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Thanks to a new lightweight platform made from a combination of high-strength-steel, carbonfiber, aluminum and magnesium, the new BMW 5 Series is expected to shed around 100kg or 220lbs.
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- Ford's Lightweight Fusion Prototype Weighs As Much As A Fiesta [w/video]
Ford is demonstrating its ability to build lightweight vehicles with a 2013 Fusion prototype that is 700 lbs (317.5 kg) lighter than the production car thanks to the use of high-strength steel and aluminum alloys. To achieve this result, Ford has used...
- Report Brings Our Attention To The Repair Costs Of New, Lighter Cars Which Use New Materials
A big talking point nowadays is the increasingly common use of special high-strenght low-weight materials for the construction of new cars. These new solutions for the mass market, like carbon fiber, high-strength steel or aluminum, have obvious benefits...
- Porsche Unveils New 911 Cabriolet With Lightweight Roof Structure [with Video]
Well, that didn't take long, did it? Only a couple of months after unveiling the all-new 911 Coupe at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche today revealed the Cabriolet version of its most famous model series. As expected, Porsche opted for a soft top...
- Mopar Unveils 800hp Viper V10 For Drag Racing, Plus New Crate Engines And Performance Parts At Sema
If you think the stock Viper is a brutal machine, imagine the Dodge sports car fitted with a Mopar-upgraded 800HP V10 like the one unveiled at the SEMA show. The new engine, codenamed P5155872 Performance Series V10, has been developed especially for...
- Audi R8 Gt 560hp: New Photo Gallery Of Ingolstadt's Flagship Sports Car
Audi has dropped a boat load of fresh images of the hard-core version of its R8 supercar called the GT. You can read all the details in our previous post here, but as a refresher, the GT is a lighter, more powerful and faster variant of the R8. It is...
Cars
Next-Gen BMW 5-Series Gets In Shape, Loses 100kg or 220lbs
Thanks to a new lightweight platform made from a combination of high-strength-steel, carbonfiber, aluminum and magnesium, the new BMW 5 Series is expected to shed around 100kg or 220lbs.
Read more »
- Ford's Lightweight Fusion Prototype Weighs As Much As A Fiesta [w/video]
Ford is demonstrating its ability to build lightweight vehicles with a 2013 Fusion prototype that is 700 lbs (317.5 kg) lighter than the production car thanks to the use of high-strength steel and aluminum alloys. To achieve this result, Ford has used...
- Report Brings Our Attention To The Repair Costs Of New, Lighter Cars Which Use New Materials
A big talking point nowadays is the increasingly common use of special high-strenght low-weight materials for the construction of new cars. These new solutions for the mass market, like carbon fiber, high-strength steel or aluminum, have obvious benefits...
- Porsche Unveils New 911 Cabriolet With Lightweight Roof Structure [with Video]
Well, that didn't take long, did it? Only a couple of months after unveiling the all-new 911 Coupe at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche today revealed the Cabriolet version of its most famous model series. As expected, Porsche opted for a soft top...
- Mopar Unveils 800hp Viper V10 For Drag Racing, Plus New Crate Engines And Performance Parts At Sema
If you think the stock Viper is a brutal machine, imagine the Dodge sports car fitted with a Mopar-upgraded 800HP V10 like the one unveiled at the SEMA show. The new engine, codenamed P5155872 Performance Series V10, has been developed especially for...
- Audi R8 Gt 560hp: New Photo Gallery Of Ingolstadt's Flagship Sports Car
Audi has dropped a boat load of fresh images of the hard-core version of its R8 supercar called the GT. You can read all the details in our previous post here, but as a refresher, the GT is a lighter, more powerful and faster variant of the R8. It is...