What Actually Is A Monocoque Chassis? | Carfection 4K

We’ve all heard of a monocoque chassis but what actually is it and which cars have one? Alex Goy explains.

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From aircrafts to cars, monocoques serve an important role in a vehicle’s structural rigidity. Many car manufactures implement this unibody construction, including McLaren, Lotus, Lancia, Bugatti, Mercedes-Benz and more. Often made from carbon fiber, these light-weight, high-strength support structures are found in dozens of production sports cars.

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[jaymorris]

It could have been so much easier to explain if you overlaid diagrams. I still have no idea what a mono passenger cell is not what it looks like. A comparison between the most basic ways of building cars in diagram form would have been much better to a layman like myself.

[thefastissue]

Alex - Excellent at describing technicalities.
Henry - Makes Great emotive car "movies".
Drew - Wears grouse turtlenecks.

[CITRUS--]

so you yammer on for 6 minutes about the history of the mono🐓 and drive around in a mclaren that has a mono🐓.... but we never actually see one?? not even a diagram overlay to show how the car is built around the chassis. ok

[catlee]

Now that is a stunning colour on the 720S!!!

[ziggyfreud]

Can't fit much into 6 minutes so I suppose that my expectations were a little high. Ok vid but a bit more detail would have been nice. Good idea to have a few more tech type episodes. :)

[dawoodkashif]

Holy shit I had to write about three features of my car design in tech class yesterday that were unique and I wrote monocoque as one of them not knowing what it is and then this is uploaded today😆

[D.a.m.i]

who else doesn't know what a monocoque is after this video?

[GetUpFalcon]

Ah seems rather complicated?

Frame/chassis = serves a structural purpose. Supports the components bolted to it. Rigidity contributes to safety.
Body = serves a practicality purpose as well as safety.

Monocoque combines the two into one piece.

‘Monocoque combines chassis and frame’ doesn’t make sense to me.

[Sodacake]

Wait -- I'm confused. I thought Alex left Carfection? Glad to see him back!

[guru]

They need to make a mini series explaining technical bits like this one

[warwombat_]

As someone who owns one for my get around town do errands car. The carbon fiber monocoque gives it a really cool feature, and people always ask me about it whenever I’m out and about.

[quintinkrivacek]

I love using the word monocoque in a conversation with someone that isn't into cars

[BrettBaker]

"What Actually Is A Monocoque Chassis?" Well if you want an actual answer to that question, you won't find it in this video.

[chucki]

One of the things I LOVE about automotive engineering. Designing these cells, each one unique, to keep weight down, center of gravity, and keep the driver and passengers safe. Reasons why I love to sketch and design vehicles. Thanks Alex.

[srinitaaigaura]

The 720S looks sensational in that blue.

[MinionWarlord]

One of the better car shows out there..

[Sandouras]

You didn’t really explain the difference between a monocoque and a normal car frame. I still have no idea what it is. A normal car frame is also a cell that protects its passengers.

[dnltbrca]

My grandma's pen has 12 hens and one rooster. It's a monocock

[dracorpgroup]

Not being an engineer I do remember reading years ago, actually decades ago, vaguely that in aircraft industry design during the Second World War the term 'monocoque' was used when a flat steel sheet was 'stretched' or put under tension and then stamped to produce the part.
The idea was that this increased the strength of the stamped part. Does anyone know if this is correct, or does the term simply refer to a type of unibody, stamped or otherwise? Thanks.

[austinwallick]

“The woeful Alfa Romeo” and “the brilliant BMW i3”

There’s that famous British humor