Joe Handley Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Meet GINA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAL Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Somehow it reminds me of Dr. Ludwig Dürr's Deutsche Luftschiff Zeppelin #129 - das Hindenburg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abedooley Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Now THAT is definately different!! And COOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zebm1 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Just one question..... is that canvas and what happens when you hit something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdiego Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 it bursts like a beanbag chair and you throw it away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 As cars get lighter, this may be an option for the extremities such as the front and rear.... or for flaring in poor styling features for better aerodynamics at speed. Maybe even covered wheel openings that can flex as the front wheels steer. However, the taught surface covering the whole car becomes one BIG drum and how could it not? I would venture to bet that it makes a lot of noise going down the road. Not to mention the pressure of the air-stream vibrating the skin like a strap or tarp over a flatbed trucks load. No, we won't see a whole car covered in such "moveable" surfaces like GINA anytime soon. But the technology will undoubtedly show up somewhere on some car pretty quick. Actually, I can see Nissan swiping those headlights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 That thing wount last 5 min here in Deeetroit!As SOON as the punks saw it they'd pull a slice an dice on that skin,it would look like Andy Warhols Frankenstien! Who comes up with this crazy sh8t? It sure looks good and different,but it's not really practical unless it can be made 1000% puncture proof!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abedooley Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 That thing wount last 5 min here in Deeetroit!As SOON as the punks saw it they'd pull a slice an dice on that skin,it would look like Andy Warhols Frankenstien! Who comes up with this crazy sh8t? It sure looks good and different,but it's not really practical unless it can be made 1000% puncture proof!!! How mad would you be to buy one of those and come out of your house the next day and find your car in shreds????? Thats just toooooo funny!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m408 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 As cars get lighter, this may be an option for the extremities such as the front and rear.... or for flaring in poor styling features for better aerodynamics at speed. Maybe even covered wheel openings that can flex as the front wheels steer. However, the taught surface covering the whole car becomes one BIG drum and how could it not? I would venture to bet that it makes a lot of noise going down the road. Not to mention the pressure of the air-stream vibrating the skin like a strap or tarp over a flatbed trucks load. No, we won't see a whole car covered in such "moveable" surfaces like GINA anytime soon. But the technology will undoubtedly show up somewhere on some car pretty quick. Actually, I can see Nissan swiping those headlights! 50 years ago a hand held calculator had only four functions, add, subtract, multiply, and divide. It took a separate chip for each function. Now we have hand held devices that can do darn near everything. With the rapid advances that we have seen, nano metrics, carbon fiber, kevlar, memory foam, etc... I would not be shocked if I lived to see something similar to this. But it sure wouldn't come out of Detroit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Zoom Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 It's pretty amazing. Some might say Va Va Voom...but maybe Va Va GINA? The hood certainly looks anatomically correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabsscale1 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Somehow it reminds me of Dr. Ludwig Dürr's Deutsche Luftschiff Zeppelin #129 - das Hindenburg. The ide is neet But that has to be one of the ugliest cars I have seen!! Just My opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAL Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 The ide is neet But that has to be one of the ugliest cars I have seen!! Just My opinion We all know how the Hindenburg ended in disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordairgtar Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 When that headlight opened up, it freaked me out. Just like an eyeball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I wonder if GINA can get stretchmarks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Interesting concept, but (fortunetaly) "edge' design has about run it's course. I just can't reconcile with all the hard edges and sharp angles- people should really stop designing concepts solely on the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Looks to me like Chris Bangle was just having fun playing with a CGI version of his Z4 design. You'll note that you never see him in or around an unveiled car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick F40 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Jarius, stretchmarks galore! I see a Z4 look to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) To clarify, the entire video (except for the shots with Chris Bangle) looks to me like computer animation. The car doesn't exist in the flesh. Edited June 23, 2008 by sjordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilone Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 holy hell i want one on 20's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E St. Kruiser50 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) Well, we've caught up to the past again. This is a very cool technology twist on a very old idea, that was a short term fad used by coach-builders for about 4 years in the very early 30's. I.E - using cloth for car bodies. I'm only mentioning this for some of you guy's who didn't know, not to play this very cool idea down. These are pics of a scratch-built 1935 Duesenberg SJ Airflow Coup', I had at the 2007 GSL. At the time of "Inspiration" - LOL , I was captivated by the colors and the idea of an all-cloth body. I built the car so that others could be exposed to the same things. The original one-off car, car was built in Pasadena Calif. in 1935 by coachbuilders Bowman & Schwarts at a cost of $20,000 dollars for just the body! Chassis was extra. About $14,000 extra - in 1935 !!! Just a bit of trivia. Funny how things like this evolve Edited June 23, 2008 by Treehugger Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I don't think that you could do a 'Dice and Slice' number on this car. If I remember correctly, one of the remarkable things about this car is that the 'cloth' is Kevlar fabric. I may be mistaken though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 You know guys, they used to make aircraft skinned in cloth and still cover wood stick fuselage RC aircraft in a heat shrink plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick F40 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I like the cloth, but what about when it starts riping, what happens.......................................................what's underneath? I just love the headlights!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelo Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I think the idea goes all the way back to covered wagons. Weren't those metal frames wrapped in canvas? Any way, great job stretching (sorry, no pun intended) technology. I do think some of the remarks at the bottom are funny, especially about the hood opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guysmilie Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 It's pretty amazing. Some might say Va Va Voom...but maybe Va Va GINA? The hood certainly looks anatomically correct Thats great, I can't add anything else to this comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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