Ford Uses 200,000 Pounds of Clay Every Year

(via Popular Mechanics)  Modeling clay was introduced to the car industry in the late twenties by GM’s Harley Earl, and while today’s designers have such advanced tools as CAD and rapid prototyping, carmakers still rely on clay when it comes to building their full-sized models. As a result, they use up to 200,000 lbs. of the stuff every year, which isn’t even the clay you might be familiar with.