New BMW Concept... WOW!!!

[CSP]

www.dumpert.nl - Weird: nieuw BMW concept

Talk about thinking outside the square!!!

[EvoVIIIJDM]

just watched that on LS1. crazy.

[calais_304]

wow thats amazing!

[cxcxcxvcvcvc]

luv it!
can only imagine how much it would be worth

[Ripcell]

different much, i wonder how it will go with stones and the like?

[Wagon_Wheel]

WTF?!!!
Thats odd.... Would hate to stack it

[kniever]

damn... i want one

[Flat_White]

damn thats nice, how much?

[Morton]

hate to have that car keyed. with a knife.

[r_i_d_a_h]

...knifed

[CSP]

If it incorporated carbon fibre weaving and or kevlar fibres, good luck with a knife!!!

[AttaBoy]

I don't see how that is going to last 10+ years....

Just like humans, when it gets old it'll start to have wrinkles like my grandma.....
Hope they develop some anti-aging cream for it LOL..


But awesome concept and thinking from people at BMW. Certainly is different and set apart from the rest.

[Philthy]

Certainly is thinking outside the square!
I could see all cars being like that in 50 years, when the right 'skin' is developed

[dijm8]

we wont see this in holden's for another 100 years lol, aussies are far too slow for that kinda technology to have

[Jesterarts]

I have to abit... that is about the ugliest car i've seen...

The whole time i was waiting for like a cool car to hatch out of that cacoon... but no such luck

[evil_monkey]

it could be made better, definatly not a fan of that fabric **** out the outside

[Torquative]

wont make it into BMW either. Cool concept but thats all it will ever be

[Morton]

This idea of BMW's is just like the internet fridge that LG released, it's only there to make them look good, not to actually sell

[FusionX]

If it incorporated carbon fibre weaving and or kevlar fibres, good luck with a knife!!!

Sharp blade will go through it easily, even with carbon/aramid lay up. Using a decent set of 10" scissors, used to cut through up to 10mm of carbon/aramid lay up in yacht sails.

Although looking at it, they would only probably be able to use an aramid fibre anyway, as carbon fibre would be too brittle (hates flex)

[ProphetVX]

Cool idea, not workable in the real world unless they solve quite a few problems

- Resistance to cuts and tears to the same level steel does
- Resistance to heat (if ash or something lands on it, will it burn through?)
- How washable is it?

With our current technologies available, I don't think any of the solutions are available at present given how free form that material is.

[CSP]

It's no different regarding scratching/slashing of convertables. That used to happen a LOT but now it's not as often as the novelty has worn off somewhat.

And cars get scratched and keyed all the time. I imagine having a panel replaced or multiple panels resprayed would cost a lot more than replacing some fabric of some kind. It could actually be made stronger than aluminum panels if they use carbon composite weaving or kevlar weaving in it too.

Think shopping trolleys for a moment. The slightest litte bump and your paint needs work. Slight knocks and bumps with this stuff would just bounce right off! painted steel/aluminium isn't very resistant when you actually think about it... It'd also resist hail damage I would imagine.

It takes 2 hours to completely cover a whole car - how long does a full body respray take?

I actually think it solves a lot more problems than it causes. Like the engineer in the video says, panels don't have a lot to do with safety any more.

[AttaBoy]

I wonder what it looks like naked?

Will I see tits?

[BANKS]

Great idea! but god it looks ugly is some areas, especially when the doors open! when the head lights open and the guards move thou that was niceeeee lol


I get what he's saying thou, the exterior means dick when the crash energy is channelled threw the chassis, open mind ness, I like it