Despite the dominance of digital tools in modern engineering, leading automakers continue to craft full-scale clay models for ...

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: ...

You want your ride to look its best, but when you walk into the auto parts store, the wall of detailing products is big enough to make you dizzy. Not only that, but it might not be clear what some of ...

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: clay. Every ...

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 ...

In the era of 3-D computer modeling and Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets, you’d think the car industry might give up on clay modeling. But in fact, the age-old art of layering thousands of pounds ...