Concept Cars : BMW Gina Textile Fabric Skinned Car

BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: BMW of the future?

BMW’s design department has been working overtime lately. Just last month, German car manufacturers are presented M1 Hommage Concept at the Villa d’Este Concours on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. Now, Munich has officially taken the wraps off a new design study called the GINA Light Visionary Model, a creation BMW says should not be seen as “just a concept car,” but “a whole new approach to automotive design.”

With its GINA (Geometry and Functions in ‘N’ Adaptations) model, BMW is the creative freedom that could be offered in future cars, while a conventional front-mounted eight-cylinder rear wheel drive platform and explore.

The surface of the concept with a new material that BMW says is very resistant to expansion, durable and flexible. Under cover material is a light aluminum subframe that moveable via electric and hydraulic controls, so the surface can be transformed, even after the owner of the request.

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Rinspeed sQuba : Amphibious Car

Rinspeed sQuba – the world’s first diving car, will be premiered at the Geneva Motorshow this year. Have you still remember my previous post about this underwater car? This wonderful Rinspeed sQuba car may dive up to 10 m on water depth. However, this car is the real deal, unlike Roger Moore when drove a submersible car in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’… That’s just a movie trick. This marvelous car will be the Car of the Year because of its technology for diving at underwater area.

The Rinspeed sQuba is a zero-emission, all electric vehicle which uses three electric motors, one for land travel and two for water. It drives on land powered by its electric rear-wheel drive powertrain, utilizing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Upon entering water, it floats on the surface until the operator floods the interior to submerge it. It can be submerged to a depth of 10 metres (33 ft), powered by twin electric-powered propellers supplemented by two Seabob water jets. It “flies” when underwater, like a submarine, as it is not designed to drive along the surface at the bottom of the water. The car’s top land speed is 120 km/h (75 mph). On the surface of water, the top speed is 6 km/h (3.2 kn; 3.7 mph) and underwater it is 3 km/h (1.6 kn; 1.9 mph).

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Future Muscle Cars : Chevrolet Camaro fifth generation

The fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro is a pony car from General Motors, produced and sold under the Chevrolet brand. It produced the fifth-generation Camaro is significant since their original introduction in 1967. Production of the new Camaro began on 16 March 2009 for several years to break since the last generation, the production ended in 2002 and went on sale to the public in April 2009 for the 2010 model year.

2006 Chevrolet Camaro Concept
On 6 January 2006 came the first official word on a fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro from General Motors at the 2006 North American International Auto Show, where the 2006 Camaro Concept was published. AutoWeek editors unanimously awarded the Camaro concept “Best In Show.” The concept of the new GM Zeta platform, and was based on South Korean-born Lee Sangyup designed. Road & Track offered an exclusive first look at the car, the photos and a short video on the day the concept had been released.

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