According to Mignatta, the chassis weighs just 157 pounds. It has a torsional stiffness of 101,000 Nm/deg. While that doesn't ...

In the '90s, one French automaker debuted a car powered by a V12 engine, one of the earliest examples of a supercar with a carbon-fiber chassis and body. This V12-powered supercar went by several ...

DRVN uses a donor car to keep the original VIN, stripping it down to the bare steel chassis before fixing any imperfections. Then, structural carbon fiber is added to improve stiffness.

Unveiled at the 1998 Bologna Motor Show, the GT2 was developed as a no-compromise track car by Lamborghini, featuring a ...

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Maintaining the traditional open-wheel and open-cockpit principles, the chassis continues to be carbon fiber/composite monocoque designs that use the engine as an integral component to the car.

It all started way back in the '80s when it started using carbon fiber in the construction of its Formula 1 cars. Throughout the decades, McLaren engineers have led the industry in carbon fiber ...

Now it’s everywhere in the automotive industry, from the chassis of high-end supercars to the dashboards of SUVs. McLaren famously pioneered the use of carbon in cars, first in Formula 1 ...

The reason McLaren has left so much breathing room is that it one day plans to build much more than 5,000 cars a year. Furthermore, it may be open to becoming a supplier of carbon fiber chassis to ...