Cowger: Nomad needs tweaks, but isn't dead; Chevy concept bombs in clinics.(News)(Gary Cowger)(Chevrolet Nomad)

From: Automotive News | Date: April 19, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Rick Kranz

Gary Cowger isn't giving up on the Chevrolet Nomad concept.

Despite the Nomad's disappointing reviews at consumer clinics, the president of General Motors North America said the automaker will give the concept car another try.

"We'll do some more research, do some more tweaking,'' Cowger said during an interview at the New York auto show. "We'll try to find out what part (the public) didn't like and what can we do to fix that.''

The Nomad's styling is strongly influenced by a six-passenger wagon concept that GM unveiled in 1954. That concept, ...

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