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      08-23-2019, 02:21 PM   #161
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Originally Posted by clee1982 View Post
If BMW can do CF on main stream car it would definitely be game changer, BMW would then be the lightest in the segment across the range, though even 7 series only have a "carbon core" (and while 5/7 are close to the light end in its class, not really that light to start with...), so would imagine it's just not that easy
BMW has been making a CFRP monocoque mainstream car since 2014.

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