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TELVM · 10-10-2008, 09:43 AM

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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TELVM EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 55 'El Misil' - '91 Opel Calibra 2.0i Last 3: 29.02 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	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"* . __________________