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GM. He was instrumental to the design of the two generations of LaCrosse which helped establish Buick’s design language from 2008 and beyond. He would later oversee the key styling element of the signature “double sweep spear” body side that every Buick still follows to date, and laid the foundation for the second-gen GL8, also known as the “executive carrier” in China. He also oversaw the sporty Buick
Riviera concept which greatly influenced Buick’s design language.
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Leadership Team (GDLT), the highest design decision committee worldwide within General Motors Corporation. As the longest serving Director of Design in the history of GM China-PATAC Design Center to date (from 2001
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The family moved to the United States in 1977, where Shyr attended San
Gorgonio High School in San Bernardino, California. Upon graduation, he enrolled in several colleges in an attempt to get into the automotive industry. In 1987, at the advice of his high school drafting teacher, Mr. Uhl and his
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General Motors worldwide.
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Chicago Auto Shows bears its “legendary” name and was a show car with North
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