Designer Chris Bangle presents Gina, the customized car of the future
Looking for a car that is both innovative and resilient? Then look no further than BMW’s new car, GINA. Designed by Chris Bangle, GINA, which stands for “Geometry, Infinity, and Adaption”, is the car of the future. With its fabric-skinned shape-shifting concept, GINA is the beginning of a new style of motor vehicle.
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In this interview, Chris Bangle announces the fascinating “Gina Light Visionary Model”: the amazing new concept developed by BMW, right before he resigned as head of design. An automobile of the future that introduces to us a philosophy of innovative manufacturing, not compared to vehicles of the past, but also to ones being designed for the future.
Chris Bangle is an automobile designer, known best for his work as Chief of Design for BMW Group.
Bangle started his career at Opel, he later moved to Fiat and then became the first American chief of design of BMW on October 1, 1992, where he designed the Z9 Gran Turismo concept car. His styling themes have generated intense controversy among automotive designers, and have often had a polarizing effect.
On February 3, 2009, Bangle announced that he was to quit both his position at BMW and the auto industry altogether, to focus on his own design-related endeavours.
Chris explains that GINA – is an acronym for “Geometry and Function in “N” adaptations. His design matches the fantasy of BMW’s owner while also inspiring many who see the intricate design. The structure of the auto can be modified thanks to an electro-hydraulic system in real time. Other than its velocity, the tail end of GINA can change form, and the motor and doors open in a way never seen before, with surprising effects. Even the seats change form, and the headlights are hidden beneath a feline mask.
Individualization and flexibility are the two main factors in the project. To get noticed by buyers, the car will be customizable like no other, and will be “personalized to the fullest extent possible”, which will make this vehicle a metaphorical extension of our own bodies, and an object of our wildest imaginations.
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