Mercedes is next to use Carbon Fiber

The Upcoming Mercedes Benz SL Class will use Carbon Fiber. According to reports Mercedes joins hands with a textile company in Tokyo which will help Mercedes to develop a carbon fiber body for its SL class.

The material drastically reduces the weight of the car and hence an increase in the efficiency, earlier the material was only used to produce some parts of the car like the spoilers is now used to develop the structure of the car.

Following the trend BMW will also join the league soon the company has its own partners for the carbon fiber project known as SGL Europe’s only carbon fiber manufacturer. You will soon notice carbon fiber being used in Audi, Lamborghini, Mercedes, and BMW.

The carbon fiber Mercedes SL class will be introduced in 2012 and BMW will launch a carbon fiber product in 2013.