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BoXxx · 06-12-2008, 09:42 AM

On the surface it looks like a modern day BMW sports car, all sculpted taut muscles, displaying an interactive flow of concave and convex surfaces that has become the brand’s signature form language. GINA, however, may look like a typical car, but is in fact made of cloth. The virtually seamless polyethylene-coated Lycra stretch fabric is secured on a meshwork formed from metal wires.

Individual elements of the aluminium substructure are movable. Electro-hydraulically controlled, they change their position to help the flexible fabric skin take on new shapes for a high degree of personalisation.

For instance the driver can activate a sensor to lift the beltline slightly to form a more aggressive stance. Another slowly opens the door triggering almost shark-like creases across the profile. On entering the stark cloth cabin, GINA awakens; the centre console and instrument panel swivel to almost cocoon the driver whilst invisible headrests rise from the minimalist seats.

The car is based on the Z8 chassis, BMW’s first aluminium space frame roadster where the frame carries the crash and structural load so that the rest of the car can have its own purposes. GINA was conceptualised in California at the think-tank studio Designworks, and later made into a full-scale sculpture by head of exterior design Anders Warming in Munich.

Dangerous...

gandooman · 06-12-2008, 01:42 PM

here's the vid i saw on digg..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYiE...ilds-a-ca.html

i thought it was pretty cool too.. i wouldnt mind driving it around locally where the chances for an accident are low... only because i dont know how durable that cloth really is... but that parting hood is fuckin badass

LooieENG · 06-12-2008, 03:10 PM

Damn, that's one ugly car...

BoXxx · 06-12-2008, 05:32 PM

^
It's matter of taste....

pyromanaic414 · 06-12-2008, 07:37 PM

"you bastid, u ripped my car"

wife: "where were u honey?"
husband: "oh, i was out taking Gina for a ride"
*smack*

daripper · 06-12-2008, 07:44 PM

i like it, its different

**.JESUS.** · 06-12-2008, 08:04 PM

its definitely different

i like some aspects of it.

some of it tho is ehh

BoXxx · 06-13-2008, 02:09 PM

^^

It's elastic

DopeBoyMagic218 · 06-13-2008, 04:59 PM

damn that shit does look like a shark.. it got some mean headlights

Soldja · 06-13-2008, 06:34 PM

Aint my style at all but it could prolly pick up some hoes im sure.

06-12-2008, 09:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
BoXxx Capo Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Serbia Posts: 947	BMW Gina On the surface it looks like a modern day BMW sports car, all sculpted taut muscles, displaying an interactive flow of concave and convex surfaces that has become the brand’s signature form language. GINA, however, may look like a typical car, but is in fact made of cloth. The virtually seamless polyethylene-coated Lycra stretch fabric is secured on a meshwork formed from metal wires. Individual elements of the aluminium substructure are movable. Electro-hydraulically controlled, they change their position to help the flexible fabric skin take on new shapes for a high degree of personalisation. For instance the driver can activate a sensor to lift the beltline slightly to form a more aggressive stance. Another slowly opens the door triggering almost shark-like creases across the profile. On entering the stark cloth cabin, GINA awakens; the centre console and instrument panel swivel to almost cocoon the driver whilst invisible headrests rise from the minimalist seats. The car is based on the Z8 chassis, BMW’s first aluminium space frame roadster where the frame carries the crash and structural load so that the rest of the car can have its own purposes. GINA was conceptualised in California at the think-tank studio Designworks, and later made into a full-scale sculpture by head of exterior design Anders Warming in Munich. Dangerous...

06-12-2008, 01:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
gandooman Underboss Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,295	here's the vid i saw on digg.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYiE...ilds-a-ca.html i thought it was pretty cool too.. i wouldnt mind driving it around locally where the chances for an accident are low... only because i dont know how durable that cloth really is... but that parting hood is fuckin badass __________________

06-12-2008, 03:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
LooieENG Rap GodFather Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Keighley, England Posts: 5,697	Damn, that's one ugly car... __________________

06-12-2008, 07:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
daripper Capo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Carolina Posts: 710	i like it, its different __________________

06-12-2008, 08:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
.JESUS. RGFMod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cleveland O-HIGH-O Posts: 7,792	its definitely different i like some aspects of it. some of it tho is ehh __________________ OHIO Hip-Hop Thread:::The Flick Game

06-12-2008, 05:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
BoXxx Capo Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Serbia Posts: 947	^ It's matter of taste....

06-12-2008, 07:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
pyromanaic414 Rap GodFather Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FLA ALL DAY (772) Posts: 29,879	"you bastid, u ripped my car" wife: "where were u honey?" husband: "oh, i was out taking Gina for a ride" smack

06-13-2008, 02:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
BoXxx Capo Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Serbia Posts: 947	^^ It's elastic

06-13-2008, 04:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
DopeBoyMagic218 Underboss Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: M-ì-Yâ-Yô 3-0-5 Posts: 1,483	damn that shit does look like a shark.. it got some mean headlights __________________ D-Mac's Official Stat Tracker:51 Ru/A, 272 Ru/Y, 7 Rcpt, 43 Rc/Y, 1 TD,0 FB

06-13-2008, 06:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
Soldja Don Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Da Nasty Nati, Ohio Posts: 2,411	Aint my style at all but it could prolly pick up some hoes im sure.

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