http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=3005175
Ali Chassis, that will get the debate going again maybe.
Can you build an Ali chassis if you have the right kit to do it?
Allan
That looks fantstic. I like the headlights as well.
Might have taken inspiration from the SprintR....
Wonder what its like after a few track sessions when stonechipped????
Very nice, with proper ground clearance 
The polycarb will probably be scratched to hell within 1000 miles.
Aluminium spaceframe, not a smart move (IMO) - did anyone think it was a good idea? Especially for a road car. Though you'd be able to inspect
this one for cracks without removing the body 
avoiding all the usual Ali chassis comments, I thought I'd just add that those front arches look pretty cool...
Just came to me that putting Rinspeed and Locost in the same sentence was hugely ironic
Agree about the front arches, look superb, for at least a couple of miles.
It's certainly different - but can you imagine it with a few thousand miles on the clock? All that plastic will scratch and stain like crazy.
I guess the designer is making an impact here - built in sensible materials (GRP?) it's probably quite practical.
It's a Furore without wings & polycarbonate instead of fibreglass bodywork!
It's been around a lot longer than the Sprint, so didn't take inspiration from there.
Re the ali chassis debate - motorcycle manufacturers seem to manage ok!!
Motorcycles use HUGE ali spars and the engine as a stressed member.
Get a look at a bare bike frame and see how big it is, then with an engine in it just becomes one large lump.
Imagine the size of spars needed for a locost chassis
Did anyone mention the Robin Hood Lightweight?
Or the new GTM 40TR 
Looks like something made by Tamiya, then i noticed the Rinspeed badge. All makes sense now, that blokes barking mad. He'd be at home on this
forum
This has been done before! As I recall, the son of Tony Shute (Chief Engineer at Lotus?) asked his Dad why they didn't make real car bodies out
of polycarbonate like his radio control toy. In response, they built a Lotus 340R with a clear body, called the Expose. More to the point, I believe
that they patented it! Shame because I'd love to use something similar on my car!!!!!
http://www.340r.net/news/expose/expose.htm
Found the link!!
[Edited on 21/2/07 by JC]
How much do you think it weighs ?
Over 700 kgs........
The new Rinspeed 'eXasis' was produced by Frank M Rinderknecht to mark his company's 30th anniversary.
It has a completely transparent body and floor made of a substance called Makrolon, developed in collaboration with the experts from Bayer
MaterialScience AG.
It will be shown to the public for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
"Everyone who sees the eXasis for the first time raves about the glass car, but they actually mean our transparent high-tech plastic," says
Ian Paterson, of Bayer Material Science.
The yellow chassis with the exposed wheels has room for two people, one behind the other, and because it is transparent there is an unrestricted view
of the compact 2-cylinder 750 cc Weber engine, which, unusually, sits above the transmission.
The car weighs only 750 kg because of its lightweight plastic construction. It is fuelled by CO2-emission-reducing bio-ethanol.
Polycarb body+aluminium chassis+2 cylinder 750cc engine = 750kg???
Where is all that weight coming from? Even if it includes 2 'generous' people @ 100kg each it's still 550kg.