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Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Plastic belongs on kids' toys - not cars.
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I guess I don't get the gut-level resistance to making wheels with plastics. Composites are all over the place on aircraft, even though everything was metal for decades.
I wonder if the same things were said when Porsche went to plastic intake manifolds, headlights, and fuel tanks. (I'm just making a general analogy here...I realize that wheels are stressed and manifolds aren't...I'm just addressing the instant "plastic's only for toys" statements).
Things change...and improve. It's possible these things will be as strong as Fuchs and weigh half as much.