{"id":495188,"date":"2016-02-01T00:18:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T08:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=24217"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:22:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:22:59","slug":"deep-sea-diving-for-car-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/deep-sea-diving-for-car-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Sea Diving for Car Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>While you might think this article is going to address the Chrysler Norsman, we are instead going deep sea diving, but not for the wreckage of the Andria Doria\u2026at least not this month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fig-7B-BAT-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fig-7B-BAT-7.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC \" width=\"1080\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fig-7B-BAT-7.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fig-7B-BAT-7-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fig-7B-BAT-7-1024x488.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fig-7B-BAT-7-100x48.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fig-7B-BAT-7-770x367.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fig-7B-BAT-7-293x140.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>Nearly every show and production car is designed with a main theme. Sketched and rendered by the designer and modeled by the development team, these themes emerge from trends and cultural interest. Throughout decades of car design, a wide range of themes have been explored and expanded, from carriage and bicycles to animals, aircraft and rockets. The shapes of our cars have been inspired by multiple cultural influences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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