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- Automobile body styles and their purposes
- How automobile design works
Title this Google Document "Automobile Body Styles and Design"
Part One of Two
- Check out this site. It describes the different automobile body styles.
- Read through the information for each body style.
- Select five different styles and in your Google Document do a short write up and find a photo online for each style. Start your photo search on Photos for Class (you can also do a Google search, but make sure to adjust the "usage right" filter under "tools")
- Wherever you get your photos, make sure to cite the websites.
- Create the subtitle "Automobile Body Styles" in your Google Document for this activity.
Part Two of Two
Click here to watch a short video that discusses car design (start at 1:43). Then read an article on how cars are designed here. Answer the following questions in your Google Document and subtitle this activity "Automobile Design."
- From the video, what are some things that you found surprising about the design process? Explain. (5 pts)
- In the article, in the section called "Lead time," what are some things the designer has to consider? (5 pts)
- Which automobile manufacturer introduced the clay model making model method? Why is this method still used today? (5 pts)
- What are some advantages of the computer model method? (5 pts)