ECO-ROADSTER: ATTRACTIVE, FAST, POWERFUL AND VIRTUALLY CO2-FREE.

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Eco-roadster: Attractive, Fast, Powerful - and Virtually CO2-free Rinspeed and Bayer MaterialScience build transparent concept car "eXasis"

"Environmentally friendly cars need not be an exercise in self-denial"

ZUMIKON, Switzerland & LEVERKUSEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2007--Engine performance: 150 brake horsepower, maximum speed: 210 kph, acceleration: 0 to 100 kph in 4.8 sec.

It all sounds like fun driving, but is there perhaps a slight feeling of guilt about the environmental impact? No need for that, not here.

That driving enjoyment can go hand in hand with ecology is demonstrated in no uncertain manner by the Rinspeed eXasis, which was developed jointly by the Swiss car design company and Bayer MaterialScience AG.

Thanks to its transparent lightweight plastic construction in Makrolon(R) polycarbonate, it weighs only 750 kg.