Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The BMW Gina

BMW is famous for making cars with pretty damn good reputations – and in the case of a significant number of their vehicles, excellent performance to boot. The BMW Gina Light Visionary Model is a two seat roadster that has a textile cover resistant to water and extremes of temperature. This fabric ‘overcoat’ is pulled across a moveable metal framework for a lovely outer shell. The lightweight aluminum space frame underneath has only four body sections – this minimizes roll and provides stability. The body is made of fabric.

The craziest part of this car is Electro-Hydraulics which allows the car to shift into place for greater down force and concealment of various elements until desired. No doubt that one way to increase the level of fuel efficiency is to lower the weight of a vehicle

However, we can see in the picture that the car made of fabric, its safety measures, you can think when it hits the road, and though I’m sure the finished model will have a roof. It is very attractive indeed, but we have also to think about its safety measures.

It comes across more ‘shark like’ in appearance than just about any other BMW model ever produced. The Gina eschews the usual BMW storyline and is a concept worthy of the more exotic manufacturers out there.

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