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Old 10-10-2008, 08:43 AM   #27 (permalink)
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'El Misil' - '91 Opel Calibra 2.0i
Last 3: 29.02 mpg (US)
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Even with traditional & cheap steel there could be a lot of room for improvement:

Ultra Light Steel Auto Body (ULSAB) Project



The real problem is the vast majority of automakers and consumers couldn't care less about car weight reduction. As a matter of fact lots of people is convinced 'light cars are coffins' and 'heavy cars are safer', poor devils.


In the inmortal words of Sir Colin Chapman: "Simplify, then add lightness" .
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