Auburn Hills — In an era of computer-aided design and 3-D printing, one traditional craft remains in automakers' design studios: full-size clay models. For 80 years, clay modelers have used their ...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — In an era of computer-aided design and 3-D printing, one traditional craft remains in automakers' design studios: Full-size clay models. For 80 years, clay modelers have used ...

WARREN, Mich. — Car designers have every kind of software and virtual reality tool. But when they want to make sure a car's curves look just right, they rely on one of the world's oldest materials: ...

Stylists at Mazda Motor Corp. are renowned for their faith in old-school clay modeling when it comes to creating the brand's curvaceous Kodo car designs. But to perfect the voluptuous bends and molten ...

At the heart of our project, "Innovative Claywork," lies a pioneering vision that marries age-old craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology. We are on a mission to redefine the boundaries of ...

DEARBORN, MICHIGAN: American automaker Ford Motor Company is using clay to craft, re-craft and recycle the pliable stuff, to design its car models. “We are constantly being influenced by new ...

Toyota has shared with us a collection of early sketches and clay models from the GR Supra development shedding some light in the lengthy process of designing a sportscar. The Japanese automaker also ...

New cars have enough digital horsepower to connect to the Internet while going 70 miles an hour, compute speed and direction multiple times a second and drive themselves for long stretches if the law ...