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Author:  Autopsy [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:44 pm ]
Post subject:  GINA the Shape-Shifting BMW Sportscar
This is one incredible car:

http://www.tformers.com/article.php?sid=9613
Author:  BEYOND [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GINA the Shape-Shifting BMW Sportscar
Now that is just crazy..it even winks...:P
Author:  miami [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GINA the Shape-Shifting BMW Sportscar
:shock: WOW :shock:

Thanks for the link - amazing stuff! No more quickies on the hood in bar parking lots I guess.
Author:  gatchabert [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GINA the Shape-Shifting BMW Sportscar
Its pretty cool but that technology has been around for a few years now. I remember seeing it being used as a rear wing for some sport cars. Basically the wing would activate much like the Porsche's of today and the mechanism would make the skin rise up in the back to create the downforce. Very elegant but I guess it still costs a bit much to make for production.
Author:  plastichunter [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GINA the Shape-Shifting BMW Sportscar
Yeah i want a car that someone can rip to shreds with a box cutter in 5 minutes. But I guess if your in the economic bracket that can afford that then you could afford valet parking. I'm waiting for 3-D holographic projections then you could drive around in a piece of junk but make it looked like this...

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Author:  Joe [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: GINA the Shape-Shifting BMW Sportscar
Cool info and link.
The winking is kind of scary.
Author:  miami [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: GINA the Shape-Shifting BMW Sportscar
plastichunter wrote:
Yeah i want a car that someone can rip to shreds with a box cutter in 5 minutes.


Anyone with keys in their pocket could scratch up your paint now, if they wanted ... and every convertible is already just as vulnerable to box cutters ... But even so, I agree to the extent that I wouldn't want to be the first person to park this on the mean streets of South Beach.

But if it's true that crashworthiness does not rely on sheet metal, why not fabric cars? Planes were made mostly of fabric for a long time. Sounds like a great idea to me.
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