In this respect the car played a pioneering role in light metal technologies that would be taken on by the automotive and airplane industries .
The rising cost of aluminium would reduce its attractions as a mainstream element in car bodies in the later 1950s .
In this respect the car played a pioneering role in light metal technologies that would be taken on by the automotive and airplane industries , although the rising cost of aluminium would reduce its attractions as a mainstream element in car bodies in the later 1950s .