World’s first carbon roll cage for production cars

Genesis of your product. why and for whom?

Developed for the 992 GT3 RS

Extreme lightweight carbon roll cage, to be fitted into a street-legal production car, enabled by engineering a unique geometry.

Benefits for the final customers?

• High weight reduction compared to steel and even titanium
• Optimized topology, unique bionic design

The product : materials and processes

• Topology optimization: regarding minimized local deflection and weight
• FE analysis using explicit solvers to identify an initial lay-up and reinforcements
• Geometry optimization to convert the framework model into a bionic design
• Innovative process with UD prepreg under the visual carbon ply