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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2008, 12:49:51 am »
^^^^No..the complex that you have makes you think it was dripping with sarcasm.....Shrugs...

I'll have to start putting many smileys to try and throw you off....
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2008, 12:52:20 am »
Chris Bangle is still at BMW?!!

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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2008, 09:08:19 am »
Back when aircraft were made of doped fabric they were actually slower than most BMWs are today!

I can imagine a "smart" fabric that can have its physical characteristics altered by electrical currents working for a car body.     Once you have a fabric like that then just need some sensors and a computer to tune up the surface for different conditions... speed, wind direction, hitting something and so on.

Fabric here used loosely to cover any flexible/ deformable/ colourable/ non-flammable material.
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2008, 09:17:04 am »
I'm glad car companies are looking at new ways to approach the automobile. New skins, new designs, new concepts, are always welcome in my mind.

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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2008, 03:29:55 pm »
Quote from: mmret on June 10, 2008, 10:43:57 pm
Very, very nice. The car looks wonderful, almost organic.

Agreed.  An interesting and intriguing concept.
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #25 on: June 11, 2008, 05:03:28 pm »
..that's a nastyB'Gina  rash...................some bugs onna I drive handle....... 8)
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #26 on: June 12, 2008, 05:43:11 pm »
Don't quite agree with him about it not affecting crash safety. There were cases in Hong Kong where some metal railing went into a fully metal car and speared the occupants.
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #27 on: June 12, 2008, 07:02:49 pm »
What happens when you put the skin in the wash and forget that your red boxers are still in the machine, though...?  :D
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #28 on: June 12, 2008, 08:06:51 pm »
Doh!  Everybody knows that BMW fabric has to be drycleaned!
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #29 on: June 12, 2008, 08:55:45 pm »
Love the way the engine bay is revealed.  It's like a surgical procedure, pulling away skin as it is slowly being cut by a scalpel!  :o
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #30 on: June 12, 2008, 09:13:45 pm »
Do you have to iron it? ;D

The concept is interesting. Change colours or textures in a couple of hours. No rust, no repainting, no door dings. Damaged panel? Zip on a new one.

I don't understand how Bangle keeps himself employed though, not a very elegant design.
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #31 on: June 13, 2008, 12:51:39 am »
And no waxing and buffing...

They can probably use kevlar and nano-fibers to make it bullet proof.  I wonder if you can get it in a plaid print to match one's boxers.  :) 

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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #32 on: June 13, 2008, 01:06:12 am »
In all seriousness, I think it's a brilliant idea.  I've no idea if its feasible in the real world, but I wouldn't mind a car with a fabric exoskeleton.  No panel gaps, no paint chips, and (if its as clever as the concept) the ability to actually change shape?  Very, very neat...

Wouldn't be surprised to see a concept hydrogen or other super-high-mileage hybrid with this sort of exoskeleton in the future...
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
« Reply #33 on: June 13, 2008, 11:23:44 am »
Quote from: tpl on June 11, 2008, 09:08:19 am
Back when aircraft were made of doped fabric they were actually slower than most BMWs are today!

I can imagine a "smart" fabric that can have its physical characteristics altered by electrical currents working for a car body.     Once you have a fabric like that then just need some sensors and a computer to tune up the surface for different conditions... speed, wind direction, hitting something and so on.

Fabric here used loosely to cover any flexible/ deformable/ colourable/ non-flammable material.
Yeah, just mix a little Liquid Crystal into the paint and some Indium Tin Oxide to melt the dar'gum snow off the panels in the winter.
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PS. I thnk this Gina concept is brilliant.
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Re: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: mind-blowing
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