Carbon fiber is getting more popular among carmakers as it becomes cheaper: carbon fiber, carbon fiber cars,

The price of carbonfiber has been dropping significantly due to production advances that enabled suppliers to hasten its finicky and expensive curing process. This is why it is increasingly attracting the attention of automakers that want to reduce the weight of their vehicles. Carbon-fiber auto parts
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bfghemicuda - 6/17/2011 5:19:59 PM

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Weight reduction has become the #1 focus with manufactures for fuel consumption. With the additional weight of safety features, exhaust systems, upgraded interiors and the like CF is huge weight reduction advantage. A 2009 prius is heavier than a 1967 mustang V8. The average vehicle today is 1000 lbs heavier than vehicles in 1970.

veyron1001 - 6/17/2011 6:09:51 PM

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You are about 400lbs off with your comparison.

veyron1001 - 6/17/2011 9:49:29 PM

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must have been down voted by a woman.

stone - 6/18/2011 11:43:55 PM

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The only problem is body repairs, no bondo for carbon fiber as far as I know. Unless it's more cost effective to replace entire panels instead of patching bodywork which I don't know.

truckman - 6/20/2011 1:48:39 PM

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I can see the advantage of carbon fiber for all vehicles, including suvs and trucks, for off road race trucks the lighter it is the faster it can go in the rough, also it will be more efficient, who could complain about that, sign me up.