Pump them Pistons

I wonder what this guy would do to this whip.

Gross.

The BMW M1 Supercar, burninating a country road near you. Drops 2013, stunna shades required.

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Posted by Pan Tostado on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 1:42 PM 0 comments

BMW GINA Light Visionary Concept

I've seen more than a few cool whips in my day (Doc Brown's Delorian & Urkel's Isetta top the charts), but dzamn, BMW's got 'em beat with the GINA (not pronounced Jh-eye-nuh, unfort). Step into the future:

(via Autoblog) GINA stands for "Geometry and Functions in 'N' Adaptations", which basically means that designers from both BMW and BMW Group DesignworksUSA were allowed to throw out the rulebook. This is most evident in the GINA Light Visionary Model's outer skin, which is made entirely out of textile fabric that's pulled taut around a frame of metal and carbon fiber wires. The skeleton of the car is controlled by electro-hydraulic devices and can actually move and change shape beneath the fabric skin. For instance, the headlights of the concept can be exposed or hidden by the car's skin just like blinking eyes, and the hood opens from the center as the fabric parts to expose the engine. This idea extends to the interior, where BMW designers have made visible only those instruments that are required at a certain time, while the rest of the time the same fabric interior "blinks" them out of view.

Full gallery of pics here

Posted by Pan Tostado on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM 3 comments

The BMW Art Car Collection

Since 1975, the BMW Art Car Collection has spawned 16 works by prominent artists - including David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Roy Litchenstein, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol (full coverage)...

Can't even Birdman out-stunt Bavarian Motor Works when it comes to these cars:

Alexander Calder laying the foundations

Warhol's M1, just before it hit Le Mans for 24 hrs in 1979

Michael Jagamara Nelson digs Papunya art

South African painter Esther Mahlangu's tribal stylings

Why you gotta get all conceptual, Jenny Holzer???

More on my personal fave, the Warhol whip (entendres galore, I am aware):

Clip | Brush up on your German

Clip | And your French, too



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Posted by Pan Tostado on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 1:10 PM 1 comments