its chassis was made from aluminum that was bonded together with what was basically glue. the entire chassis under the fiberglass body only weighed 160 pounds.
it had airbags but the small size and weight of the car usually meant that crashes didn't end well for the occupants. not so much because of the car itself, but because every other car it might collide with was twice its weight and size. by comparison, here is a lotus elise next to a pickup truck:
i loved it and took it to the racetrack quite often (that picture posted the other day of dhh's lamborghini was taken by me while at a track day with him) and only sold it because i was going to buy and assemble an ultima gtr:
but my life situation changed and that plan got scrapped, so i still have my old volkswagen r32. maybe later in life i'll move back to the suburbs and have a big garage filled with cars. (but probably not a custom pagani zonda ahem)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/symmetricalism/3644817217/
its chassis was made from aluminum that was bonded together with what was basically glue. the entire chassis under the fiberglass body only weighed 160 pounds.
http://www.puresportscar.com/elisechassis
it had airbags but the small size and weight of the car usually meant that crashes didn't end well for the occupants. not so much because of the car itself, but because every other car it might collide with was twice its weight and size. by comparison, here is a lotus elise next to a pickup truck:
http://www.gotapex.com/images/apex/elise/size/ford.jpg