Still, in his 22-year career at G.M., he succeeded in something far greater — the immortalization of what might have been just another one-off concept car on the turntable at the G.M. Motorama.
It ended up being one of the higher priced cars in a batch that included Ferraris, Porsches and one-off concept cars like a 1954 Chrysler GS-1 Special that sold for $616,000.
"The Corner is a one-off concept that allows our team to gauge real-time customer feedback on new products and concepts.
"It's not a developmental prototype with a test program, but a one-off concept car to be shown at auto shows, gather reactions and highlight what could be done with a small, urban electric vehicle," Mr. Curry said.
This was just a one-off "concept" car for a world tour to see what the super-rich think of having their everyday transport run on electricity rather than petrol.
But unfortunately this is just a one-off concept and will likely not be sold retail.
From the video (below) the interface also looks a lot like a digital reimagining of the Architect's office from The Matrix, and, given the virtually endless amount of content to choose form, a one-off concept version of Borges' Library of Babel.
Mini is no stranger to stretching the utility of its cars – and the credulity of its fans – with one-off concepts such as these.
He told me that he's been working with a six-man group informally known as the "tinker team" to experiment with fun, one-off concepts proposed in company-wide brainstorming sessions.
"It's a one-off new concept store developed by our New Concept team out of Dallas," Yum Brands spokeswoman Virginia Ferguson said in a statement.
Although the Sample Lesson remained a one-off, the concept behind it shaped all three designers' innovative approaches to films and exhibition design.
