The aid of computers in automobile design has improved performance by allowing for experimentation with unconventional designs and processes that previously seemed impossible. Manufacturers and ...

Early car aerodynamic development focused on physical observation rather than simulation. Wind tunnels were first developed for aviation during the 1870s and were used by pioneers such as the Wright ...

Consider the Formula One (F1) race car. Rather than just running on simple oval tracks and always turning left, F1s race on closed tracks — sometimes even on blocked-off city streets — and drivers ...