Polymer Bodies

I’m having a bit of trouble visualizing the RL equivalent of polymer. While I do know of several cars with fiberglass bodies, I can’t think of any with a pure plastic or “polymer” body. It has nearly identical stats as fiberglass except it has a very high tooling cost instead of material cost. Is it just a form of mass-produced fiberglass? I can’t really think of any other equivalent.

I’m thinking first-generation Saturn…

youtube.com/watch?v=gEhaxgohXdQ

…and a more “official” commercial for their dent-resistant polymer panels… youtube.com/watch?v=_W26FX5YP3Y

When I saw polymer body, I immediately thought Trabant :slight_smile:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant

I’ve been thinking of something like the fiber reinforced plastic used for body panels in the C4-C6 corvettes. Still technically fiberglass, but much more flexible and lighter (and made in an automated press).

That is what it is supposed to be, yes :slight_smile:

The Clio MK2 (and forward Renaults) had a plastic side guard, and the Smart had a plastic body.