ZL1 beats new GT500

Originally Posted by Cmike2780

With the whole industry going "greener." Some of the exotic lightweight materials is bound to become less expensive sooner or later. Just look at McLaren. The F1 was over 1 million dollars compared to the MP4-12C which cost a quarter of that. It took McLaren 3500 hours to piece together the F1's carbon fiber tub. The MP4-12C takes about 4 hours. If/when Ford and GM wake up and invest in this tech, I can only imagine how truly awesome these high powered engines will perform.

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Ford has already established a relationship with DOW Chemical for the purpose of developing/producing light weight materials for future models. The goal is to make it cost-effective to use light weight carbon composites on mass-produced vehicles. Everything from a sub-compact to a minivan.