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The Surprising History of the Porsche Boxster
"Made by Mazda, built by Toyota, in Finland…."
By Rain Noe - Aug 03, 2017
The folks over at Donut Media did a great job of breaking down an important part of recent auto design history: How the Boxster saved Porsche from near disaster. I remember when the Boxster first came out but had no idea how dire things looked for Porsche at the time. I also didn't realize Mazda and Toyota were indirectly involved in the car's development:
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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I ordered a new Boxster in the summer of 1997, delivered November of 97 as a 98 model. It, contrary to the video, was built in Zuffenhausen. In 1998 the production was a Valmet. Boxsters produced in 96 and 97 as 97 and 98 models years were real Porsches made in Germany. Don't believe everything you hear.
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By Steven Johnson - Aug 02, 2017
Steven M. Johnson's Bizarre Invention #348: The Solar Cooking Coupe
Steven M. Johnson's "Patent Depending" series of inventions range from social commentary to plain ol' bizarre, and they always give us a laugh. So we've contracted him to let us publish one every week.
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By Rain Noe - Aug 02, 2017
The "Science" That 1930s Automotive Designers Used to Determine Car Shapes
A demonstration of "Streamlines"
Here's a fascinating look inside Chevrolet's research facilities circa 1936. This is an era when the shapes of cars came from pencils wielded by designers operating on intuition, not market research or computer simulations. In order to promote their design savvy, General Motors and Chevy developed a rather interesting
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By David Frane - Jul 31, 2017
AeroMobil 4.0 Flying Car
This gas/electric hybrid may be the first vehicle of its kind to go into production.
The idea of cars that can fly has been around since at least 1940 when Henry Ford said flying cars were on the way. What he didn't know was that it would take until now for one to get beyond the prototype stage and go into production. AeroMobil 4.0If
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By Rain Noe - Jul 25, 2017
Porsche's Production Process: Assembling the 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series
The $250,000-plus car is largely put together by hand
This is some fantastically up-close footage of a Porsche 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series being assembled. The quarter-of-a-million-dollar car is assembled largely by hand with machine assistance, and it's fun watching the various parts come together, and seeing anal touches like the testing guy checking the hood tolerance with a
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