carbon fibre

The extravagant world of fashion takes its inspiration from time to time from the car industry and the end result in most cases is quite odd. That being said, Daniela and Annette Felder working at their London-based design studio Felder Felder have come up with an unusual dress serving...

The latest BAC Mono becomes one of the first cars to use graphene as a lightweight alternative to carbon fibre. Do you know what graphene is? It might just be the new lightweight material that exotic car manufacturers are choosing to replace carbon fibre with. Discovered in 2004, graphene...

With McLaren’s carbon fibre department working around the clock, the British supercar builder has introduced another limited edition model reserved for 25 customers. Based on the 675LT (significant in its own right for reviving McLaren’s Longtail nameplate) the MSO Carbon Series 675LT is covered in nearly 40% additional carbon...

What’s are the advantages of carbon fibre? Weight? Strength? An awesome bass and snare drum? This Alfa 4C owner should still be at Tomorrowland as he drums away on the roof to the sort of sound reproduction not possible with conventional steel or aluminium – not that we’ve tried to...

The more beautiful the car, the more difficult it is to design and uncontrollable the costs. Icona, the design firm responsible for the Vulcano, opted for titanium over carbon fibre and lost many years of their lives as a consequence. Built by hand is the Vulcano’s appeal but also its...