THE WORLD’S only wooden supercar, known as the "Splinter”, is a high-performance sports car that is estimated to be 90% wood.

In the world of supercars, there’s really no cutting corners when it comes to designing and the building the perfect machine. This also applies to Splinter, (still) the world’s only wooden supercar, ...

Wood was once a commonly used material in cars, but these days you're more likely to find a wood car in a toy box than a garage. Not so the "Splinter," a high-performance sports car that a team led by ...

In an age when cars are starting to catch up with the aerospace industry in terms of materials used, here comes this crazy guy telling us that wood is just as good as your fancy CFRP. The man’s name ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran January 6, 2009 Comment Now! The Splinter, a wooden car designed by a group of college students, has made the rounds to the recent International Woodworking Fair, where it met ...

THE WORLD’S only wooden supercar, known as the "Splinter”, is a high-performance sports car that is estimated to be 90% wood. Fuelled by a lifelong desire to design and build his own car and inspired ...

A little bit off track today with tech news, as something really caught my eye, a wooden car. No, not the type you see at soapbox races, or the kind you built as a kid. This is a fully featured, ...

Believe it or not an American, Joe Harmon has designed a car which is made almost entirely of wood. The car, called Splinter, was said to have been designed as his graduate project at the Industrial ...

Clearly I haven't been alone all these years in wondering why we don't make cars out of wood as some graduate students are actually going to give it a go. I can imagine some logistical problems such ...

The appropriately titled “Splinter” is a car with a frame entirely handmade out of wood. Employing twin supercharged 4.6litre v8 engine, the wooden whip can put up 700bhp, more than a Porsche or a ...