Materials used in auto industry

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Is it true that cars are 90% fiberglass these days. I ask because I read about Jaguar melting in London

Edit changed the title of the thread to make it useful. Cars use variety of materials. April 1 is over
 
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Did the usage of fiberglass in modern cars increase? Yes. Are the cars "90% fiberglass"? Not by any stretch. *I mean come on, they are obviously made out of Mercury
 
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Yep, pretty much all of a car is fibreglass these days. The only bits that aren't are the turbocharger, if it's got one, and the windows, as they are actualglass.
 
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so TVR is made of trevorglass :)
 
That cars are 90% fiberglass these days. I ask because I read about Jaguar melting in London
Now everyone has got the jokes out of the way...

...no.

The "Jaguar that melted" in London did in fact just end up with a few damaged parts when sunlight was concentrated by the curved glass of the "walkie talkie" skyscraper. The parts that melted were regular plastic.

Cars are still mostly a mixture of steel, iron, aluminium, glass, rubber, plastic and other common materials. Some cars, like TVRs, Lotuses and a few other low-volume vehicles feature fibreglass bodies over an aluminium tub, steel spaceframe, steel ladder chassis or similar. A handful of production cars are largely aluminium. Some use CFRP (carbonfibre reinforced plastic) with plastic, alloy or steel panels.
 
...that vague thread titles are annoying? Yep.
 
so TVR is made of trevorglass :)
TVRs used to be made of GFRP and a lot of glue. More recently hope and imagination.
 
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