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BMW concept car - Home Theater Lounge
YouTube - BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: Premiere
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Wow some of that was pretty cool looking, I wonder how long till we see some of this stuff on a real for sale showroom model.
Just think how much lighter the car could be, thus saving gas if it even uses gas.
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I found that to be a very exciting clip.
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Hey, welcome to the 50's BMW...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velorex
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Quote: : Hey, welcome to the 50's BMW...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velorex Yeah, that's almost the same thing ...not
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It's a skinned frame.
Just like an airplane.
I'm not sure where the revolution is?
Perhaps I'm missing something.
To me, it's just a cheaper way to make a car.
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So if you throw a tarp over a frame it's now a concept car?
Sorry, I think it's fugly.
Not to mention just how much stuff under there can fail.
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Seriously? That's how you guys view this thing?
To me thats like if I built a playhouse for my kids out of 2x4s and plywood and called it a log cabin.
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I saw this last night, and considered posting a link to it here, but didn't.
In some ways I think it's pretty cool, and in some ways it makes me wonder.
Like - what do you do when the skin gets a tear in it (and it will).
Do you just pitch the whole thing and get a new one?
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What's the big deal, cloth over a frame, no big deal at all.
In fact that thing would not hold up on today's roads with all the crap that fly's around on the freeways.
What would a rock do that's kick up by the car in front of you do to that thing?
Wonder if it comes with a sewing kit instead of a spare tire?
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Quote: : What's the big deal, cloth over a frame, no big deal at all.
In fact that thing would not hold up on today's roads with all the crap that fly's around on the freeways.
What would a rock do that's kick up by the car in front of you do to that thing?
'Big deal'? The big deal is once you get a tear in it, you'd probably have to replace the whole thing or else it would look like crap.
And just how much will it cost to get a whole new skin?
Actually, people with money to spare would probably have several different colors of the skin, so that they can have it changed as it suits them.
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I imagine the fabric is pretty tough.
If it tears, I imagine, like with damage to a normal car, you would have a few options.
Sew/glue/rebond the tear in some way or replace the skin.
I suppose it all depends on how much it costs.
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The concept really *is* that "meh" - if you happen to have hobbies where you do work with fabric-over-frame stuff.
Style-wise it's just a BMW concept, with all that goes along with that.
There are a few nifty tricks they've done here though, like the headlights.
I'm curious how that fabric works at speed.
I would love to see the auto industry move toward rolling chassis construction with driver cage and safety features, and open the door for more customization on the body-work end.
Not just because I think they could make lighter, safer, more efficient cars as a result, but because it would lower costs if the options for what goes on the outside are independent from the actual chassis.
Back to real frames, not monobody, which makes tooling up for a new car a royal pain and very expensive indeed.
But that's a different discussion.
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Wonder what road noise would be like?
I bet pretty nasty.
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There's no reason all the stuff that's under the "skin" of a current car wouldn't be under this skin, in fact, it would have to be if you want interior panels, windows that go up and down, door locks, speakers, etc.
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