Feb 2, 2024 · The BMW GINA has just four “panels” – the hood, two side panels, and the trunk. Its skin actually appears seamless, but it can “grow” out its rear spoiler for stability at high speed.

GINA has just four "panels"—the bonnet, the two side panels and the trunk. [1] Its skin appears seamless, but it can "grow" out its rear spoiler for stability at high speed. [6]

Jun 10, 2008 · Though the GINA’s skin appears seamless, it can, for instance, “grow” a higher rear spoiler for stability at high speed. The doors are each covered by a fabric piece reaching all the way from the...

Jun 12, 2008 · A spoiler hidden under the cloth can be raised when needed, but still remains covered by the cloth. The rear just changes shape because the cloth now covers a raised spoiler.

Still, the GINA is packed full of ideas that run counter to the assumed wisdom of building cars. BMW asks: “Does a car roof really have to rest on pillars and be bordered by windows?”

Mar 9, 2002 · The essential shapes are formed beneath the skin by a metal wire structure, though at points where movement is needed (ducts, door openings, spoiler) flexible carbon struts are used. Though the...

GINA produces dramatically different solutions that affect the design and functionality of future cars. The GINA Light Visionary Model is an optical expression of selective, future-oriented concepts which provide an example of the manner and extent of this transformation.

Oct 22, 2022 · The latter, for example, is used in the design of doors that do not open, but are bent upwards. The trunk spoiler can also extend. In action, these unusual designs look fascinating. The door opens forward and upwards, the elastane folds… Amazing! And why did BMW take so long to declassify its fabric concept?

Jun 24, 2023 · Unveiled in 2008, the spectacular BMW GINA is making a comeback to show off how the Z8-based concept can change its shape.

Jun 9, 2008 · BMW says this cloth-bodied roadster points the way to the future car. Have you ever wondered what might result from a three-night hook-up between a zeppelin, an original BMW 507, and a BMW Z4...