JohnZiraldo
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I have always struggled with visualizing and understanding why modern 'platforms' are so fixed and/or limited. I could easily understand the old technology frame chassis, with suspension components etc.
but I gather that modern platforms are significantly more engineered and sophisticated than that and cannot easily be modified (ie. stretched, shrunk, widened, narrowed etc.) than what could be done previously with a saw and a welder.
Is this the right image to have in mind about a modern platform?
This to me looks like a platform for a specific model car, not something that is a platform that can be used for multiple models.
Take for example the GM Zeta platform. It is used for several different models including the Camaro. I found the following image while searching for the Zeta platform.
Is this the right way to think of a modern platform?
Is there enough information and images available to the public for a discussion about the differences in the Fox, SN95, S197, and in the future S550 platforms?
but I gather that modern platforms are significantly more engineered and sophisticated than that and cannot easily be modified (ie. stretched, shrunk, widened, narrowed etc.) than what could be done previously with a saw and a welder.
Is this the right image to have in mind about a modern platform?
This to me looks like a platform for a specific model car, not something that is a platform that can be used for multiple models.
Take for example the GM Zeta platform. It is used for several different models including the Camaro. I found the following image while searching for the Zeta platform.
Is this the right way to think of a modern platform?
Is there enough information and images available to the public for a discussion about the differences in the Fox, SN95, S197, and in the future S550 platforms?
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