How to Use monocoque in a Sentence

monocoque

noun

• Aluminum subframes mate to the front and rear of the monocoque.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 June 2022
• As the nose of the car punched through, the monocoque traveled most of the way through and then stopped.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2020
• The wheels are kept on the ground by a very stiff carbon fiber monocoque body and an advanced suspension system.
  — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
• The body is crafted from carbon fiber, forming a lightweight and rigid monocoque structure.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 11 Sep. 2017
• Its unique carbon-fiber monocoque is as much of a technical marvel as its powertrain.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2023
• There's also an all-new aluminum monocoque chassis in place of the previous steel trellis frame.
  — New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2026
• Otherwise, its styling is very much modern hypercar, hand built as a one-piece carbon-fiber monocoque chassis.
  — cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
• Using a unibody, or monocoque, construction makes these Mustangs stiffer and lighter than a body on frame design.
  — Karl Brauer, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• Like most hypercars, the Nevera is underpinned by a race car-like carbon-fiber monocoque.
  — Bradley Iger, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022
• Carbon fiber, aluminum and monocoque construction keep the car’s weight to about 4,000 pounds.
  — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2019
• The airplane-like cockpit, tucked inside an all-carbon-fiber monocoque shell, brings everything within easy reach of the pilot.
  — Charles Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2017
• While the monocoque had nowhere else to go, the rear half of the car, containing the engine, gearbox, and battery—and therefore most of the mass—was still going.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2020
• The car's giant carbon-fiber monocoque, the largest piece of the material utilized in the industry, is woven and cured on site.
  — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 2 July 2023
• Its monocoque and bodywork are carbon fiber, as are the subframes, to which the aluminum control-arm suspension at each corner is mounted.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 5 Nov. 2021
• While step-through ebikes can suffer from frame flex, the unique carbon-fiber monocoque design of the rear-drive Hero displayed no discernible flex while riding.
  — William Roberson, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• Fury is lauded for its efficiency – paired with a carbon fiber monocoque, the total vehicle achieves the best power-to-weight ratio on this list.
  — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
• And crossover vehicles are just that, a crossover from a car to a utility vehicle with a monocoque or unibody construction.
  — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2018
• Murray even personally autographed the carbon-fiber monocoque chassis of the first example that will be built.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2023
• The Project24 is built around a carbon fiber monocoque, with the aggressive bodywork also fashioned from carbon fiber.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 22 July 2022
• Note that the seats are integrated into the monocoque, which helps reduce the wheelbase by 70 millimeters, and further trims the weight.
  — Jason Barlow, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2024
• Safety will be key, and Senna says the drones will use a motorsport-style monocoque chassis to keep pilots protected in an accident.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• But use of the same carbon monocoque as the coupe, which weighs just 190 pounds naked, means that structural strength should be almost exactly the same, even with the roof removed.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
• The company built and raced the first carbon-fiber Formula One monocoque back in 1981.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
• The mid-engine layout used a steel monocoque (essentially a unibody) design, the first for De Tomaso.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
• Inside, the interior is minimalist, part of the weight-saving, and there are carbon bits, including the monocoque, to save weight as well.
  — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2025
• The lightweight endurance racer, which looks like a real-life Batmobile, is built around a carbon-fiber monocoque chassis and has full carbon bodywork.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 June 2022
• Amazingly, the carbon fiber monocoque of the vehicle stayed largely intact, and Thompson suffered only minor bumps and cuts.
  — Fox News, 23 Mar. 2018
• In addition to the carbon body, the Ren RS uses a carbon-fiber monocoque and claims a 4087-pound dry weight.
  — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2018
• Construction-wise, that baby-blue eggshell is the same fiberglass monocoque as used for the Classic and other models, backed by a 10-year warranty.
  — New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
• Tekton bonds the body together into a seamless, self-supporting monocoque optimized for thermal and leakproof integrity.
  — New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026