The world's first wooden supercar is faster than a Porsche or a Lamborghini

[VeilOctane]

kinda old but haven't seen it posted here







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main site

flicker photos

[gretz]

termites?

[sr20s14zenki]

What happens if it overheats? car burns down? Definately want a NON flame throwing exhaust on this car

[VeilOctane]

i know talk about crash and burn!


lol

[Destinova403]

i was expecting a picture of some new Morgan or something... but thats cool too.

[Hakkola]

I would be worried about rotting as well, I don't know how this laminated wood would hold up. Interesting though, good looking car.

[liquidboi69]

lol that's ridiculous...

[imjimmylin]

That is crazy.... wonder how much that's going to cost.

[Krytical]

Also impact is going to be a bitch, wood + wall = splinters up your ass..

[Inzane]

The first wooden supercar? No it ain't.

Behold:

[sr20s14zenki]

^^^^hey, thats a boat, doesnt count, has to drive on land

[brown_guy]

Thats crazy

[FilthyMcNasty]

hahah if somebody keyed your car you can just sand it down. haha

[962 kid]

That's pretty damn cool. A lot of people underestimate the strength and other properties of wood, it's a pretty amazing material.

[Krytical]

Originally posted by FilthyMcNasty
hahah if somebody keyed your car you can just sand it down. haha

Hahahahah

[flipstah]

Originally posted by VeilOctane
i know talk about crash and burn!


lol

ZING!

Seriously, that is a neat vehicle. Although, I'm pretty sure there's good reasons why they haven't used wood in cars in a while, fires and crash zones for one.

It is exquisitely detailed though, I'll give him props to that.

And I thought building my CO2 car was a bitch.

[clem24]

Love how the article mentions nothing about it catching fire and how it fares in the event of an accident. Just "oh wood is a great material, it's environmentally friendly, it's got great strength to weight ratio and smells nice. Wood has no weakness."

[badatusrnames]

Wood seemed to work ok here:

[flipstah]

Originally posted by badatusrnames
Wood seemed to work ok here:

Didn't planes start out as wood? I think they stopped because of war.

Same as cars. They stopped because steel was cheaper. Not sure about this though.

Or was it carriages?...

[Cooked Rice]

Hmm... it's a bit like a composite material i suppose. if it crashed, you'd need to fix it with epoxy lol... and screw the bondo, when you can use:



ahh and no rust!