A sports racing car—The Piranha—was developed around the same time, to demonstrate the use of a new plastic for the structural parts of the automobile—Cyclic ABS. This lightweight (1,400 lb) vehicle was developed in several generations, using a rear-mounted Corvair engine. Model car company Aluminum Model Toys began small scale production of actual cars through their division run by Gene Winfield. Winfield was able to obtain feature placement of this car on television as The U.N.C.L.E. Car in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."