The "tridion" is simply the unibody "door ring" around the perimeter of the doors and including the rear fenders ... Cosmetically, I suspect the extent of it is going to be that the doors may be painted a contrasting colour from the unibody. That photo suggests exactly that ... the door ring is copper and the doors are silver ...New picture:
Where's the tridion?
Ditto with that. Doors are silver, yet the "Tridion Cell" is Copper. Nice colour combo.The "tridion" is simply the unibody "door ring" around the perimeter of the doors and including the rear fenders ... Cosmetically, I suspect the extent of it is going to be that the doors may be painted a contrasting colour from the unibody. That photo suggests exactly that ... the door ring is copper and the doors are silver ...
P.S. I hope they do that copper colour.
not a bad thing -- you won't be pinned to a hand full of wheel options anymore!:wink:4 lug nuts per wheel....................
It sure looks to me like the door skins are metal on the forfour. It looks like the outer skin is hemmed around the inner structural panel at the edges, i.e. completely conventional construction.Looks like the forfour's panels will also be metal as well...so much for quick, cheap, and easy colour changes...
The forfour had a metal Tridion Cell, but it had plastic panels just like the fortwo. It was mechanically, a Mitsubishi Colt, but otherwise, it was a smart.The original forfour had metal panels and was built in a Mitsubishi plant in Europe - so no big deal for the 453 version. The 453 fortwo will continue with plastic body panels.![]()
Looking at the multiple spy photos and videos (and now this latest video), I'm 100% certain the fortwo will retain the plastic body panels and the distinctive Tridion Cell as we know it to be.It sure looks to me like the door skins are metal on the forfour. It looks like the outer skin is hemmed around the inner structural panel at the edges, i.e. completely conventional construction.
The forfour and Twingo are being built in a different plant from the fortwo, and obviously the unibody is different, so just because the forfour has steel doors doesn't necessarily mean that the fortwo will.
The original forfour intrigued me. Some time ago (a few years, at the least) I learned that the forfour and the donor Colt were only mechanically similar. They shared practically 100% of the mechanicals and the chassis, but otherwise were different cars.As I recall, that's exactly what they did with the original ForFour (Rebadged Mitsu Colt)?
Metal panels w/ Tridion styling only (not a true Tridion shell).