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Swiss design studio Rinspeed always brings an off-the-wall concept car to its home motor show, and it's excelled itself with the car being readied for Geneva next spring.
The eXasis - which celebrates Rinspeed's 30th anniversary - is a plastic hot rod which looks as if it's made from glass. Its insect-like body and floor pan are fully transparent, 'as if it hadn't arrived fully yet in the material world', says Rinspeed boss Frank M Rinderknecht; it allows an uninterrupted view of the external environment as it speeds along.
Its power will be very tangible, though: it is fitted with a lightweight supercharged two-cylinder 750cc engine developing 150bhp, more than enough to propel its 750kg body. The engine runs on bioethanol, reducing overall carbon dioxide emissions.
The eXasis's styling, with open wheels, a cigar-shaped body and tandem seating, has been influenced by both the vintage Auto Union racers and modern Baja desert-racing dune buggies.
Swiss design studio Rinspeed always brings an off-the-wall concept car to its home motor show, and it's excelled itself with the car being readied for Geneva next spring.
The eXasis - which celebrates Rinspeed's 30th anniversary - is a plastic hot rod which looks as if it's made from glass. Its insect-like body and floor pan are fully transparent, 'as if it hadn't arrived fully yet in the material world', says Rinspeed boss Frank M Rinderknecht; it allows an uninterrupted view of the external environment as it speeds along.
Its power will be very tangible, though: it is fitted with a lightweight supercharged two-cylinder 750cc engine developing 150bhp, more than enough to propel its 750kg body. The engine runs on bioethanol, reducing overall carbon dioxide emissions.
The eXasis's styling, with open wheels, a cigar-shaped body and tandem seating, has been influenced by both the vintage Auto Union racers and modern Baja desert-racing dune buggies.
