Ed Welburn’s Top 10 Chevy designs of all-time

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1912 Chevrolet Classic Six – Click above to see the rest of Ed Welburn’s Top 10 Designs

Ed Welburn is the current head of design at General Motors, which means he has the tall task of pointing the company into the future without abandoning timeless designs by names like Harley Earl. As an exercise in getting in touch with his roots, Welburn has worked up a list of the top 10 Chevrolet designs of all time.

The list is populated with all the probable starters from Chevy’s century-long past. From the 1912 Classic Six, the first car to carry the Chevrolet name, to the 1936 Suburban and the 2011 Camaro, Welburn gives his impression of the importance of each design.

Welburn has been surrounded by cars his entire life, from his youth in his father’s body shop in Philadelphia to taking the helm at Chevrolet’s design department in 2003. Welburn has worked for General Motors since he graduated from Howard University in the early 1970s, so he his connection with Chevrolet designs, ahem, runs deep.

Feel free to click through the gallery below, which includes Welburn’s commentary on each iconic design. Alternatively, you can find it all in one place in the press release after the break.

Gallery: Ed Welburn’s top 10 Chevrolet designs of all time