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Cost comparison galvannealed/aluminium/FRP

What is cheapest method?

Galvannealed steel car body
Using aluminium car body
Using FRP car body

Just for uni project trying to decide what my concept car bodyshell should be made from (concept car to be mass produced supermini). I think galvannealed is cheapest but having trouble finding figures - costing would get me more marks! John Robinson
Leeds Metropolitan University - Leeds, Yorkshire, UK

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