the gas mileage.

[@NavalLacrosse]

The GM Heritage Center is great- for nothing else than it's such a normal place to see such extraordinary automobiles . The cars aren't on a pedestal, nor behind glass or Roped off: They are... Just there. You are standing next to it. These cars are what the PAST thought our FUTURE would look like, and for a few moments you get to look at them not as 'far fetched dreams of the automakers', but as real cars, parked where you can reach out and grab the handle (not that you'd lay a finger on these handcrafted art pieces). All of these cars (excluding the pre-tech center models) are built in Warren Mich, just south of this site by a few miles. The original facility remains operational, with people creating the vision of our automotive future: Artists put pen to pad and clay to model. UAW Skilled Trades making forms, panels, and paints from scratch to make the future. I'm glad to say I get to work with the GM Design Teams daily and I will always be proud to see GM Heritage cars.

[@nikosikiric5550]

The algorithm brought me here and I am not disappointed, excellent video my friend

[@nycstarport8542]

In 1968, when GM, opened the GM building in NYC ( 5 Avenue & 59 Street) the entire lobby had GM automobiles in it, the building takes up an entire city block.I remember, it was awesome !!

[@daddythomas1389]

Spectacularly fun!! Amazing cars!! Thx so much you lucky lucky man!!

[@steeldandansteely1027]

Well done, Ed. First there was Doug and Hoovie and now there's Adam and Ed. There's something going on in the world of KZbin auto enthusiast channels that feels maybe a just a little incestuous. That was an interesting look at a place none of us can get into from the perspective of an inquisitive Dutch tourist with the wherewithal to pull it off. Impressive.

[@jetsons101]

What a garage....... Thanks for posting.....

[@Romiman1]

Watching youtube since over 15 years, I never have given the thumb up BEFORE watching the whole video. Until now...

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

Excellent video Ed. I'm not a gm guy but it's really cool seeing all that history.

[@mrknoch]

16:36 Same year the Ford Taurus was released. Love your videos! Did not know much of the cars you covered and I'm from the Detroit area. Bravo!

[@TheMemeBull]

Always loved ur videos! I remember the first video I watched on this channel, it was on the “Chryslers of the early 60’s”. I’ve been hooked on the channel since. Keep up the great work!

[@patrickracer43]

I think I like the Firebird II as its the car that is on the Harley J Earl trophy that is awarded to the winner of the Daytona 500 Edit: I also wish that the GM Heritage Center was open to the public, like it seems like it's one of the holy grails of automotive history... Also I find GMs history of toying with electric vehicles interesting, as the electricvair, the GM EV-1, Chevrolet Volt and now vehicles like the GMC Hummer EV, Chevrolet Silverado EV, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Cadillac Lyriq (or however you spell it), Chevrolet Bolt Edit 2: I wish that the C8 Corvette wasn't called the Stingray and was called the Zora or the Duntov as a tribute to the man who made it his life's mission to make the mid-engine Corvette a reality

[@MrThomas2587]

Thanks for sharing, I always look forward to your latest video! So young and so interesting. T.Y.

[@mukhtar__]

feels good to be this early on one of your videos :D been watching your old stuff since i came accross your channel like a month ago!

[@esteban1487]

Ford was at the RenCen for years prior to GM. My mom worked for Ford there in the late 70s early 80s.

[@brettadams6734]

I’m so jealous right now. Also, I wish this video was three hours longer. So much to see!

[@WhittyPics]

That looks like a real treat to see all those special GM cars

[@gagestoll]

13:15 may be one of the nicest cars I’ve ever seen. Looks so modern but also retro at the same time

[@hzhz3469]

Amazing. Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍

[@danreed7889]

Wow! What a place to visit

[@obelic71]

Such a place whatever the manufacturer can only be called an automotive walhala! Functional pieces of pure art.

[@rovervitesse1985]

Great video again! So cool you got access to this place! My favorite? Has to be the 1976 Buick estate obviously 10:08 😅

[@stevenhoman2253]

This would be such a fun road trip. I gave a passion for aircraft as well, so would pad out my journey with some additional stops.

[@corinnelaking569]

A million thanks for this video, Ed. Ive always been fascinated by concept cars. Funny enough, my first car was a Chevy Vega, although mine was the last year of production (1977). I swapped out the original 4 banger for a mildly modified 327 V-8 that I rebuilt in high school auto shop class. Off to watch some more videos with my wife's KZbin account. Best regards, Shea Laking

[@gusneaker]

Thank you SO much for sharing your wonderful and unique experience! Greetings from Argentina

[@jaycarlson927]

You show us what us car guys want to see. Keep up the great work

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

What an awesome place, a lot of history there. They should have some Holden cars though from Australia, And some Opels from Europe.

[@wadeguidry6675]

MORE please!!!

[@steffyhobmann5037]

Wish you had some information about John Deloreans Pontiac Banshee and the other Banshee that followed decades later!

[@pillantechvideo]

Very cool report and historic exposition of amazing cars design

[@williamscoggin1509]

Damn, I'm in love with that Riviera!

[@chandrachurniyogi8394]

love the big American classic cars from the 1950s 1960s 1970s even those to date . . .

[@JZ_Cars]

Really cool cars Ed! Thanks for sharing sir

[@chollythecrazycorgihesinsa6505]

Another great video…keep up the good work!

[@ChristopherOvrebo]

Thanks Edward

[@Snake.br549]

I have owned five corvairs starting from 1960 to 65 regularly took the engines out and worked on them

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid!!!!! 👍👍👍👍

[@jwelchon2416]

Hard to imagine today that GM was once the largest and most successful corporation in the world. When I was growing up every other car sold was a GM product. Now it's a manufacturer always teetering on the verge of bankruptcy producing truly wretched products.

[@im1sinfulman]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

[@frankrivvi5553]

Excellent video thank you for all the info I enjoyed it

[@charleskesner1302]

Wonderful. Thanks

[@jadesmith6823]

Haven we gone backwards 🤦 Really enjoyed yet again ☺️

[@jeffstreck]

Ok so the Buick Y is literally the sexiest vehicle I have ever seen.

[@shawnn6926]

Next time you come to the US, check out the Harold Warp car museum in Minden Nebraska. Out of the way in the middle of no where but worth it.

[@captlazer5509]

Nice to see some love for the Corvair. Misunderstood and not helped by Ralph Nader's book Unsafe At Any Speed, which some independent studies found to be inaccurate about the Corvair. Novice drivers were just not use to a rear engine car with more than 50hp. I've been to a wrecking yard full of bent Porsches in California that proves the point.

[@danielulz1640]

Even Mercedes was using swing axles at that time.

[@JDGonzalezjr]

Ed... Great video as always. I always love your way of explaining these topics. If you're ever in Texas, let me know. I'll buy you a buy and have some great discussions.

[@CORVAIRWILD]

The Corvair 95 was a Rampside. The Greenbrier was the passenger window van

[@judgegixxer]

This is the 1st time I have ever seen the Pontiac Ferraribird.. Great job on the video Ed.

[@Tsotha]

first time I've even heard of it, as well as several of the other GM concept cars shown in this video like the Cadillac Le Mans and the Buick Silver Arrow