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XCORP Develops Chassis for the Next Generation Automobiles

    MALIBU, Calif., May 7 The growing demand for automobiles
in China, India and Eastern Europe added to the West's continuing affection
for the SUV and the light truck are challenging the efforts of current
automotive technology to reduce fuel consumption and its effect upon global
warming. Now XCORP, a California transportation research company, has
developed a chassis designed to bring the Next Generation Automobile to the
world. XCORP's breakthrough one-piece chassis/body incorporates an all-digital
design, manufacturing and distribution system. It is a highly conformable
automotive packaging and assembly technology utilizing modular, self-assembly
and advanced polymer molding technologies. The chassis is composed of
Ematerial, a Poly-Metal-Matrix Composite (PMMC) utilizing metal foam
technology, which combines aluminum's high strength-to-weight characteristics
and plastic's low cost moldability, bringing a new level of affordable
performance and efficiency to the automotive world. XCORP's new lightweight
chassis/body promises to revolutionize the automobile bringing affordable,
design-adaptable, clean, crashworthy, recyclable personal transportation to
the world. Several markets have been targeted for this breakthrough
technology.

     The Developing World Car:  Demand for vehicles in the near future, in
developing markets, is estimated to grow up to 15 times faster than U.S.
demand. XCORP's NewWorldCar(TM) is a multi-purpose vehicle that is tough,
rugged, and yet easy to repair. The vehicle's lightweight multi-fuel
powerplant is capable of utilizing the variable quality grades of fuel common
in the Developing World. It offers the ultimate in noise and pollution
reduction for fleet, taxi and specialized vehicles in the tight, heavily
polluted centers of cities like Bangkok, Mexico City and Bombay. Utilizing
XCORP's Factory-in-a-Box (FAB) system these countries can now produce their
own Next Generation Car.

    The Micro CityCar:  Microcars are made for drivers in crowded cities like
Tokyo, Paris and London. 1/3 of all new car sales in Japan are microcars. A
new EEC directive promotes the use of microcars in Europe as well.  XCORP's
VirtualCar (VCAR)  is a microcar as low cost as a motorcycle, safer than many
larger cars and more convenient than mass transport. In the U.S. the VCAR
could be sold to the consumer or used in the Intelligent Vehicle System
(ICVS), an extension of the public transportation system.

    The SuperLuxury Car:  Mercedes, Bentley, Rolls and Jaguar rule the highest
end of the car market, the superluxury car, with price tags reaching from
$250,000 to over $400,000. Now, the first next generation superluxury car has
been designed to challenge the current superluxury car paradigm by offering
these over-size vehicles even more limited edition body shapes, superior
performance and handling, a higher margin of safety and a quieter,
vibration-free ride. This new superluxury car technology offers the very few
who can afford it personalized styling, safety, performance and technology
superior to the best of the best carmakers.