Top 10 Bizarre Facts About BMW Gina You Didn’t Know
BMW has always been a great company in terms of design and creativity which comes up with innovative ideas. It seems that BMW’s design department has been working hard lately. Just a few weeks ago the leading German car manufacturer introduced its M1 Homage Concept and now BMW presents GINA – a futuristic shape shifting concept car made of cloth. This aggressive-looking skinned beast is an inspiring example of how future vehicles may look like. Here are top 10 bizarre facts about the coolest car you have ever seen.
1. GINA stands for Geometry and Functions in “N” Adaptions which really means that BMW set out to explore the creative freedom and push the boundaries. As a result, BMW GINA Light Visionary Model Concept Car has become a new take on car design, materials and flexibility – it is futuristic in a whole new way.
Wow, I am really impressed!
2. GINA replaces old-fashioned metal/plastic skin with flexible fabric “body-shell” wrapped around a meshwork of metal and carbon fiber wires. The cloth that covers GINA’s body is made of waterproof, temperature-resistant, durable and flexible fabric material.
Great! Put it into the laundry-machine and here you are – it’s clean again. Just wash separately, do not bleach, do not tumble dry, only warm ironing is required. By the way, it’s a joke.
3. The Light Visionary Model is skinned by four large pieces of fabric: a front panel that starts at the front of the car and leads to the base of the windscreen, two side panels and the last panel make up the rear deck. So, the traditional elements of producing cars, such as doors, wheel arches, engine hood, a trunk lid, are not present in the conventional sense.
4. Underneath the covering material is a light sub-frame controlled by electro and electro-hydraulic devices. This means that the car can bend and contract and, thus, change its shape and exterior as many times as the driver desires.
I guess the criminals will fall in love with GINA as they can commit crimes and drive away as no one will be able to identify what the car looked like at the time.
5. It is amazing how much the outer skin of GINA resembles sheet of metal, but the impression changes as soon as the doors open in a semi-scissor fashion – the fabric artfully binds up.
Hmm, nice wrinkles when doors open! I suppose the care will need facelift quite soon.
6. The rear panel of GINA is movable as well.
7. The headlights of GINA can be magically hidden or exposed when necessary. The headlights of the car open like human eye. BMW is particularly proud of the GINA’s futuristic headlights.
The car really looks like an alien with exposed double lights, which look like eyeballs under eyelids.
8. The turn signals and taillights shine trough the translucent fabric when activated and become invisible when turned off.
Looks like a new James Bond car, doesn’t it?
9. BMW GINA Light Visionary Model Concept Car is built over a Z8 platform and equipped with realistic 8-cylinder powertrain package.
10. GINA’s hood opens and closes from the center like an old-fashioned doctor’s bag to expose the engine.
How much that car is? One, please…
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Yes i want this car
Intresting concept
still concept way far form the real one !
i wonder how expensive it would be to repair the fabric after some asshole cuts it…
My only question is if the (legally required in the USA) amber & red reflectors are installed? This is what I thought when viewing rear tail lights. Car looks great, very interesting concept.
Why would I want to travel @ 180mph in a zip-up nylon bag? Instant body bag I guess.
They should try spending the research money on alternative fuels or there won’t be anything to run it on anyway.
These aren’t bizzare facts. All of these could have been found in the 10 other GINA site’s I’ve stumbled upon. Every fact is actually covered articulately in the BMW GINA press video. I feel betrayed by your title.
This actually isn’t far from a real one, they have a fully functional concept that runs and drives and everything. i don’t know how long till it hits the road or if it even will, but you can see the real one at the BMW museum in Munich
And the safety by driving a plastic-box??
I wonder if there is a chance to strip that skin down and stretch another one with another color etc.? That would be awesome… One color (skin) for the parties, another for the ladies, it would be something like clothes for humans
How cool is that huh?
That would be pretty sweet… so wait how much is this baby worth anyways?
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Auto/ Stilista denuncia Bmw: mi ha copiato. Indaga procura Roma
28/02/2009 11:52
La Bmw ‘Gina’ è stata premiata come concept car, ma l’idea del rivestimento in stoffa della carrozzeria, sarebbe una idea copiata ad un italiano. E’ questo il contenuto di una denuncia-querela presentata dallo stilista di moda Giuseppe Bianco, titolare di diversi marchi di moda giovane, e che è stata depositata nei giorni scorsi alla Procura di Roma. Secondo quanto si è appreso il pm Marcello Monteleone sta vagliando l’atto presentato dall’avvocato Carlo Cirillo, in cui sono ipotizzati i reati di contraffazione, secondo gli articoli 473 e 474 del codice penale e in base a quanto previsto dal cosiddetto ‘codice della proprietà industriale’, definito dal decreto legge del 10 febbraio 2005, numero 30, articolo 127. In particolare, secondo l’esposto, Bianco, nel 2005 ha ideato un esclusivo procedimento con il quale si poteva applicare qualsiasi rivestimento, dalla pelle, alla stoffa, ai materiali più tecnici, sulla carrozzeria esterna di auto e motoveicoli “rendendo i rivestimenti stessi impermeabili e resistenti agli agenti atmosferici”. Dopo la registrazione del brevetto, l’esposizione al Motorshow di Bologna nel 2006, un servizio televisivo del Tg5, Bianco era tranquillo, sicuro di aver inventato qualcosa d’innovativo. Ma ecco che in pieno 2008 scopre che la Bmw ha presentato una concept car rivestita di tessuto, la Gina, acronimo di ‘Geometry and functions in ‘n’ adaptions’. E così a Bianco non è restato altro che cercare di far valere i suoi diritti. La battaglia tra il piccolo inventore di casa nostra e il colosso teutonico comincia nell’agosto scorso, quando l’avvocato Carlo Cirillo comunica alla sede legale della Bmw che il suo cliente è “titolare dei diritti nascenti dal deposito di regolare domanda di registrazione per il rivestimento di autovetture” e diffida l’azienda tedesca “a cessare qualunque attività in contrasto con essi”. Dopo ulteriori contatti tra il penalista romano e i consulenti legali responsabili dell’ufficio brevetti della Bmw, e malgrado fosse stata proposta tutta la documentazione a favore di Bianco, la Gina veniva esposta al museo di Monaco e dall’11 al 15 febbraio scorso al Salon Concept Car Hotel National des Invalides Plauce Vebaun, a Parigi. E in quell’occasione, testimoniano le cronache, che all’ombra della torre Eiffel, la Gina ha ottenuto il premio ‘Grand prix du plus beau concept car de l’annèe 2008′. Bianco però non ci sta. Realizza un video di denuncia e lo pubblica su Youtube. Il procedimento di lavorazione sulle auto e di applicazione dei materiali così come visibile sul sito carbodydesign, fonte Bmw press, è tale e quale a quello ideato da lui. Nella denuncia lo stilista romano ricorda anche la visita di un dirigente della Bmw al suo stand nel Motorshow. Gli avvocati Cirillo e Pamela Baglivo, che con la collaborazione di Micol Cupo Pagano, hanno presentato la denuncia, spiegano: “Il nostro assistito spera che si faccia luce sulla vicenda”. L’avvocato Cirillo aggiunge: “E’ evidente che se l’autorità giudiziaria ravvisasse la violazione del diritto di privativa del signor Bianco, saremmo di fronte a un danno di enorme entità, considerata anche la potenzialità della diffusione telematica attraverso la quale tale condotta si è realizzata. Auspico pertanto che possa attuarsi la tutela della parte offesa, piccolo imprenditore, rispetto ad una società multinazionale dotata di ingenti risorse economiche”.
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Auto/ Designer accuses BMW: they copied me. The Public Prosecutor’s office in Rome is investigating
28-02-2009 11:52
“The ‘Gina’ concept car covering was patent protected ”
Rome, 28 Feb. (Apcom) - The ‘Gina’ BMW is a prize-winning concept car, but the idea of using a fabric covering for the bodywork is now said to have been copied from an Italian. This is the subject of the lawsuit initiated by fashion designer Giuseppe Bianco, owner of a number of young fashion labels, and filed with the Rome Public Prosecutor a few days ago. Public Prosecutor Marcello Monteleone is believed to be assessing the case presented by lawyer Carlo Cirillo, which contains allegations of counterfeiting under articles 473 and 474 of the penal code and under the provisions of the so-called ‘industrial property code’, as defined in the law of 10 February 2005, number 30, article 127.
Specifically, according to the lawsuit, Bianco designed an exclusive procedure in 2005 by which any covering material, from leather to fabric to more technical materials, could be applied to the external body of cars and other motor vehicles, “making the covering impermeable and resistant to atmospheric agents”. After registration of the patent, exhibition at the 2006 Bologna Motor show, and coverage on the Tg5 Italian TV channel, Bianco was confident, happy in the knowledge that he had invented something innovative. Then, in the middle of 2008 he discovered that BMW had presented a concept car with a fabric body: the Gina, acronym for ‘Geometry and functions in ‘n’ adaptions’. So Bianco felt that there was nothing for it but to assert his rights.
The battle between this small inventor from Italy and the German colossus began last August, when lawyer Carlo Cirillo informed the legal offices of BMW that his client was the “owner of the rights following the filing of a formal application to register the patent for a fabric covering for motor vehicles” and warning the German company to “cease any activity in conflict with this”. After further contacts between lawyer Carlo Cirillo and the legal consultants from BMW’s patents office, and despite all the documentation presented in support of Bianco’s case, the Gina was exhibited at the museum in Munich and from 11 to 15 February of last year at the Salon Concept Car Hotel National des Invalides Plauce Vebaun, in Paris.
As reported in the newspapers, at that event in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, the Gina won the award of ‘Grand prix du plus beau concept car de l’annèe 2008′. But Bianco was not willing to let matters lie. He made a video with his accusations and posted it on Youtube. The process involved in this work on the car and the application of the materials, as shown on the carbodydesign website, source BMW press office, is exactly the same as the one he designed. In his lawsuit, the designer also refers to a visit by a BMW manager to his stand at the Motorshow. Lawyers Carlo Cirillo and Pamela Baglivo, who presented his case with the collaboration of lawyer Micol Cupo Pagano, explain: “Our client hopes that this will throw light on the matter.”
Lawyer Carlo Cirillo adds: “It is clear that if the judicial authorities recognize this as a violation of Mr. Bianco’s patent rights, we are looking at damage on a huge scale, taking into consideration the enormous publicity potential of the internet coverage used in handling this issue. So I hope that this will bring protection to the offended party, the small businessman, against a multinational company with great economic resources.”
Designer in battle against BMW for “Gina”
COVERING SYSTEM CONTESTED: CASE FILED AGAINST THE GERMAN CARMAKERS AT THE ROME PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE.
Source: Corriere della Sera 01/03/2009 - Michele Manno
Rome
It is certainly a strange case that has ended up on the desk of the Public Prosecutor in Rome.
You could almost say that the two contestants are the present situation and the future.
The present situation is represented by designer Giuseppe Bianco; the future by the well-known BMW car manufacturers.
Why future? Because BMW recently won an award in Paris for the most beautiful “Concept Car of 2008”.
The car has an unusual name: ”Gina”. And we know for a fact that, like Gina Lollobrigida and all other women, Gina loves elegant clothes. So much so that she has been called the “Light visionary model”.
She is a car that we will never actually see on the road, like all “concept cars” which, by definition, propose new ideas destined to take shape on the roads of everyday life some time in the near future. The idea is in the composition of the car body, consisting principally of an elasticized fabric stretched over the frame which can be modified at the touch of a button, depending on the driver’s tastes. So it is a fabric to suit all occasions, from a simple meal in a pizzeria to a Gala evening in Monte Carlo. It is a kind of travelling haute couture wardrobe.
But this is where the present, with its laws and regulations, impacts on “Gina’s” destiny. Fashion designer Giuseppe Bianco has initiated a case against BMW, alleging counterfeit and the violation of the industrial property law, claiming that it was he who, in 2005, invented the exclusive procedure by which it is possible to apply any type of covering (leather, fabric and technical materials) to the body of a car or motorbike, thus making “the coverings themselves impermeable and resistant to atmospheric agents”. Before turning to the justice system, in this case public prosecutor Marcello Monteleone, Giuseppe Bianco’s lawyers warned BMW not to continue any activities connected with the use of this process. But the car was still presented.
Whatever the truth of the matter – and legal battles over patents are usually complex – perhaps one day we will hear the verdict. It is up to the judiciary to decide who is right and who is wrong: but for once the case does not concern murder, disputes or violence, but the future of a car; and the prosecution and defence have to make a decision about “Gina”.
this is the cooliest car ever- osbaldo is a deusche