International recognition for Docklands’ car

Docklands’ car is attracting international attention.

The Auto-Horizon Foundation’s FR-1 concept car featured in a prominent European industry trade journal in July.

JEC Composites Magazine, based in France, is one Europe’s most prestigious composites publications and describes itself as the international forum for users and manufacturers in the composites industry.

For the uninitiated, composites are made from two or more materials with considerably different physical or chemical properties, which remain separate within the finished structure.

The carbon fibre chassis featured in the FR-1 concept car was of course of great interest to JEC Composites Magazine because of its innovative design.

“It’s an Australian first and it was designed and constructed in Docklands,” Auto-Horizon Foundation founder Brian Tanti said.

The Auto-Horizon Foundation is located at Automotive Centre of Excellence in Batman’s Hill.