14 DAY TRIAL // Austrian Johannes Langeder is the proud owner of what is probably the world's most environmentally friendly Porsche.
Thus, unlike run-off-the-mill cars of this kind, 48-year-old Johannes Langeder's four-wheeler is built of cardboard fitted onto a skeleton made of plastic tubes and aluminum foil, and held together by duct tape.
In a recent interview with the press, the man explained that, as surprising as this may sound, he built the car himself. Apparently, he invested a total of ₤11,000 (€13,323 / $18,344) and 1,000 hours of hard work in this project.
The car, a picture of which is available above, weighs just 99.6 kilograms (219.5 pounds), and can reach the top speed of 10 miles per hour (16 kilometers per hour), Daily Mail informs.
In case anyone was wondering, the car owes its impressive speed to the fact that it is man-powered. Thus, a bicycle is hidden under the car's hood, and, whenever he decides to take his Porsche out for a spin, all Johannes Langeder has to do is pedal.
Most people would not be caught dead driving around in such a vehicle. However, 48-year-old Johannes Langeder says that he very much loves his car, and not just because of its shinny-gold color.
On the contrary, what the man likes about his custom-made Porsche is the fact that it is by far the quietest car on the road and the fact that, no matter how much time he spends driving it around, the vehicle releases absolutely no emissions.
“It has 24 gears which is pretty impressive, and at the end of the day I am finally driving around in a Porsche,” Johannes Langeder says. “The most impressive feature is its extreme slowness - everyone on the street is faster than you,” he adds.
As surprising as this may sound, Johannes Langeder is legally allowed to use his peculiar vehicle to navigate streets in Hamburg, Germany, where he now lives. This is because, as far as the law is concerned, this Porsche made from cardboard is actually a bicycle. One pretending to be a luxury car, but a bicycle, nonetheless.
“It is treated like a bicycle by the law and I wanted to show that a car needed no fuel. Most car drivers need a second look before they realize it is technically a bicycle. Most of them are very enthusiastic and get their cameras out,” Johannes Langeder explains.
No information concerning how this 48-year-old man cleans his car has until now been shared with the public, but one can only assume that taking it to a regular car wash is pretty much out of the question.