Tag: carbon-fiber
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Aston Martin Vanquish S, Audi R8 V10 Spyder, Dodge Demon: This Week’s Top Photos
Aston Martin’s Vanquish S Volante is one of the sexiest drop-tops in production right now. It sports a 580-horsepower V-12, a carbon fiber body and extra plush Bridge of Weir Caithness leather trim. We flew to Granada, Spain to drive the refreshed 2017 Subaru BRZ with the new Performance Package. With bigger brakes, new dampers,…
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BAC Mono gets ultra-strong, ultra-light graphene panels
BAC has unveiled a version of its street-legal Mono track car fitted with body panels made from graphene. The advanced material is similar to carbon fiber but consists of sheets just one atom thick. Its strength is derived from the arrangement of the carbon atoms which form rigid, honeycomb-like structures within the material. The material…
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Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster, Bristol Bullet, alternative Chiron design: This Week’s Top Photos
Seventy years after its founding and five years after it was saved from insolvency, niche British sports car marque Bristol is back with a new model, the deliciously-retro Bullet speedster. The car weighs just 2,500 pounds thanks to a mix of aluminum and carbon fiber and is powered by a 370-horsepower V-8 sourced from BMW.…
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2,000-horspower Nissan GT-R crashes after 218-mph speed run
Would you be willing to pilot a Nissan GT-R modified to put out 2,000 horsepower? How would you feel at speeds exceeding 200 mph? And what would you do if it all started to go wrong during braking from a speed run? One lucky fellow with Team Insanity Racing had the guts to find out…