GM's custom and performance shop head set to retire
By K.C. CRAIN | Automotive News
DETROIT - The head of General Motors' custom and performance shop is retiring after 38 years at the company.
Jon Moss, 62, manager of specialty vehicles, has one of the best jobs in Detroit for car nuts. He produced performance vehicles for shows and production. Vehicles that came out of his garage were tricked out, souped up, dropped or jacked.
His productions include the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with 770 hp and the Chevrolet Corvette Tiger Shark, with a supercharged 427-cubic-inch engine. A well-known production car, the 1994 Impala SS, was based on his team's 1992 Impala SS 510.
At last year's Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas, Moss' team showed high-performance "Xtreme" concept vehicles from Chevrolet, customized Pontiac concepts and various accessories.
Moss started at GM in 1966 as a layout designer in the Chevrolet engineering center. He was promoted to manager of Chevrolet's special vehicles in 1986. He was promoted to his current job in 1999.
His retirement is effective April 1.