The Ideal Wheel for an Expensive Car

Carbon Fiber is much favored by the experts that tout aero-dynamism as the best bet to cut air faster. The problem with using this material is the high manufacturing cost and thus it is used only on high-priced cars. The first all-carbon fiber wheel would therefore be ideal for people who don’t really care about the price at which it is being sold in the market. Introduced by Weds, a Japanese after-market company, the unique wheel would assist the car in cutting down on weight and thus gaining in speed. The entire set of wheels costs $12,000 and weighs just 24.4 lbs. When you consider the usual weight of a commuter, it would be brought down by 39.6 lbs. What is to be seen is how these wheels perform on the road, for I haven’t heard of any major carmaker employing this technique on the production floor. I believe Jay Leno must have heard about it, so we would soon have the exact performance details, but as of now, let the rich lionize their wheels for the mere want of rarity.

via Inventorspot