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RE: The car guy

in Wheels of Life2 years ago (edited)

Cost cutting has hit a lot of sectors, and the fake "plasticy" thingamajigs and parts have always been around, nowadays they're just more common here. Options in the aftermarket and modification sector can now offer parts of any quality, the more premium options and the cheap ones too. Actual car companies and reconditioned car market though, we have no control over that and they just look at their own profit margins.

The face of that Honda is completely made of plastic. Sigh!

No, no, no, this isn't your daily driven sedan, where the bumpers are being made mostly of plastic. Even some sport cars use the same material, like a Civic or something. These common cars range from $20,000 to maybe $50,000 in USD.

This is the new 2nd Gen NSX, it falls under the supercar category and these cars are priced from $150k and above. Such cars usually have a unibody structure made out of Aluminium or carbon fibre, stainless steel too, sometimes even a mix of some sorts is uitlized. Even the original NSX from the early 90s had an all-aluminium body.

If we go higher with our budget, then at least 60% of the car will be in carbon fibre, sometimes all naked carbon fibre, all quite visible to our eyes.