Jaguar's XJ - lie in ads

[Tom Nas]

Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:

>Incidentally, I recall reading somewhere that early in the Audi Space
>Frame development program, Audi and Alcoa had experimented with using
>rivets as fasteners for the pieces in the ASF, but for some technical
>reason discarded that method.

I think the drilled holes were susceptible to stress cracks, and torsional
rigidity increased a lot when they went to welding/bonding.

Tom