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 ...

The 3D printing revolution has transformed a lot of industries, but according to [Insider Business] the car industry still uses clay modeling to make life-sized replicas of new cars. The video below ...

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 ...

Nio has completed the two-dimensional sketches of the first model under one of its forthcoming entry-level brands, codenamed Firefly, and will start making scale models in clay as early as August, ...

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 ...

A lot of people are obsessed with scale-model restoration projects but also enjoy watching crash tests of vehicles, but what happens if you combine a painstaking creation process with destruction? A ...

Clay models have long played a crucial role in the development of iconic Porsche designs. The experts use unique tools to shape them. Metal blades and scrapers, delicate wire loops, wooden sculpting ...