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Lambo expands carbon-fiber footprint

The Sesto Elemento concept at Lamborghini's Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory was made with the forged composite construction technique that is also used to make connecting rods in the engine.
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By:
David Undercoffler
July 04, 2016 05:00 AM

SEATTLE -- Carbon-fiber body panels or trim pieces on a breathtakingly expensive supercar like a Lamborghini are old hat.

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