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Originally Posted by jpd80
Monocoque is incorrect terminology, that is like a frame/skin on an airplane or open wheel race car.
The more correct term is unitary construction, the frame is still there like a body on frame but made lighter and integrally with body panels.
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It is the correct term, do a Google on it. It was certainly used in the car manufacturing industry when I worked in it years ago. It may have fallen out of use so you don't hear the term so often.