Lightweight Champion: Aluminum panels with more formability than steel allow for complex-designed closures at high volumes. Quick Plastic Forming makes it possible

摘要

If you were the proud owner of a V-8-powered 2000 Oldsmobile Aurora, consider yourself special The aluminum decklid on your Aurora V-8 was made by a process called Quick Plastic Forming (QPF), part of a pilot program that has culminated in the manufacture of aluminum liftgates for the 2004 Malibu Maxx.