BMW GINA Light Visionary Model (2008)
Concept car · 2008 · Combustion
A shape-shifting sports car dressed in fabric skin.
GINA -- 'Geometry and Functions In 'N' Adaptions' -- was Chris Bangle's radical study in flexible design. Instead of steel panels, its body was a seamless, translucent polyurethane-coated Spandex skin stretched over a movable metal frame driven by electric and hydraulic actuators. The car could open eyelid-like headlight covers, split its bonnet to reach the engine, and grow a rear spoiler on demand. A running concept, it was built on a BMW Z8 chassis with a V8.
Key facts
- Skin: Polyurethane-coated Spandex fabric over movable frame
- Panels: Just 4 (bonnet, two sides, trunk)
- Base: BMW Z8 chassis
- Engine: 4.9L V8
- Transmission: 6-speed automatic
- Designer: Chris Bangle / BMW Group Design
Production
- Status: Concept only
- Fabric-skinned concept only - never produced.
- Revealed at Revealed June 2008 (BMW Museum, Munich)
Source: Wikipedia