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      02-20-2014, 11:50 PM   #72
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That's the future folks: BMW future cars will be CFRP intensive (5 and 7 series) and I am sure that they will be the leaders in mass produced automobile with this material...

A very interesting article on the reasons why from bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-1...auto-edge.html

They want to "get the expense of a carbon-fiber frame down to the level of aluminum by 2020"
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