The BMW GINA is a highly innovative concept which features clever use of materials and technology. The GINA acronym stands for ‘Geometry In “N” Adaptions’. Covering the lightweight spaceframe of the BMW GINA are not conventional metal bodypanels, but instead an elastic, rubber-like material is stretched across the structural members and wire frame to form an attractive design which follows BMW’s flame surfacing styling philosophy.

This elastic material has given BMW’s designers more options when designing various moving parts of the GINA concept. The doors for example have no shut line along their front edge as the material just moves with the door. The elastic material also plays a part in revealing the front mounted engine, where a central slit divides the bonnet in two. Inside the BMW GINA concept the material has been employed in both the dash and the seats

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