We don’t blame you if you aren’t a fan of the ‘70 Vega. Few people are. However, that doesn’t mean that the car’s development wasn’t interesting. Recently, Jalopnik featured a short video detailing the creation of the Vega from drawings to the assembly plant. Even if you aren’t a fan of the Vega, it is still cool to see how a car develops from idea to reality.

As Car and Track’s Bud Lindemann explains in the video, the small car trend was fairly new to consumers in 1970. However, companies like Chevrolet had been working on creating smaller cars for some time before they were released. After a lot of effort went into development, the result for Chevrolet was the creation of the tiny Vega.

A major part of the Vega’s development was its whole new engine design. After extensive engine studies were done, a four-cylinder engine was determined to be the best fit for the smaller car. A smaller engine meant lower RPMs, less noise and less internal wear, along with a much lighter powerhouse when built on a dye cast aluminum, silicon cylinder block.

After developing the engine, it was tested in several conditions, including Colorado’s high altitude, Minnesota’s low winter temperatures and the Arizona’s soaring summer heat. In total, the test cars traveled 240,000 miles.

Another major part of the development of the Vega was its body design. The video states that the goal was to create a car that was not only practical and comfortable, but also “nifty.” Once prototypes were developed, they were sent off to the GM Proving Grounds for hours of testing.

Once the Vega moved into its production phase, “the most precisely engineered car in America” was built at the Lawrencetown, Ohio plant. Also noteworthy about the Vega at the time was the new body rust proofing dip that was applied to the entire car’s body before it was assembled.

Obviously there are much cooler cars out there than the ’70 Vega, but the video gives you an idea of how any vehicle goes from simple drawings to a full fledged automobile. Check out the video below for your Vega development fix.