Sentences with phrase «carbon fiber body panels»

More air intakes and outlets, as well as carbon fiber body panels, and a magnesium roof to save weight.

Plasan is the only supplier of carbon fiber body panels for performance and luxury cars made by U.S. manufacturers and uses carbon fibers produced by Toray's U.S. subsidiary to make its Pressure Press molding.

Anchored by the carbon fiber passenger cell, the GT features aluminum front and rear subframes encapsulated in structural carbon fiber body panels.

He cites the success of using carbon fiber body panels on the Corvette and says it could also be used for structural applications.

To that end, the drifting pro's Ford Mustang RTR features carbon fiber body panels to reduce weight compared to the factory steel body.

Since 2004, Chevrolet has led the way with carbon fiber body panels on cars produced in the USA.

Weight saving features include carbon fiber body panels, shatter - resistant polycarbonate windows.

Instead, its dark hue is the byproduct of clearcoated carbon fiber body panels.

Numerous carbon - fiber - reinforced - plastic, aluminum, and carbon fiber body panels along with the smaller, lighter engine make for a curb weight of 3300 lbs.

Aria is best known as the pen behind projects like the Tesla Model S Concept from 2009, the bespoke carbon fiber body panels that adorn the Singer 911s, and the Ford Shelby GR - 1, as well as the SpaceX Dragon capsule and the Warthog from Halo 4.

The changes over the standard M2 apparently include lighter carbon fiber body panels, more aggressive aero, and a bump in horsepower from 360 to around 400.

torque, all versions of the Pratt & Miller Corvette C6RS employ purpose - built carbon fiber body panels to reduce weight and improve aerodynamic efficiency.

Technology makes the car and its speed possible: a carbon fiber body tub and carbon fiber body panels atop that, wave upon wave of microprocessors to manage the 16 cylinders and four turbochargers, and stability and traction control so you don't prematurely ruin the $ 42,000 set of Michelin tires.

The Esperante Spyder GT is a wide body version that features a mix of SPF aluminum panels and strong and lightweight carbon fiber body panels that are created with help from Élan Composites.

The next generation of Teslas could see battery - infused carbon fiber body panels.

A Japanese company that is the world's largest maker of carbon fibers has bought 20 percent of the supplier that will be producing two carbon fiber body panels for the 2014 Corvette Stingray.

The GT will be built with a carbon fiber passenger cell, as well as aluminum front and rear subframes encapsulated in structural carbon fiber body panels.

In terms of weight reduction, the LT uses carbon fiber body panels, less sound deadening material, a fixed polycarbonate («racing plastic») engine cover, Alcantara interior (replacing leather and carpet), a marginally thinner windshield and rear glass, and even a lighter - weight paint coating.

The reason behind this decision is that production will require the intense use of lightweight materials such as carbon fiber body panels and many components from aluminum and magnesium, and these elements would jack up the price.

The low - slung, two - door coupe features carbon fiber body panels and a carbon fiber monocoque chassis, ensuring an ultra-stiff construction that's also extremely light.

Although the standard 2015 Volkswagen Golf R is lighter than its predecessor, a potential Golf R Evo would lose more weight still from some carbon fiber body panels and a bare - bones interior.

The car wears lightweight aluminum and carbon fiber body panels; 0 - 60 comes in just 3.3 seconds, and top speed is 200 mph.

There's no shortage of visual opera here: a complex series of curves, swoops, and contours highlight the carbon fiber body panels of this ambitious flagship.

I reckon they should make all the Prius cars * plug in hybrids; * put bigger battery packs in them to extend the EV only range — anything above 100 miles EV only range seems to overcome a lot of psychological barriers; * put a smaller gas engine in it and a more powerful Electric Motor — Electric Motors have recently become smaller, lighter and more powerful; * use carbon fiber body panels to reduce weight;

The R8 GT Spyder is much lighter due to the use of thinner glass in the windscreen and carbon fiber body panels.

Esperante Spyder customers can choose between two sports car bodies: the «super formed» lightweight aluminum body made in Riverside, Calif. through a process developed for aerospace applications on the standard Spyder, or the carbon fiber body panels produced in the Élan Composites race shop for the Spyder GT.

Plasan, the supplier of the carbon fiber body panels for the new 2009 Corvette ZR1 gives us a cool illustration of exactly how much each of their parts weigh and the results are rather surprising.

Thanks to carbon fiber body panels, the weighs only 2,171 lbs (985 kg) and can generate 2,204 lbs of downforce at 124 mph.

The concept doesn't use the typical battery packs that today's electric car's use and instead it's powered by supercapacitors and energy storage that's integrated into the carbon fiber body panels.

The passenger cell is carbon fiber, with aluminum front and rear subframes ensconced in structural carbon fiber body panels.