Foosh

Yes, the paint shop photos are most likely true leaks, along with the apparent CAD drawings. I'm not convinced the interior pictures are of anything final. I wouldn't be surprised if the source of those leaks are no longer employed in any occupation having to do with GM.

GreenGA

A disaster it would be, Just remember the Simpsons episode back in 1991 where Homer designed "the car for the average schmo" for his half-brother Herb, voiced by Danny DeVito. As would be expected, Herb's car company folded.



https://www.wired.com/2014/07/homer-simpson-car/

Shrike6

Tonylmiller

In the city where I live, there are quite a few thousand people who either have security clearances, or work with sensitive or proprietary data every day at work (SBU, export controlled, ITAR, etc.). We get lots of training about it. People are risking their jobs, not to mention possible criminal actions, if they leak information. Everybody knows to not do it.
The only things I talk about are things that I can openly find on the internet (common knowledge).

Shrike6

Bill Dearborn

This is true at every company that is developing some sort of product. Premature news of the product's features/functions can mean loss of competitive advantage thus loss of sales. Even companies that just build stuff to print consider their procedures/costs (material and labor) confidential. An employee who divulges that information is either not thinking or seeking some personal advantage for betraying a confidence. It can put the company at risk and the loss of sales could cost the jobs of fellow employees who might be laid off due to the drop in sales.

Bill

bbison

Actually the commercial was 2012, but still too far ahead of launch.

RapidC84B

Grzldvt1

This has been in place for many, many years. My family has been at a very high executive level at another auto company. Many moons ago this company developed a revolutionary front wheel transmission, well before anyone was doing it. Next thing happening is GM started to develop an identical one. The leak was obvious and my Dad tossed a couple of people into the street as soon as he found out. No questions asked. Was he upset, you bet, one for the leak, and secondly these people had families, that at that time may never work in the industry again and lost their livelihood. I can cite many more examples. Had a sister-in-law who was a CAD designer. They contracted with a supplier to build some prototypes(sheet metal) that she worked on. Another auto company was doing a tour of the plant, saw many parts of advance designs from their biggest competitor. The word got back to my sister-in-laws department, the contractor was tossed losing $millions of $$$ in revenue. The competition did not go any further with the contractor because of security concerns. The company went out of business causing many skilled laborers to lose their jobs. Was the contractor stupid for letting it happen, you bet.
Point being and what those in the know are saying leaks can be traced back and usually are. Bottom line there is a HUGE effect with leaks.
I go back to the old saying:
Those that actually know aren't talking
Those that think they know are talking

punky

This period of time prior to the introduction of any high profile model can be downright entertaining. Gotta love the internet blowholes who begin a post with "My sources which I cannot identify have told me". This stuff is as old as the internet but still hilarious. As if multiple individuals working in good positions are going to risk their careers and 6 figure incomes to "leak" info regarding an upcoming model so some monkey can play know it all on an internet forum.

jimmyb

It was a GREAT commercial!

Jimbob26

Personally I think all the camo makes little sense. Just look at Porsche - they are testing the upcoming models without camo. Everything is out in the open. Granted, the 911 does not change that much from model to model, but we are not talking sensitive top secret government secrets. This is a car that GM will want to sell as many as they can. Why not spur demand by letting prospective buyers get a look at what is coming? If they don't like it, then they can buy a C7. Just MHO.

Foosh

I suspect if Porsche were developing a new sports car that was a radical departure from the 911, they would wrap it up in ugly plastic too.

mschuyler

I do not know how far down the food chain the NDAs go, but Tadge is on record over this. At a BASH a couple of years ago he said (paraphrased, but close,) "We're not trying to be jerks about this, but it's in our employment contracts. We could be fired if we talked about this stuff."

BEAR-AvHistory

Expect it crates buzz & speculation without a bunch of guys with internet cred saying this car sucks before its even out the door. Almost 57,000 posts on a car nobodies even seen so far. No sign of the forum slowing down either. Looks like a plan.

Sin City

This thread is the biggest LOL!!!

Don't you guys understand GM is behind all this? They are manipulating all of it. They read all these posts and most likely have their own fakes commenting here and there to stir the pot and get social media talking about it.

You are being manipulated. This entire "when will we see it???" discussion has been a product of GM's own making. They know exactly what they are doing.

We are just their pawns.

TGstring

that's it!
You're FIRED!

roadbike56

Those who believe GM is leaking info or think they should make an announcement well in advance of full production need to remember, they are still trying to sell C7s. If you want to kill a product, all you have to do is advertise that the new replacement is coming out in a two years. Your retail outlets will have to beg customers to buy the current car.
The situation is bad enough right now with many buyers asking themselves if they should buy or wait. I think GM hasn't reached the point where they want to leak information.
We saw leaked photos when the ZR1 was being developed. Drivers of mules stopped for photo ops, slowed down on freeways to let cameras catch up, parked in gas stations to fuel up while cameras were clicking. Who can forget the photo of the wheels that said "ZR1" on them. That was leakage.
We're not seeing that yet with the ME/C8. Either too early in the development or GM intends to go from the current status to sudden announcement, not sure which but they are not leaking.

punky

A Porsche 911 is the ugliest sports car ever made. They don't apply camo padding etc. as it would likely be an improvement.

5Axis

Yes! It's like being a sound engineer and letting the drummer tell you how to mix the house. LOL