New BMW Shape Shifting Concept Car.
June 12, 2008 by Bakkouz
Filed under Sci & Tech
Concept cars give automotive designers a chance to let their imaginations run wild, often with outlandish results. But even by that measure, BMW has come up with something as strange as it is innovative — a shape-shifting car covered with fabric.
Instead of steel, aluminum or even carbon fiber, the GINA Light Visionary Model has a body of seamless fabric stretched over a movable metal frame that allows the driver to change its shape at will. The car — which actually runs and drives — is a styling design headed straight for the BMW Museum in Munich and so it will never see production, but building a practical car wasn’t the point.
Not too practical, still, very neat 
Sari Al-Hiari on Thu, 12th Jun 2008 8:27 am
LOVE IT!
Who cares if its practical, people buy cars that cost 10 times what they should and break 10 times as often as a KIA just because it has a certain name.
MommaBean on Thu, 12th Jun 2008 9:41 am
Awesome concept. It will be very interesting to see how this informs the development and use of alternative materials in cars… Maybe if we all had fabric cars, we’d have fewer fatalities? Talk about a kinder, gentler car…
ArabianMonkey on Thu, 12th Jun 2008 1:16 pm
Oh wow!! wow! Agree, who cares about practical when you can delight your senses with mind blowing design every once in a while. Designing such out there products is important to see how far we can go…
This Gina is fabulous! Thanks for sharing it. Love it.
Verbal Alchemy on Thu, 12th Jun 2008 2:48 pm
WHOAAAA! now thats something! altho i am not a beamer fan, yes merc rules! but this is amazing! :w00t:
however, if its fabric, how does it get cleaned? especially from bird poop! lol (im not sure if he mentioned it as i have no audio at work)
neutron on Thu, 12th Jun 2008 5:57 pm
This is truly amazing. Talk about thinking outside the box …
BMW:) on Thu, 12th Jun 2008 10:16 pm
:biggrin: That design of a car, is very designing
ياسمين حميد on Fri, 13th Jun 2008 2:14 pm
wow!
too bad it’s not going into production, I’d LOVE to get one!
I especially liked the part when the car blinked with its ‘eye’
funny images on Sat, 14th Jun 2008 3:22 pm
Now thats what i call a great car! hehe. Great video and great imagination ill say.
ASKAdenia on Sat, 14th Jun 2008 8:44 pm
jameela jameela.. bas kter ma3jooqa ya 5alti :sick:
Andos on Sat, 28th Jun 2008 10:21 pm
Great car. But It cost a big money
Adrian Xenon on Wed, 2nd Jul 2008 8:39 am
My main concern would be safetly. I’m sure that metal would catch on fire much harder than cloth. Also it would pierce less easy in a collision. Also I just like how metal looks but I give BMW respect for coming up with revolutionary new ideas.
Patrick the Dentist on Thu, 3rd Jul 2008 1:21 am
Talk about being impractial - I would hate thinking about that car with it’s cloth exterior sitting out in the rain. You’re asking for big problems (mold, staining, etc. etc.). Nice idea but not fully thought out.
Polina on Wed, 23rd Jul 2008 11:54 am
To me it looks more than strange… “blind” car… and concept of using cloth makes me feel doubts regarding its practical use… I already can imagine a car with patches on it on place of scratches:(
Frank on Tue, 29th Jul 2008 10:10 am
It looks like a flying boat. :pouty:
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Z28 on Sat, 11th Oct 2008 3:35 am
hey it at least it looks cool!
Andrei Stanciu on Tue, 23rd Dec 2008 9:15 pm
The germans surely know how to make things look special and beautiful when coming to designing cars
Used Engines on Sun, 4th Jan 2009 2:00 am
I agree with Andrei! everyone wants to have their car look unique!
GAP on Thu, 29th Jan 2009 5:45 pm
Fantastic. You can now customize your car with nothing but a pair of Knitting needles and some wool