GM Designer Conjures up Wild Looking Futuristic Chevy Pickup

These recent renderings of a futuristic Chevy pickup from a GM designer conjure up memories of the old cab-over haulers.

Over the past few decades, larger trucks haven’t really changed that much – at least, as it pertains to their basic shape, body-on-frame construction, and ICE-powered engines. There are some exceptions to that rule, of course, as powertrains and platforms have evolved a lot over the years, loads of new tech features have been added, and of course, all-electric powertrains are now available in a few new trucks as well. Recently, a GM designer took a bit of a longer view, and came up with these renderings of what a Chevy pickup might look like in the future, too.

These images come to us straight from the General Motors Design Instagram page, which recently posted the work that came from the mind of advanced designer Alex Fischer. The result is a Chevy pickup that looks something like a modern interpretation of a classic cab-over-engine truck, with a flat front that contains no elongated hood housing a traditional engine, with front wheels that extend out even further.

The roofline is a bit sloped upward as we move from front to back, and there’s a large sunroof present to let some natural light inside the cabin. Speaking of the cab, we see two versions – one, a regular cab, and another, with a rear section for additional passengers, with the former model looking a bit more like a work-oriented hauler with a flat bed. As for the elongated cab version, it has a more traditional pickup bed out back, coupled with a sloped windshield.

 

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There’s even a third version that also sports a single cab of sorts, and has a pair of sport bars leading down to the flatter bed, which could be used to secure all sorts of items and also look like they can be positioned in different slots, depending on one’s needs. Overall, these are some pretty cool and somewhat futuristic takes on vintage haulers, though they’re obviously just design exercises. It’s unclear if GM would ever build and sell such a thing, but at least we can use these images to get an idea of what its designers are conjuring up.

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Brett Foote

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