Ford_News
07-09-2012, 07:44 AM
Filed under: Europe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Design/Style (http://www.autoblog.com/category/design-style/)
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It's a big week for buildings: after the announcement of Lamborghini's prototype center (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/09/lamborghini-opens-new-prototype-development-center/), not only is Ford not pulling out of Europe (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/29/should-gm-and-ford-give-up-on-selling-cars-in-europe/), it has spent €11.6 million ($14.3M U.S.) to expand its design center in Germany. The 3,000 square-meter architectural addition to the location charged with global design of small and compact Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford) models revamps existing studios, adds a "powerwall" for projecting 3D designs and virtual envrionments, along with new machines for clay modeling.
The new wing is said to be "reminiscent of a boat," but it doesn't resemble any oceangoing vessel we've ever seen. No matter, you can read more on its land-lubber details in the press release and check out the high-res gallery above.Continue reading Ford expands European design center (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/09/ford-expands-european-design-center/)
Ford expands European design center (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/09/ford-expands-european-design-center/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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It's a big week for buildings: after the announcement of Lamborghini's prototype center (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/09/lamborghini-opens-new-prototype-development-center/), not only is Ford not pulling out of Europe (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/29/should-gm-and-ford-give-up-on-selling-cars-in-europe/), it has spent €11.6 million ($14.3M U.S.) to expand its design center in Germany. The 3,000 square-meter architectural addition to the location charged with global design of small and compact Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford) models revamps existing studios, adds a "powerwall" for projecting 3D designs and virtual envrionments, along with new machines for clay modeling.
The new wing is said to be "reminiscent of a boat," but it doesn't resemble any oceangoing vessel we've ever seen. No matter, you can read more on its land-lubber details in the press release and check out the high-res gallery above.Continue reading Ford expands European design center (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/09/ford-expands-european-design-center/)
Ford expands European design center (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/09/ford-expands-european-design-center/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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