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One of the main objectives of the automotive industry is to build more fuel efficient cars. The most dominant factor, among the many that determine fuel efficiency, is the weight of the vehicle. Any overall attempt to reduce weight involves all areas of the vehicle. Over the years the industry has addressed this need by developing new or modified materials and innovative production processes, combining these with one another and transforming them into viable production solutions. A very successful approach among the many things done is the use of structural metal adhesives, which have brought significant improvements in body shell rigidity and crash behavior. Traditionally, aluminum, steel and other metal parts were joined together with mechanical or thermal methods, such as rivets or resistance welding. But, structural adhesive is now an alternative that engineers consider very seriously. With any adhesive joint, the goal is to achieve as uniform a stress distribution as possible.