</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Rob:
<strong>OK, OK, now I'm seeing the trend. First there were plastic bumpers, then plastic body cladding, then plastic bullbars. By 2015 we'll all be driving plastic cars and SUV's. Maybe it's the government's way of improving gas milage, thus decreasing crude oil importation and bringing Iraq to it's knees. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Check out this quote: The idea was to make an entire car out of injection-molded plastic somewhere between 2004 and 2007.
from this link: http://www.visteon.com/newsroom/autoline/2002/050102a.shtml
and Chrysler's attempt here:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9709/29/plastic.car/