New Audi 8 body structure uses mix of four materials to deliver greater performance, safety
Lightweight materials provide higher torsional rigidity, offering gains in driving dynamics and acoustics
Audi’s new A8 features what the company calls an ‘intelligent mix of four materials ―aluminum, steel, magnesium and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP)’ in the body structure, the automaker said in a press release yesterday (5 April).
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