Jaretr1
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Last night I caught on Velocity the show on how dream cars are made, in particular the episode on the new Stingray.
First off, there are so many points on the assembly line where people actually are touching the cars. While it seems they do take precautions in how they handle and touch the cars, I can see potential for scratches to enter in. Secondly, once the car is assembled, near the end of the assembly line, there is a team of people with mini polishers inspecting the finish and making spot corrections to any defects. So basically, the cars are being polished in part before they even leave the assembly line. And right before they see sunlight, the cars are blasted from all angles with high pressure water spray to test for leaks. So for those of you who buy a new stingray and never get it wet, well, it was wet before it was let loose from the factory!
Whats really impressive though, and I know I take it for granted, aside from the engineering of the car itself, is the engineering that goes into the design of the manufacture process. Once they design a car like the Corvette, they then have to design how they are going to build it, and the design of the manufacturing process is quite impressive. So much of the car is done by machine and robots, which I suppose eliminates the margin of error for quality issues. And then designing and building the machinery that is specific for different assembly tasks. It was neat to see it. Many of the cars they feature on that show are much lower volume and therefore are much more made by hand.
First off, there are so many points on the assembly line where people actually are touching the cars. While it seems they do take precautions in how they handle and touch the cars, I can see potential for scratches to enter in. Secondly, once the car is assembled, near the end of the assembly line, there is a team of people with mini polishers inspecting the finish and making spot corrections to any defects. So basically, the cars are being polished in part before they even leave the assembly line. And right before they see sunlight, the cars are blasted from all angles with high pressure water spray to test for leaks. So for those of you who buy a new stingray and never get it wet, well, it was wet before it was let loose from the factory!
Whats really impressive though, and I know I take it for granted, aside from the engineering of the car itself, is the engineering that goes into the design of the manufacture process. Once they design a car like the Corvette, they then have to design how they are going to build it, and the design of the manufacturing process is quite impressive. So much of the car is done by machine and robots, which I suppose eliminates the margin of error for quality issues. And then designing and building the machinery that is specific for different assembly tasks. It was neat to see it. Many of the cars they feature on that show are much lower volume and therefore are much more made by hand.
