If YOU WANTED TO TAG THE LAST 20 YEARS OF AUTO DEVELOPMENT WITH A MOVIE TITLE, NONE COULD BE MORE SUITABLE THAN THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS. COMPUTER-GENERATED MODELING AND ADVANCED PRODUCTION METHODS HAVE SHAVED YEARS OFF THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS. TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADES NOW LEAP FROM DRAWING BOARDS TO SHOWROOMS IN A MATTER OF MONTHS. AS THE EVOLUTION OF THE AUTOMOBILE HAS BECOME SUPERCHARGED, AN INTERESTING "POWER STRUGGLE" HAS ERUPTED BETWEEN DRIVER AND VEHICLE. ON ONE SIDE, AUTO MANUFACTURERS HAVE DELIVERED NEW LEVELS OF POWER AND PERFORMANCE TO ALL AREAS OF THE MARKET. BUYERS OF EVEN THE MOST BASIC ECONOMY CARS NOW CAN COUNT ON PLENTY OF HORSEPOWER AND "BANG-FOR-YOUR-BUCK" FUN. UNFORTUNATELY, PUTTING ALL THIS MUSCLE IN THE HANDS OF MILLIONS OF DRIVERS FACING COUNTLESS DISTRACTIONS DURING THEIR DAILY COMMUTES SOMETIMES MEANS ONE THING: TROUBLE. THE KIND OF TROUBLE THAT CAUSES ACCIDENTS. KNOWING THIS, CARMAKERS HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE OCCASIONAL REVOLUTION, OR OUTRIGHT COUP D'ETAT, IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.
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