BMW in Cloth clothing...

[Ducatiloo]

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bmw-builds-a-ca.html

Kinda cool, it would be interesting to have this on a bike.  Go from naked to full fairings for the interstate.

[NAKID]

Wow. Just...WOW!

[Kaveh]

I lost it when I read this comment  that was on the site after watching the video:

After seeing the opening in the hood, I see how GINA must be pronounced.

[MuscovyDuc]

That's nuts. Kinda weirded my out when the thing winked

[Grampa]

z4 meets Cristo

[Speeddog]

Glad he explained all those complicated words they used in the acronym. 

[Slide Panda]

Ok, that's cool, way cool.  And that pronunciation comment way way funny..

[IZ]

Ok, that's cool, way cool.  And that pronunciation comment way way funny..

After seeing the opening in the hood, I see how GINA must be pronounced.



cool car!  How does it do in a wind storm?  Will it take off like a kite?

[Got Duc]

That is sweet! 

[Ducatiloo]

I love how the hood opens, thats sexy.   
Grrr baby show me what's under your hood.

[zarn02]

that thing is nuts!

[Mother]

ugh

his whole

"rethink the way we look at the skin of a car"

my initial reaction was

"DUH"

race cars have never relied on the skin for protection from anything other than the elements

and they are leap and bounds safer than a production car

I've always believed tubular chassis were the way to go in car manufacturing

stamped steel unibodies are such a waste

[NAKID]

ugh

his whole

"rethink the way we look at the skin of a car"

my initial reaction was

"DUH"

race cars have never relied on the skin for protection from anything other than the elements

and they are leap and bounds safer than a production car

I've always believed tubular chassis were the way to go in car manufacturing

stamped steel unibodies are such a waste

But they are cheap and easy to reproduce. It only makes sense from a manufacturing standpoint to go with stamped steel...

[Mother]

But they are cheap and easy to reproduce. It only makes sense from a manufacturing standpoint to go with stamped steel...

which is why it shouldn't even be considered...

yeah yeah yeah

money

profit

manufacturing

blah blah blah

A car is a thing you should buy with reverence

keep and drive for 30-50 years

Our throw away built cheap society bugs me


but

the fabric idea is pretty cool

even if homeboy was a douche

[DY]

On the plus side, no more door dings!

But isnt this going backwards in technology?  Airplanes used to be covered in fabric too.