Here comes the everyday carbon-fiber car (CNET)

Carbon fiber: It's in tennis rackets, planes and soon in cars, because it weighs less, and the cost is going down. By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: September 11, 2006, 1:50 PM PDT TalkBack E-mail Print del.icio.us Digg this Five times stronger than steel and a heck of a lot lighter, carbon fiber is making its way into more cars than ever before. Carbon fiber has been used to make car bodies but in limited ways: McLaren annually makes a few hundred sports cars from it and ...