# Can you build a car out of 1 material?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-build-a-car-out-of-1-material/630600>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 6, 2012, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-build-a-car-out-of-1-material/630600 "2012-08-06T10:20:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-build-a-car-out-of-1-material/630600/41 "2012-09-13T13:52:06Z")

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Francis Vaughan, virtually all cars sold today have aluminum pistons. It’s been that way for decades.

I’m sure every car sold in the U.S. has aluminum pistons, but I wrote “virtually” to cover my bases world-wide.

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**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-build-a-car-out-of-1-material/630600/42 "2012-09-13T14:17:20Z")

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> [@california\_jobcase](#):
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> Francis Vaughan, virtually all cars sold today have aluminum pistons. It’s been that way for decades.
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> I’m sure every car sold in the U.S. has aluminum pistons, but I wrote “virtually” to cover my bases world-wide.

Urk, you are quite right. :smack: I’m not sure what I was trying to say but it sure slipped out wrong. Given we have had aluminium blocks and even conrods for years too, there is not any really issue.

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