Reply to post: Re: We need more aluminium cars

Jaguar F-Type: A beautiful British thoroughbred

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Re: We need more aluminium cars

The rivets are only there to hold the panels while the glue sets. It's called rivet bonding and it's not really new. Car roofs (esp. minivans) have been joined this way for decades, and Lotus was the first to use this technique structurally with aluminum in the Elise.

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