Innovative Joining Processes Enable Increased Use of Aluminum in GM's New Corvette Z06 and Beyond

摘要

Early this year, General Motors (GM) introduced its latest Corvette, the Z06 convertible, a lightweight, open roof sports car featuring an aluminum frame that will be available on the market in early 2015. The high performance car is also the basis of the C7.R race car. The Z06 utilizes the same aluminum frame with cutting-edge joining processes pioneered on the Corvette Stingray, which was "the most awarded car in the industry in 2013," according to the company. New technologies allow GM for the first time to manufacture the aluminum frame in-house at its Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky.