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The BMW GINA Light Visionary Model, a concept car unveiled in June 2008, has been called a "shape-shifting car" because it features a flexible, cloth, body.
The car has been built purely as a design experiment and was never intended for production. It will be housed in the BMW Museum in Munich, Germany.Autopia (Wired): BMW Builds a Shape-Shifting Car Out of Cloth (June 10, 2008)
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- Official name: BMW GINA Light Visionary Model
- GINA is an acronym meaning: Geometry and Functions in 'N' Adaptations
- Built in 2002
- Unveiled in June 2008
- Shelled in a flexible fabric
- Fabric controlled by small motors to prevent slackening or tearing
- Based on the 4.4-liter BMW Z8
- Built on a space frame that provides the same safety protection as a standard car design
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