It’s body is constructed from potatoes, its steering wheel, carrots. It runs on chocolate and vegetable oil with a top speed of the 140 miles per hour. The Environ-MENTAL is the first formula 3 race car designed from sustainable and renewable resources. A project of the University of Warwick’s UK-based Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre, it is currently used by the WorldFirst Racing Team, who plan to show the automotive industry that designing and building an environmentally sustainable competition level race car is possible.

It’s powered by a BMW M47 diesel engine, with a 2.0 liter power plant generating 220 horse power and a top speed of 140 mph. The Environ-Mental is green from front to rear – from building to disposal it puts the environment first:

- 3D woven natural fiber composites in the barge board Composite steering wheel composed of carrots and other root vegetables
- Wing mirrors comprised of potato starch
- Wing end plates comprised of both flax and cellulose composite
- Lightweight wiring which utilizes recycled plastics and aluminum
- A biodiesel-powered, race calibrated engine
- Plant oil based lubricant
- Side pod composed of glass fiber and resin from recycled plastics
- A seat designed using flax fiber shell, recycled polyester and soybean oil foam
- Recycled carbon-fiber for the damper hatch and engine cover
- Pre-impregnated woven flax fiber for the big
- Non-carbon disks with low embodied energy for the brakes
- A catalyst which generates oxygen on the radiators and cleans the air when the vehicle is in motion