My guess is that is just that many fewer parts needed to put the car
together, since the holes are tapped into the hub. Save $0.002 per car
and you make a bunch of $$ overall.
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake David Hillman:
> I'm sort-of shopping for my wife's next car, and have recently learned
> that two of the would-be candidates feature this insane method of wheel
> attachment called the 'lug bolt'. Now, I had a Alfa years ago that used
> these, and the day I sold it, I vowed never again to be stupid enough to
> buy such a car. Actually, I think I made that vow every damn I had to
> put a wheel on that car, but it was Italian, so you expected some hassle.
>
> But, the choices are pretty slim apart from these two cars... so can
> anyone give me some good reason why I shouldn't think lug bolts are one of
> the greatest mistakes in automotive engineering history? What is their
> purpose, other than to take a perfectly good design and ruin it
> completely? Are they the result of a bunch of German engineers getting
> way too drunk on dark beer at a Christmas party, and betting each other to
> see who could come up with the worst idea?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> David Hillman
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