the work of car designers these days it s digitization that s making a splash design plays a key role in the high tech displays featured in cars nowadays behind the display is an onboard computing system and each function needs to specialize user interface . a look back to the one nine hundred fifty s. shows how much has changed very very simple. and we just when we designed it we just put the elements in some places where ever it seemed to clean because the elements are so simple are so small. we have another space to avoid and even to radio when we told this car the radio was an extra something to hold the car we had a radio and then that you think that s when i wondered if he knew. about the radio . i thought that like
sport seats there s no shortage of buttons on levers and the cockpit also features plenty of aluminum and carbon fiber trim. and there s more the new corvette grand sport features springs and stabilizers from the corbin c. zero six limited slip differential and even rimbaud brake system it s the finely tuned interaction between acceleration and handling that makes for excellent performance ronnie s verdict the core of a grand sport is a bull s-eye delivery powerful grip traction and control and an engine it just won t quit. from the very beginning car designers have always enjoyed coming up with new colors features and profiles and just as car designs have evolved over the years so has
what. i guess other luxury cars scored poorly. lexus is250 and audi a4 and lexus es350 scored poorly. three of the 11 cars tested, and these are luxury cars, did well on this. new tests, what is different about these tests ? we are used to the t bone. you are used to the side impact. this is more like pitting hitting a pole. maybe a utility pole. it hits the front of the car, but only 25% of the front end. this is a new and different test. you know how this works. once they do this testing, the scar designers try to protect the cars and they start building improvements. 10,000 people die each and every year in this crash. why the heck they haven t had this test before i have no idea. where can people find the list? well, consumer reports is covering it extensively today. every major news outlet is covering this. we are covering it. we will be talking about it
people in the driver s seat and now anchor of bulls and bears. brenda, why are auto loans booming? reporter: this is so american. people love cars. and they have been buying cars and saving up to buy cars, and, car designers and carmakers are producing cars that people want. plus, banks are opening up. they are saying we will give people with not perfect credit, the right to have good financing. financing at zero percent. but what is happening, the banks and private equity firms, they are bundling the subprime loans, and that sounds a little familiar. sounds scary. like they did with housing. shannon: what is the difference? reporter: americans do not default on their cars. they love their cars. and also the payments are a lot
years that have come from that lab. let s talk about the next 25 years. i understand you re working on a foldable car. we sure are, ali. before i do, i want to mention one more thing about that story. the very same technology that led to the sensor to cut off air bags in automobiles actually was being studied by students who actually went on to form the company called harmonics and today of course they re a provider of guitar hero and rock band. of course. that s right. because we talked about that in our quiz that that s what air bags and guitar hero have in company. that s serendipity. one thing leads to another and you never know where it s going to lead. let s talk about cars. okay. let s talk about cars. one of our groups called smart cities about ten years ago asked the question what kind of city would you like to live in? and then design a car for that city. the amazing thing is none of the students in this group were car designers. they were architects.