Gm brass hat owned cars

[Kurt S]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: StealthBird</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The term &quot;brass hat&quot; was more of a slang term used by dealers when an executive driven car, well equipped, was sold through their dealership. </div></div>
It's a totally made-up term by the dealers. They applied it to anything coming thru the auction - pool cars and exec cars.

PEP = Product Evaluation Program, btw. The formal term for giving cars to execs. Not sure when the term came into use.

[Keith Seymore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kurt S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
PEP = Product Evaluation Program, btw. The formal term for giving cars to execs. Not sure when the term came into use. </div></div>

Seems like it started around the early 1990's. I made 8th level in October of 1991 and the term was already in use at that time.

That was around the same time that we were no longer allowed to specify the option content on our randomly assigned vehicles (I cheated and schmoozed the fleet coordinator with the option content for a GMT400 extended cab short box pickup, 350 cu inch manual 5 speed, black exterior with the argent full face styled steel wheels and P275 tires, which she submitted. That was the last time I was able to pick the options besides drive-and-buys).

K

[Keith Seymore]

One last story (and then I'll move on):

I remember one time I had a Muscle Car review or some other &quot;performance car&quot; magazine laying on my desk; it had a red '70 Chevelle SS/black stripes on the cover.

One of the &quot;old guys&quot; (!) wandered by and saw it. He commented: &quot;oh - I drove one of those as a company vehicle one time...&quot;

He thought for a second, and then added: &quot;...it got terrible gas mileage&quot;.




K

[Xplantdad]

Keith... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]