USA - The BAC MONO is on display at the Pebble Beach, Stave Wine Cellar, the UK brand returns to many plaudits.

• BAC will be returning at Pebble Beach in 2016, with the Mono being proudly displayed at the Stave Wine Cellar
• The car is on show at the contemporary location at The Inn at the heart of the Spanish Bay
• The stand is presented in association with prestigious winery Williams Selyem
• BAC has also appeared at the fantastically successful 2016 V Foundation Wine Celebration in California, helping raise millions of dollars for charity

BAC is proud to be taking part in the 2016 Pebble Beach weekend, with the Mono going on display at the heart of the Spanish Bay.

The single-seater supercar will be on show at the Stave Wine Cellar at The Inn in the Spanish Bay. It will be presented in partnership with prestigious Californian winery Williams Selyem. The Mono will showcase the level of personalisation available to buyers and will be on show on Saturday 20 August.

The Mono is going from strength to strength in America, having also played a prominent role at the recent V Foundation Wine Celebration, where it was invited to be an official sponsor.

The V Foundation event toured around several of the most exclusive vineyards in the Californian Napa Valley region, and the BAC Mono was a regular feature throughout.

The UK company also played a key role in the glamorous and prestigious fundraising events over the weekend, with a BAC experience one of the highlights in the auction taking place at the headline gala dinner at the exclusive Nickel and Nickel vineyard on Saturday night. The weekend proved a phenomenal success for all concerned, raising $5.2m for charity.

As well as its other charitable contributions to the V Foundation in various forms, BAC also pledged to donate a large charitable contribution for clients that purchased a Mono at the Wine Celebration weekend.

BAC Chief Operating Officer, Mark Rayner, said: “The V Foundation is a fantastic charity that does wonderful work and raised millions of dollars in the fight against cancer since 1993. BAC is honoured to be involved with arguably the V Foundation’s highest profile event in the year, and is delighted to have helped push the fundraising levels even higher.

“It is wonderful to be returning to the stunning and prestigious surroundings of Pebble Beach. The weekend is always a glorious collection of the greatest cars in the world from all eras, and we are proud to be representing BAC and British manufacturing in California.”

BAC takes large development leap by using graphene on the single seater supercar, the Mono.

• BAC takes large development leap by using graphene on the single seater supercar, the Mono
• The use of the innovative material is a world first, as BAC further illustrates its ability to make technological advancements
• The panel development was done in collaboration with Haydale Composite Solutions
• The lightweight material features on the Mono’s rear wheel arches
• graphene is lighter and stronger than carbon fibre, bringing weight and performance benefits

BAC is the first manufacturer in the world to develop a car featuring panels made from graphene, the innovative and lightweight material that brings weight and strength benefits.

BAC has partnered with Haydale Composite Solutions to create rear wheel arches made out of graphene, and has been putting the material through its paces on the Mono, the world’s only road legal single-seater supercar. 

Graphene is made of sheets of carbon just one atom thick, and is significantly lighter than standard carbon fibre. It is also stronger than carbon fibre, meaning that it can bring weight reductions of around 20% while being 200 times stronger than steel. These benefits could have implications for cost, performance and fuel economy when applied wider in the manufacturing process.

BAC chose to test the use of graphene on the rear wheel arches due to the size and complexity of the part, to thoroughly test the manufacturing process and how the material fitted in with the car.

BAC Development Director and co-founder Neill Briggs said: “BAC is uniquely placed in the automotive industry to be able to take innovative steps, and latest work with graphene is further proof of this. This development work is further proof of our ability to work with the very latest materials and innovators. At BAC we don’t wait for new technology to come to us, we actively seek it out and work with the very best in the industry to stay at the forefront of the automotive and motorsport industries.

“Making significant weight savings and improving body strength will allow us to offer improved performance to our customers. This is the latest in a line of ground-breaking innovations on the Mono, and we were delighted to have worked with graphene composite industry leaders, Haydale, on this exciting project.”

Ebby Shahidi, Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd.’s Director of Aerospace and Defence added: “We are pleased to have worked on the design and development of the graphene enhanced carbon fibre materials for the BAC Mono. These initial materials have shown some major increases in impact and thermal performance coupled with improved surface finish and it’s pleasing to see these attributes being demonstrated on such a high performance vehicle as the Mono.

“We look forward to collaborating further with BAC and delivering even higher performance materials and components to increase the performance of this exciting vehicle.”

BAC showed the graphene enhanced Mono at the Science in the City festival in Manchester.