English Wheel: 1,200 Horsepower And The Time That Bends
1200-horsepowerThe English wheel, a manual cold forming technique from the 1930s, is used to create body panels for the Jensen Interceptor GTX, a grand tourer with a turbocharged engine developing 1,200 horsepower. The process, devoid of automation, limits production speed due to the operator's physiology, creating a structural tension where each panel's shaping time becomes the main bottleneck for vehicle supply.
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