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Originally Posted by Cmike2780
It's nearly impossible to build it cheap, safe, lightweight and have the same characteristics of a modern sports car.
I guess my point is, to achieve everything we want in a sports car, we need to use more exotic materials like carbon fiber, which has gotten a lot less expensive to produce. I read somewhere that the new Mclaren MP4-12c cost a 1/4 or a 1/3 to produce than the F1 because of new techniques. Lets hope it trickles down to us mere mortals.
You've probably seen this before. This shocked me the first time I saw it. I thought most of these old cars were tanks compared to new cars, but the thing just disintegrates. I can't imagine how a 240 would stack up.
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You are absolutely right! There has to be a paradigm shift in the manufacturing of cars. Pre-preg Carbon fiber is expensive only because it takes a long time to make (laying down fibers, Baking, etc) compared to Steel which can be stamped in about 6 seconds then welded or bolted together.
Maybe in about a decade we'll see huge cost-saving methods. It only gets better from here.
