Ten Modern Car 'Inventions' You Thought Were New but Are Not
A visit to the General Motor Heritage Center outside Detroit serves as a reminder of the incredible ingenuity of very early carmakers.
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After checking out everything luxury at the Detroit Auto Show last week, I spent some time at General Motor’s Heritage Center. The complex is about 30 miles from downtown Detroit and houses 15,000 linear feet of old paper archives (that’s a dozen Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other); plus, the multiple warehouses there hold more than 400 cars made at one time or another over GM’s 100-year history.
The center is not open to the public, but you can make an appointment for a private visit. If you do go, I suspect you’ll both have a great time and be surprised by what you find. I know I was.