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Originally Posted by Number 3
Ohhhh, it won't be long..................it's NOW. Mass savings is so important to FE and CO2. The minute this becomes cost effective you'll see it in a Cruz and Sonic. Today it's not there yet.
Also, to manage crash energy you somewhat need the material to yield. A very stiff part that "snaps" isn't good for riding down a crash. So using it in major structural areas is a different engineering question than just mass reduction.
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Why are composite body panels (fiberglass, etc) not being used as widespread as I'd have thought?
Corvette uses them. But why did the Camaro drop them, and the later-model Saturns? Is the material that expensive?