Depending on who you ask, talking about car companies making clay models during the designing process will elicit either an "I'm sorry, what?" or "Well of course." Sculpting facsimiles of in-progress ...

Despite the dominance of digital tools in modern engineering, leading automakers continue to craft full-scale clay models for new vehicle designs. This labor-intensive tradition, still prevalent in ...

Last Sunday, Ford made its official announcement about the grand opening of its new world headquarters. Which is great and all for everyone who works there ... but more interesting than the building ...

For almost 100 years, car companies have been using clay models in the design process of automobile development, but with all the technology available to them now, why do they still employ the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Every automobile you've ever seen once started as a full-size carefully sculpted clay model. Constructing these models can cost automakers hundreds of ...

John Neff is a veteran automotive journalist with over two decades of experience leading major outlets such as Autoblog and Motor1. Beginning his career as Editor-in-Chief of Speed, Style & Sound, he ...

The automotive industry moves fast. It wasn't all that long ago that diesel was being peddled as the next big thing. Then, just a few short years ago, deadlines were being set for the demise of ...