Sorry, what i ment to say was that adhesives don't have a high perpendicular? strengh. I'm not sure what the exact term is, so maybe the diagram will help...
In figure 2, adhesives don't hold up as well under those loads as in figure 1. Am i wrong, or has the industry changed everything they knew 1 yr ago?
Granted its neat that F1 cars are just about all glued together, but i'll put money down that civilan cars will not be like that in 10 years, not even 50yrs It costs way to much to convert our industry in that amount of time, and you think repair costs are high now? HAH! Its a nice thought, but deleting steel/aluminum and welding from cars, its not going to happen. Spot welding machines will produce more cars 10 fold over glueing, theres no drying time. ZAP, its done, welded.