What is a car made of?

Question:
the seat, body, window, carpets, soundproofing, catalytic converter, tyres, bumpers, battery, radiator, engine, wiring, dash board, etc

Answers:

Transmission?

For a typical car the components you listed are as follows:

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Seat: steel tube frame, pressed steel base, steel springs, foam-rubber cushions, woven cloth covers.
Body: Pressed steel, zinc-coated for corrosion protection. Plastic may be used for tailgates, front wings, aluminium alloy may be used for doors, bonnets, bootlids. Some cars have all-alloy or all-composite construction.
Windows: safety glass for side windows and rear screen, laminated safety glass for the windscreen.
Carpets: synthetic fibres.
Soundproofing: can be recycled material. Different materials used in different parts of the car, but generally matting or foam-rubber.
Catalytic converter: ceramic substrate, platinum and rhodium catalysts coating the substrate, high-temperature steel case.
Tyres: steel bands, various grades of rubber-based material containing silica and/or carbon-black.
Bumpers: the part you see is just a skin, usually thermoplastic. The actual bumper beam behind may be steel, aluminium or plastic. There may also be a foam filling.
Battery: Plastic casing, lead electrodes, acid electrolyte.
Radiator: aluminium.
Engine: block and head may be cast iron or cast aluminium alloy. Iron block and alloy head possible. Other components are a variety of materials.
Wiring; copper wires, plastic insulation.
Dashboard: thermoplastic - types and construction methods vary, but "slush-moulding" now common for surface parts.

Paint job?

of car parts!

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metal plastic and other synthetic materials

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mainly steel

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cars are around 50% metal... body chassis and suspension, engine and gearbox, axles and hubs...

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the rest is glass, thermoplastic and synthetic materials...

Engine Question AgAIN?

depnds on the car. most steel and and or plastic. corvettes are made of fiberglass.

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most engines are alloy now.
seats are metal based cloth exterior
window well glass
carpets well cloth
tyres are rubber and steel bands mix
bumpers well industrial plastic
battery plastic outer with lead inserts and acid
dash board plastic
rad metal
wiring well wire?

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