Post by kp12b on Dec 11, 2013 13:52:39 GMT -6
autos.yahoo.com/news/10-unlikely-autos-that-changed-cars-forever-234855738.html
Possibly not the best list of revolutionary cars ever but the author included the aurora.
1994 Oldsmobile Aurora: Origami Sheet Metal
The use of sheet metal folded, layered, welded into complex boxed sections, as opposed to using simply heavy beams, brought two things to car design: First, the body became much stiffer, and second, parts of the car previously used just to keep rain and wind off the passengers became useful structural components—part of controlled crush zones for energy absorption in a crash
The use of sheet metal folded, layered, welded into complex boxed sections, as opposed to using simply heavy beams, brought two things to car design: First, the body became much stiffer, and second, parts of the car previously used just to keep rain and wind off the passengers became useful structural components—part of controlled crush zones for energy absorption in a crash
Possibly not the best list of revolutionary cars ever but the author included the aurora.
