Comments on: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/06/11/bmw-gina-light-visionary-model/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bmw-gina-light-visionary-model Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:51:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 4 Years of Today and Tomorrow - today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/06/11/bmw-gina-light-visionary-model/comment-page-1/#comment-60379 4 Years of Today and Tomorrow - today and tomorrow Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:44:28 +0000 http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=3317#comment-60379 [...] for Today and Tomorrow than a concept car from yesterday? Actually the BMW GINA concept car debuted last year. Its shape is not revolutionary, but its skin design is. Just watch this new [...] [...] for Today and Tomorrow than a concept car from yesterday? Actually the BMW GINA concept car debuted last year. Its shape is not revolutionary, but its skin design is. Just watch this new [...]

]]> By: Bryan http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/06/11/bmw-gina-light-visionary-model/comment-page-1/#comment-44927 Bryan Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:40:12 +0000 http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=3317#comment-44927 As an engineer I assure you metal panels hurt during accidents the frame absorbs all of the crash energy. Panels hurt you on weight which adds to kenetic energy that you have to release during a crash. A tube frame is 10x stronger than a unibody frame. Think NASCAR or F1 the bodies are paper thin the frame is tubular. As an engineer I assure you metal panels hurt during accidents the frame absorbs all of the crash energy. Panels hurt you on weight which adds to kenetic energy that you have to release during a crash. A tube frame is 10x stronger than a unibody frame. Think NASCAR or F1 the bodies are paper thin the frame is tubular.

]]> By: vishi which is cool http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/06/11/bmw-gina-light-visionary-model/comment-page-1/#comment-37284 vishi which is cool Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:47:01 +0000 http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=3317#comment-37284 cool car cool car

]]> By: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model – today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/06/11/bmw-gina-light-visionary-model/comment-page-1/#comment-26048 BMW GINA Light Visionary Model – today and tomorrow Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:43:46 +0000 http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=3317#comment-26048 [...] BMW GINA Light Visionary Model – today and tomorrow [...] [...] BMW GINA Light Visionary Model – today and tomorrow [...]

]]> By: today and tomorrow - pieter http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/06/11/bmw-gina-light-visionary-model/comment-page-1/#comment-25907 today and tomorrow - pieter Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:15:09 +0000 http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=3317#comment-25907 Jeff, thanks for your comment! Indeed, you can really tell that Bangle isn't a marketing man. Jeff, thanks for your comment! Indeed, you can really tell that Bangle isn’t a marketing man.

]]> By: Jeff Werner http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/06/11/bmw-gina-light-visionary-model/comment-page-1/#comment-25889 Jeff Werner Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:02:26 +0000 http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=3317#comment-25889 Like the Smart car and its monobody skeleton, which is in many ways safer than a much larger car. If you've ever had to repair a regular car's bumper after a mere 5km/h fender bender, you know just how little the skin of most cars does for your protection. I also wanted to say that, while I'm not a huge fan of Bangle's usual work at BMW, I appreciate the way he talks about the GINA in this video. It's more than just marketing-speak: his love for design, his familiarity with car culture, and yet his ability to still reconceptualize something so ubiquitous, comes through in not just the GINA as an object but also in his voice and demeanour in talking about the thinking behind it. Like the Smart car and its monobody skeleton, which is in many ways safer than a much larger car. If you’ve ever had to repair a regular car’s bumper after a mere 5km/h fender bender, you know just how little the skin of most cars does for your protection.

I also wanted to say that, while I’m not a huge fan of Bangle’s usual work at BMW, I appreciate the way he talks about the GINA in this video. It’s more than just marketing-speak: his love for design, his familiarity with car culture, and yet his ability to still reconceptualize something so ubiquitous, comes through in not just the GINA as an object but also in his voice and demeanour in talking about the thinking behind it.

]]> By: today and tomorrow - pieter http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/06/11/bmw-gina-light-visionary-model/comment-page-1/#comment-25885 today and tomorrow - pieter Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:53:58 +0000 http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=3317#comment-25885 I couldn't either, but in the movie they mention that a metal skin isn't that import for crashes ... But the moving parts are very cool. I couldn’t either, but in the movie they mention that a metal skin isn’t that import for crashes … But the moving parts are very cool.

]]> By: Neeksleep http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/06/11/bmw-gina-light-visionary-model/comment-page-1/#comment-25883 Neeksleep Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:41:28 +0000 http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=3317#comment-25883 That's pretty damn cool and all. And looks cool....but, man, i couldnt see anyone surviving a car crash in that. That’s pretty damn cool and all. And looks cool….but, man, i couldnt see anyone surviving a car crash in that.

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