Ironically, this latest ode to American culture was designed in Great Britain, before world famous Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina gave birth to its beautifully executed body. Who would have guessed?
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| The Nomad concept incorporates a few nifty details to accommodate large, bulky cargo. (Photo: General Motors of Canada) |
For practicalities sake, the Nomad concept incorporates a few nifty details to accommodate large, bulky cargo. A removable rear roof panel, conceptually similar to that in the current GMC Envoy XUV, enables easy transportation of items too tall to fit beneath the car's low roofline. Loading such cargo has also been improved by including a folding tailgate, plus a sliding cargo floor that extends over the open tailgate. Heavy or bulky items can be placed on the load floor and easily pushed into the cargo area. Having owned a few wagons in my life and endured much back pain from the lift and push loading technique I'm grateful to those designers and engineers that put effort into making loading and unloading a whole lot easier.
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| The Nomad embraces a rear-wheel drive layout, something sports car enthusiasts can get excited about. (Photo: General Motors of Canada) |
Due to the Nomad's Kappa architecture, it embraces a rear-wheel drive layout, something sports car enthusiasts can get excited about. It features and independent front and rear suspension attached to a rigid chassis that uses a pair of full-length hydroformed frame rails to ensure maximum stiffness. Given the firm underpinnings and rear-wheel drive mobilization, the Nomad bears the fundamentals needed to create a chassis with excellent handling dynamics.
GM stretched its Kappa platform an extra couple of inches to enable a 2+2 configuration. Its wheelbase now measures 2717 mm (107 inches). Under that arrangement, stylish families with two small children could call a Nomad their "family wheels." Such would be a major achievement in ensuring wide acceptance, at the very least as a second car, should Chevy produce it.