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How Are Cars Made?
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Design, Planning, and Manufacture of Prototypes
Numerous Tests
Production and Sales
First Steps
Stamping
Welding
Painting
Making the Engine
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Animations of the entire process
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Making Cars that Are Environmentally-friendly
Making Cars that Are People-friendly
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How Are Cars Made?
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Painting Let's watch an animation
 

Each car is painted a different color at the painting process according to the customer's order. Before painting, a high-pressure shower removes dirt and oil from the car.
The welded bodies are washed and painted four times with an primer, a surfacer, and a top coat and then with a clearcoat for a beautiful shine. This gives the car a beautiful color and prevents rust. Toyota uses environmentally-friendly water-borne paints.
Primer

 To apply the primer, the car is passed through a pool of paint that has electricity passing through it to prevent rusting.
Surfacer

 A robot evenly sprays on a gray paint to help the topcoat keep its color and to make the car surface smooth.
Top Coat

 A robot sprays on the final vehicle color from different angles to make an even finish.
Clearcoat

 Paint is applied for a beautiful finish, so the body shines like a mirror.

After the painting is finished, the paint is allowed to dry and is then inspected.
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