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Example of performance testing
Read the description of travel weather testing extremes. Some cars were taken
to frigid climates and forced to operate in sub-zero temperatures. Some cars
were taken to extremely hot climates and forced to operate in 120+ degree
Fahrenheit temperatures.
Read the description of road grade conditions testing that required a driver to
pull up a short on a steep slope, set the parking brake, turn off the engine, wait
a few moments, then restart the engine and back down the slope.
Read the description of road surface conditions testing where drivers raced over
loose gravel to torture the underside of the car and wheel wells.
Read the description of road surface conditions testing that employed long
sequences of speed bumps to shake the car and its parts to an extreme.
The topic traces all the steps that the General Motors Corvette development team
took to create the 1997 model C5 Corvette. It is interesting from the manufacturing
standpoint as well as the organizational intrigue standpoint because 1996 was
supposed to be the last year the Corvette was made and sold. The C5 became the
next-generation Corvette and was brought to market in 1997. The C5 design was
manufactured until 2004. Perhaps you have seen the C5 fl ash by on the highway. It
looks like Figure 1.1.
Figure 1.1
1997 Corvette C5 Coupe
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