The General Motors Aero Concept Car is one of the GM (General Motors) entries the open record knows by name, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable.
The background
The Aero was a range of concept car studies created by General Motors as a testbed for future aerodynamic improvements to car bodies. The first model was the 1981 Aero X, a five-door hatchback. In 1982 the Aero 2000 was shown, a smaller two-door car, it had several unique features, such as front and rear fender skirts, a kammback design, and a smoothed underbelly.
Almost all of these features have been incorporated into modern hybrid car designs at some point, with the exception of front fender skirts. The Aero 2000 had a drag coefficient of 0.23, but had no engine so could not be driven. The Aero 2002 was shown a year later at the 1983 with its much improved Cd of 0.14. Designed by Irv Rybicki, it was to influence the 1984 Chevrolet Citation IV concept.
Where it sits
Its GM (General Motors) stablemates include the 1955 Chevrolet and the 1957 Chevrolet.