Development of monocoque body for open sport car

摘要

The new open monocoque body was developed to meet the concept of a new open spoil car. Large amount of additional weight was required to maintain the performance of body rigidity and crash safety of an open-body equivalent to a closed-body. Thenew monocoque body named High "X" Bone, was designed to have a closed floor tunnel section which laid at the same height as the front and rear side members. This enabled us to get better performance of body rigidity and crash safety than closed-body withthe same weight level.