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Automotive
Bumper to bumper, hood to trunk, wheel to wheel, there
practically isn’t a vehicle on the road today that doesn’t utilize
Alcoa technologies.
Our decades of design and engineering experience place
us in a unique position to help automakers design and build
vehicles that deliver on consumer benefits such as perform-
ance, safety, fuel efficiency, and environmental performance.
We supply global automakers with a variety of high-
performance automotive components and assemblies,
including aluminum sheet for body panels, forged and cast
wheels, electrical distribution systems, chassis and suspension
components, and assemblies for bumpers, engine cradles,
drive shafts, roof systems, and the like, through our various
automotive businesses.
From the second-generation Audi®A8®body structure,
suspension components on BMW®5 and 7 series cars, hood
and trunk lids and wheels for the Nissan Altima®
, the space-
frame of the Ferrari®612 Scaglietti®
, electrical distribution
systems for Volkswagen®Jetta®
/Bora, to structural castings
for the Jaguar XJ®
, Alcoa solutions make automobiles
perform and give vehicles features that consumers demand.
(Left) Ferrari’s all-new, 12-cylinder
luxury sports car, the 612 Scaglietti, is
built on an Alcoa aluminum spaceframe.
President of the Ferrari Maserati Group
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said,
“The partnership with Alcoa has been
successful in helping us design and
engineer new automobiles meeting
Ferrari’s demanding standards for per-
formance, styling, comfort, and safety.”
(Top) The Nissan Altima uses Alcoa
aluminum hood and trunk lids and
wheels to help improve performance.
(Middle) Audi awarded Alcoa Preferred
Supplier status based on the new
Audi A8, which features a second-
generation Alcoa spaceframe.
(Bottom) Outstanding logistics perform-
ance for Volkswagen of Mexico earned
AFL Automotive the Volkswagen Group
Award. AFL provides electrical distribu-
tion systems for the VW Jetta/Bora.
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