BMW GINA Light Vision

BMW GINA

The unique BMW GINA with narrowed headlight openings

The BMW GINA Light Vision is a concept vehicle from BMW with an outer skin made of flexible fabric . The two-seater was presented to the public for the reopening of the BMW Museum in June 2008. GINA stands for geometry and functions in N-fold forms .

concept

Due to the elasticity of the fabric and skin , for example , this automobile has no joints on the sides of the hinges of its two doors . The surface adapts to the articulated substructure, which in turn adapts to the respective requirements. Depending on the speed , a spoiler can be modeled, and when getting in or out, the driver's seat and steering wheel move apart to give more space.

Chris Bangle played a leading role in the design .

Web links

Commons : BMW Gina - collection of images, videos and audio files

BMW TV Gina light

Individual evidence

↑ Yasmin Kötter: www.netzwelt.de Car with fabric skin: BMW shows concept study GINA Light. In: netzwelt , June 11, 2008.
↑ BMW GINA Light Vision: Clothes make the man. In: auto.de , June 16, 2008.
↑ Sam Philip: www.topgear.com BMW Gina concept news - His dark materials - 2008. In: Top Gear , June 10, 2008 (English).

BMW timeline

Timeline of BMW models since 1950
Type	Body versions	Current series	1950s										1960s										1970s										1980s										1990s										2000s										2010s										2020s
Type	Body versions	Current series	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0
Microcar								Isetta
Small car	Hatchback	i3								600																																																								i3 (I01)
Small car	Notchback / coupe / convertible											700
Compact class	Hatchback	1 series																																													3 compact (E36 / 5)							3er Compact (E46 / 5)				1 series (E87, E81)						1 series (F20, F21)								1 series (F40)
	Notchback	1 series																																																																				F52
	Notchback	2er																																																																							F44
	Coupé / convertible																																																											1 series (E82, E88)							2 series (F22, F23) M2 (F87)
	Compact van																																																																		F45 , F46
Middle class	Notchback / station wagon	3 series																	1502,1602,1802,2002 ("02 series")									E21							E30									E36							E46							E90, E91							F30, F31, F35 F80							G20
	Hatchback	3 series																						touring																																										F34
	Coupé / convertible	4er																		1602/2002 convertible											3 series (E21 / TC1)							3 series (E30 / 2C)							3 series (E36 / 2, E36 / 2C)							3 series (E46 / 2, E46 / 2C)							3 series (E92, E93)							4 series (F32, F33, F36) M4 (F82, F83)							4 series (G22)
upper middle class	Notchback / station wagon	5 series												1500,1600,1800,2000 ("New Class")												E12								E28								E34								E39							E60, E61							F10, F11, F18						G30, G31, G38 M5 (F90)
upper middle class	Hatchback	6 series																																																												5 series GT (F07)								6 series GT (G32)
Upper class	Coupé / convertible	6 series																2000CS										6 series (E24)																													6 series (E63, E64)							6 series (F12, F13, F06)
	Notchback	7 series			501,502,2600,3200 ("Baroque Angel ")																2500,2800,2.8,3.0,3.3 (E3)										E23										E32							E38							E65, E66, E67, E68							F01, F02, F03, F04						G11, G12
	Coupe	8 series													3200CS						2800CS, 3.0CS (E9)																					E31																													G14, G15, G16 M8 (F93)
Sports car	Sports coupe																			1600 GT																															Z3 (E36 / 8)							Z4 (E86)
	Roadster	Z4																																							Z1								Z3 (E36 / 7)							Z4 (E85)						Z4 (E89)									Z4 (G29)
	Roadster	Z4							507																																											Z8 (E52)
	Coupé / convertible	i8						503												3000 V8																																															i8 (I12, I15)
Supercar	Coupe																											M1 (E26)
Compact SUV	Hatchback	X1																																																											E84							F48, F49
	Coupe	X2																																																																					F39
	Hatchback	X3																																																							E83							F25						G01
	Coupe	X4																																																																	F26				G02
SUV	Hatchback	X5																																																			E53							E70						F15 , X5 M (F85)					G05
SUV	Coupe	X6																																																											E71, E72							F16 , X6 M (F86)				G06
SUV	Hatchback	X7																																																																						G07
Converted glass sold as a BMW

Timeline of the glass series models from 1955 to 1969
Type	independent (Hans Glas GmbH)													BMW
	1950s					1960s											1970s
	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th		8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th
Microcar	Goggomobil T
Small car				Isar ("large Goggomobil")
Lower middle class								1004, 1204, 1304
Middle class										1700					1800 SA, 2000 SA / 1804, 2004 ^[1]
Coupe			Goggomobil TS
										1300 GT, 1700 GT				1600 GT ^[2]
												2600 V8, 3000 V8		3000 V8 ^[3]
Vans			Goggomobil TL
BMW era: [1]: as "BMW" (only for South Africa by Praetor Monteerders ) until mid-1974; [2]: as "BMW"; [3]: as "BMW glass"

[1] Yasmin Kötter: www.netzwelt.de Car with fabric skin: BMW shows concept study GINA Light. In: netzwelt , June 11, 2008.

[2] BMW GINA Light Vision: Clothes make the man. In: auto.de , June 16, 2008.

[3] Sam Philip: www.topgear.com BMW Gina concept news - His dark materials - 2008. In: Top Gear , June 10, 2008 (English).