Changing design forever, GMC victorious, GM’s TRACK

June 05, 2026Newsletter Archives

How do you change design forever? GM designer George Snyder answered that question – though he may not have realized it at the time – in 1938. That year, GM unveiled the Buick Y-Job. This Buick was the first concept car ever, a test bed for new technologies, features, and a first swing of sorts at imagining the future of automobile design. 

“With its curvaceous integrated fenders, hidden headlights, waterfall grille, and long, low, wide proportions, the Y-Job looks like a car born two decades later,” GM News's Chris Perkins writes. “That was exactly the point.”

That spirit of forward thinking lives on in the GM of today. Just last week (in case you missed it), GM unveiled its latest concept cars, which sprouted from the Y-Job's legacy. Meet the GMC HUMMER X SUV and pickup designs.

But great design is nothing without functionality. It’s no coincidence then, that GMC can unveil a new HUMMER concept and sweep the U.S. News & World Report “Best Adventure Vehicles” awards

In related news, GM’s TRACK program helps feed into a workforce of thinkers. Hardworking, dedicated, and imaginative people who can dream up the future and also built it. Meet one such TRACK alum, Alex Reba. Reba does double duty, working in Global Purchasing & Supply Chain at GM, and serving as a Supply Corps Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

His story reminds us that dedication is perhaps the most important ingredient for building the future. With dedication and a dash of inspiration, you never know when you’ll change it forever.

Drive on,

–Kyle Kinard, Managing Editor, GM News