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Originally Posted by JohnnyQuest
...A The whole point of a plastic body is to reduce weight and why Lotus and the Corvette have continued to use plastic despite its inherent problems. If there is no weight savings by using plactic why bother? It seems that you get all the negatives (difficulty to maintain fit and smoothness, difficulty to avoid creaks and groans, etc), without the benefits....
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The point of a plastic body is affordable tooling for low production. Its tough to have a low production inexpensive car. If Lotus churned out cookie cutter cars like Porsche they would probably use a different material.