page_title: General Motors Firebird
hierarchical_section_title: General Motors Firebird
caption_attribution_description: Gm Firebirds II and III
context_page_description: The General Motors Firebird comprises a quartet of prototype cars that General Motors engineered for the 1953, 1956, and 1959 Motorama auto shows. The cars' designer, Harley Earl, took his inspiration from the innovations in fighter aircraft design at the time. General Motors never intended the cars for production, but rather to showcase the extremes in technology and design that the company was able to achieve. The cars recently joined the display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, and still make regular car show appearances. The tradition of offering prototype vehicles continued with the Pontiac Banshee series.
  From 1967 to 2002, the Pontiac division of General Motors also used the name "Firebird" for the line of pony cars that was a corporate cousin of the Chevrolet Camaro, which has no direct relation to the concept cars.
context_section_description: The General Motors Firebird comprises a quartet of prototype cars that General Motors engineered for the 1953, 1956, and 1959 Motorama auto shows. The cars' designer, Harley Earl, took his inspiration from the innovations in fighter aircraft design at the time. General Motors never intended the cars for production, but rather to showcase the extremes in technology and design that the company was able to achieve. The cars recently joined the display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, and still make regular car show appearances. The tradition of offering prototype vehicles continued with the Pontiac Banshee series.
  From 1967 to 2002, the Pontiac division of General Motors also used the name "Firebird" for the line of pony cars that was a corporate cousin of the Chevrolet Camaro, which has no direct relation to the concept cars.
caption: Two of the three GM firebird concept cars, 1956 and 1959
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