Virtual car design might be said to have moved from the stone age to the present day in a space of eight years. In 1994, it took several hours to display a design sketch on a computer – now, it takes 30 seconds!
Stefan Jansson, a designer at the Volvo Monitoring and Concept Center, Camarillo, California, describes how the shape of the Volvo SCC was created, with the aid of computers. He was the responsible exterior designer for that project.