Automotive Exteriors
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Pedestrian safety technologyAs demonstrated by a Citroën DS3 front end, Faurecia excels at combining style with a touch more safety capability. Faurecia created a pedestrian-protection design that was among those receiving the top rating in Europe for reducing pedestrian shock. Behind the grille and front bumper, Faurecia has incorporated absorbers specifically designed to help protect pedestrians. The system includes a polypropylene plastic beam behind the fascia that has been designed to absorb energy. In some vehicles, this system enables the elimination of crosscar beams. |
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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMGWith a front end from Faurecia, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG faces the road with a tasteful flat-paint aspect, created through a process that incorporates environmentally friendly water-borne primer, with no solvents, and water-borne base coats. |
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Ford C-MaxThe stylish Ford C-Max minivan represents the midmarket vehicles that benefit from Faurecia's flexibility in front-end design and production. The front end has also been designed to offer better protection for pedestrians, with a reshaped fascia to help cushion the impact. |
Renault Clio RSFor the sporty Renault Clio RS, Faurecia fashioned a prototype bumper and air deflector using its in-mold process, which eliminates the need for adding chrome components to the bumper. Instead, a substance that produces a chrome-like appearance is injected into the mold, producing an integrated part that weighs less but is just as attractive and durable as conventional bumpers. |
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Audi A6For the Audi A6, the front-end carrier offers a lightweight, hybrid solution (over-molding of an aluminum sheet with polyamide glass fibers (30%)). With this process, Faurecia can reduce the carrier's weight to reach a target of 2.6 kg. (5.7 lbs.), the benchmark for a structural front end in Europe. With this carrier, Faurecia Automotive Exteriors configures 10,000 variations of Audi front-end modules complete with specific combinations of engine cooling systems, radiators, crash beams and other components. |
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DecorationWith Faurecia's in-mold techniques, chrome-like materials fashioned from plastics can be produced with the same look and durability as much heavier metal parts. Faurecia's process also allows for a bumper or grille to be laser-marked with customized emblems, symbols or wording. Another Faurecia option is the creation of translucent parts. Without any special tooling, Faurecia changes the material used for external panels to fashion a UV-controlled, scratch-resistant, translucent segment in wide range of colors. |
Crash managementFaurecia has obtained exceptionally accurate correlations between simulated crash performance and the performance of the actual vehicles in laboratory-based sled tests. Being able to try out vehicle designs in a virtual environment before destroying them in physical tests gives automakers tremendous savings in their vehicle development costs. Only the best designs, discovered through computer simulation, need to be considered and tested in physical form. |
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NewTechA highly efficient, lower-cost way to paint vehicle exterior body parts, Faurecia's NewTech paint line integrates all the best practices deployed in the auto industry. Because of Faurecia's "block-by-block" modular approach (injection, engagement, flame treatment, primer, paint, polish, drying, quality control, assembly), the NewTech line is completely adaptable to the demands and specific needs of each automaker. Savings accumulate rapidly with NewTech, which provides:
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