Originally posted by NY Madman:
Originally posted by fog:
[b]Way to not evolve guys.
That concept is one of the most remarkable things in automotive engineering to come along in decades.
Less weight/better fuel economy, real time aerodynamics changes, lower manufacturing costs, safer frame design for collisions.
The only drawbacks would be durability. Can a thief steal your car by cutting into it with a pen knife? Kevlar and other materials would solve that.
Think outside your boxes.
What you saw in that video is a death trap.
An automobile needs the surrounding steel body to help absorb impact and crumble properly in an accident.
If it didn't, we would have had fiberglass vehicles or vehicles made from other lightweight components years ago.
This concept is a death sentence for thousands of people. All for what?
It's probably useless to even discuss this concept. It would never pass safety tests and rightfully so.[/b]Wow. And here I thought race car technology used a steel cagework, and not all that other shit around it to make them strong... Not to mention, a LOT of sports cars use fiberglass (aka, CORVETTE, since well, the beginning)... Or the Saturn that used molded plastic...
If you're relying on the body panels to make a car "safe", methinks you don't know much about automobiles in general...
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