TAKEPLACE: GRAN TURISMO MEETS REALITY

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

GRAN TURISMO MEETS REALITY

To paraphrase Justin Timberlake: driving a European supercar in a videogame isn't cool. You know what's cool? Driving that same European supercar in real life. The Citroën GT only existed in the virtual streets of the Playstation game Gran Turismo -- until 3D printing brought it to life. Yes, we're serious: this is a street-legal, fully functional Citroën concept car made from a combination of hand-crafted and 3-D printed parts, based on the designs from a video game. Car geeks, eat your heart out: FASTCODESIGN

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