Shape Shifting BMW (va)GINA

[Heathen]

The Shape-Shifting BMW GINA: Can You Say Transformers?

What you see above is the BMW GINA Light, and this car has a body made entirely out of high tech seamless fabric which is stretched over a metal frame. So it won’t turn into Optimus Prime and blast Decepticons, but it can transform. The body shape of this car can be changed at will by the driver.
The material on the exterior of this car is stretched over an aluminum frame which is controlled by hydraulics so you can change the shape of the car as you see fit. That means you can automatically make the spoiler higher, or widen out the fenders to fit your personal taste.
Words cannot explain how cool it looks when it shifts shapes. Check out the video and see for yourself.


This shape-shifting car is a concept car that was developed by BMW to “challenge existing principles and conventional processes.” The GINA is built on the same chassis as the BMW Z8 and it has a six-speed automatic transmission with a 4.4 liter V8 engine.

[Bodzilla]

Gina's come in all shapes and sizes.

[LlamaMaster]

Gina's come in all shapes and sizes.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who thought it.

[Heathen]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who thought it.

naw, I been pronouncing it the "Bumwagina."
BMWGINA

[Hotrod]

Wow, that's really cool, I'm really interested in seeing all the stuff they can do with this.

[SnaFuBAR]

leave it to modacity members to huddle around their screens laughing like beavis and butthead. "huh...huhhuh... he said GINA"

This is the kind of stuff we talked over in design school. Innovation in materials and surfaces, etc. Great to see BMW taking lead and innovation to the industry once again.

[Heathen]

Innovation

My main focus is

1. What if the material rips? Now you have to get it put back on...which takes "2 hours"
2. Washing it...how dirt resistant is it?

[Sel]

That's fucking sweet.

[Choking Victim]

Seems like a dumb idea tbqh. What happens when the material ages, does it tear? What about cleaning it? I'm not saying I know much (if anything) about cars, it just doesn't seem like a good idea to put a material like this on a car. I don't disagree with it because its out of the norm, but because it just poses alot of new issues with car maintenance. It looks cool, i'll give it that.

Edit:

My main focus is

1. What if the material rips? Now you have to get it put back on...which takes "2 hours"
2. Washing it...how dirt resistant is it?

You left a funny taste when you took the words out of my mouth. :3

[Heathen]

<3

Great inquisitions CV.