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Written by Rowan Horncastle
3D printing has been around for a while now. Admittedly, we"re not quite at the point where we"re printing replacement plates each time we drop grandma"s best Sunday china, but the car industry has adopted this newfangled technology. We"ve seen 3D printed titanium brake calipers from Bugatti, ritzy overcomplex wheels from HRE and even replacement parts from Porsche. But now someone has gone a bit further by 3D printing a whole car. And not just any car, a Lamborghini Aventador. Now, a Lamborghini Aventador usually costs close to 300,000 new. But, if you"re a PhD physicist and have 11k in your piggy bank (and you"re a dab hand with the spanners) you can 3D print yourself Lambo"s iconic V12 supercar with spooky realism. This is exactly what brainbox Sterling Backus is doing. And it"s all for his son. In fact, Sterling might just have express-passed himself to a Dad of the Year nomination. See, having played Forza Horizon, his son asked whether he could have an Aventador. Rather than laughing, Sterling just scratched his head and hit CTRL+P.
Date written: 10 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16266
3D printing has been around for a while now. Admittedly, we"re not quite at the point where we"re printing replacement plates each time we drop grandma"s best Sunday china, but the car industry has adopted this newfangled technology. We"ve seen 3D printed titanium brake calipers from Bugatti, ritzy overcomplex wheels from HRE and even replacement parts from Porsche. But now someone has gone a bit further by 3D printing a whole car. And not just any car, a Lamborghini Aventador. Now, a Lamborghini Aventador usually costs close to 300,000 new. But, if you"re a PhD physicist and have 11k in your piggy bank (and you"re a dab hand with the spanners) you can 3D print yourself Lambo"s iconic V12 supercar with spooky realism. This is exactly what brainbox Sterling Backus is doing. And it"s all for his son. In fact, Sterling might just have express-passed himself to a Dad of the Year nomination. See, having played Forza Horizon, his son asked whether he could have an Aventador. Rather than laughing, Sterling just scratched his head and hit CTRL+P.
Date written: 10 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16266