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

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 ...

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, ...

Moses Karomo is an enthusiastic automotive writer who can talk and write endlessly about cars. He has extensive automotive reporting experience, writing about all manner of automotive topics. He keeps ...

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 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 ...

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 ...