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Superleggera, also called tube-frame, is an automobile construction technology used in classic sports cars in the middle of the 20th Century. The name means "super light" in Italian, and was coined in 1937 by the Italian coachbuilder, Carrozzeria Touring. Unlike the monocoque and body-on-frame methods widely adopted by the 1950s, superleggera cars use a network of thin metal tubes as a full-body frame. These are then covered with metal body panels, often made of exotic lightweight materials like aluminium or magnesium alloys. This construction technique is no longer used in production cars today, but is still found in low-volume and hand-built sports models. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Simplified space frame roof with the half-octahedron highlighted in blue A space frame is a truss-like, lightweight rigid structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern. ... Karl Benzs Velo (vélo means bicycle in French) model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race 2005 MINI Cooper S. An automobile (also motor car or simply car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... Ford Model A Four-door 1948 Buick Eight convertible 1959 Chevrolet Impala A yank tank or maquina in Havana, Cuba Another yank tank in Havana 1967 Ford Mustang Coupe Classic car is a term frequently used to describe an older car, but the exact meaning is subject to differences in... 1963 Jaguar E-Type, a classic sports car A sports car is an automobile designed for performance driving. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... A coachbuilder is a manufacturer of bodies for carriages or automobiles. ... Original Carrozzeria Touring badge Later badge design Carrozzeria Touring was an automobile coachbuilder established in 1926. ... Monocoque (French for single shell) is a construction technique that uses the external skin of an object to support some or most of the load on the structure. ... Body-on-frame is an automobile construction technology. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Standard atomic weight 26. ... General Name, Symbol, Number magnesium, Mg, 12 Chemical series alkaline earth metals Group, Period, Block 2, 3, s Appearance silvery white solid at room temp Standard atomic weight 24. ...

Notable superleggera models include:

• Pegaso Z-102
• Most pre-1970 Ferraris
• Maserati models, including the Maserati 3500
• Most Alfa Romeos from 1937 to 1950s, including all Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B's, and the 2600 (convertible, 4-seater)
• Aston Martin DB4, and DB5
• Lamborghini 350GTV
• Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera [1]
• Lamborghini Murcielago Superleggera[2]
• Lancia Flaminia Convertible
• BMW 328 Touring Roadster

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See also

• Monocoque
• Body-on-frame
• Spaceframe
• Backbone chassis