Walt Disney World’s Epcot - Test Track 2012
The latest rumor floating around Disney World’s Epcot is that General Motors is ready to sign a new deal to sponsor their Epcot pavilion for a further 10 years until 2022. As part of the deal the Test Track attraction would essentially be gutted, leaving only the ride path and vehicles chassis in place.Other areas of the pavilion would also be completely redone as they were during the transition from World of Motion to Test Track.
The new ride-thru attraction that Disney is in talks with General Motors to fund would involve new vehicle bodies for the Test Track vehicles designed not by Imagineering but rather General Motor’s own design, research, and development unit. Upgraded interiors and new electronics and show elements (screens, etc..) would be the height of this collaboration. For the ride scenes the pavilion would become a sort of hybrid version of the original World of Motion and the current Test Track attraction, detailing vehicle design, production, fabrication, and testing with a nod toward its history and the future.
