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A "Glass Car" Made from Plastic
World
premiere at the Geneva Auto Show 2007
for the 30th Anniversary of
www.rinspeed.ch.
Is it just a clever 3-D projection
or maybe a mirage of a four-wheel
art
object? Or is it actually a real car sitting there? Some visitors to this
year's Geneva Auto Show (March 8th thru 18th) will ask themselves just these
questions when faced with the new fully transparent Rinspeed creation " eXasis. "The
insect-like body and even the floor pan of the seemingly
" glass" concept car from the renowned Swiss powerhouse for new designs
and
ideas actually consist of a transparent high-tech plastic with a tinge of
pale yellow.
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The
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The "eXasis" has
open wheels, a cigar-shaped body with fore
and aft tandem
seating, and has elements of the legendary Auto Union race cars from the
first half of the last century combined with a modern Baja-1000 off-road
vehicle. The
transparency "dematerializes" the
car to a large extent. Behind the
seemingly fading matter the spirit
of the "eXasis" reveals
itself: The
ideas, thoughts and imagination that were the basis of its development. For
Rinspeed boss Frank M. Rinderknecht the "eXasis" symbolizes this
development
process, a process that takes immaterial spirit and turns it into matter,
transforms a mere vision into a concrete car: "And in all its transparency
the "eXasis" still seems as if it hadn't arrived fully yet in the
material
world."
Definitely
part of the material world is the
engine of the concept car: A
compact and powerful two-cylinder 750-cc engine provides some 150
environmentally friendly horsepower for swift conveyance. Bioethanol that
reduces CO2 emissions powers the tiny supercharged engine. With a projected
vehicle weight of just 750 kilograms thanks to plastic lightweight
construction each horsepower has to account for just five kilograms - on a
level with a Porsche.
Altogether
these figures give plenty of reasons
to expect of loads of
driving fun and numerous visionary technologies and innovations from
Rinspeed's "eXasis." A very special thrill will be the view through
the
transparent floor pan - it will be an absolutely unique anniversary ride.
Partner on the "eXasis":
AEZ Leichtmetallräder GmbH - www.aez-wheels.com
Bundesamt für Energie - www.bfe.admin.ch
Esoro AG - www.esoro.ch
Kaba AG - www.kaba.com
KW automotive GmbH - www.kw-gmbh.de
Lesonal Gmbh - www.lesonal.de
Mecaplex AG - www.mecaplex.ch
Protoscar SA - www.protoscar.com
Recaro GmbH - www.recaro.com
Revoflex AG - www.revoflex.ch
Sharp Electronics - www.sharp.ch
Strähle + Hess GmbH & Co. KG - www.straehle-hess.de
OesterleSlr - www.oesterleslr.de
Schwaller Movement Engineering AG
Sellner GmbH - www.sellner.de
SC Schäfer - www.sc-schaefer.com
Swissauto - Wenko AG - www.wenko.ch
Weber Automotive - www.weber-motor.de
