❯ We Visit the Special BMW Concept Cars Display at BMW Museum
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We Visit the Special BMW Concept Cars Display at BMW Museum
BMW Museum - special (temporary) display of their concept cars...
As soon as I learned that the BMW Museum would be showing off some of BMW AG's concept car, I knew I would need to go for a visit. IF you are in the Munich area, I would recommend a visit to the Museum. The special concept cars will only be on display until Sunday March 2nd. One car that was a big surprise to me was the BMW X Coupé (2001). I had seen the BMW Concept Study CS1 (2002) before at BMW Classic, but the X Coupe I found really interesting. I spoke with one of the Museum guides who told me something interesting about the Gina concept car. That car used to be on a display at the base of the spiral ramp where anyone could walk up next to the car. Since the Gina concept had special fabric/skin... he told me that many people would touch the car and poke at it. Gina's hood had several holes in it after awhile, so BMW had to repair it. But they now have so little of that special fabric skin remaining that when the car is shown at the Museum or special events, it has to be in an area where no one can walk up next to it. What a shame people touch cars on display. Another surprise for me was the Gran Lusso Coupe based on the 7 series. In pictures, I did not like it much, but in real life I must say it was really nice. The more I looked it over the more I found myself wanting to drive it. IDK why.  Enjoy the pics... Dackel
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BMW Vision EfficientDynamics (2009) BMW X Coupé (2001) BMW Gina Light visionary model (2008) BMW Turbo (1972) i8 Vision Concept (2011) For more BMW Concept Cars see... Notable BMW Concept Cars from the Last 13 Years http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=783313 BMW GINA Light Visionary Model... http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=520984 Some new videos from BMW AG...
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| 02-28-2014, 03:37 PM | #4 |
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I've got to say I find none of those Zagato concepts visually appealing at all. I find it amazing how closely BMW stuck to concept with the i8 though. Kudos to them indeed, it looked like the future then and for once they followed through with it.
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very very cool!
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Man, those Z kidney grills are obnoxious. Great pictures!
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| 02-28-2014, 03:49 PM | #7 |
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That is a serious amount of photos.. thank you for taking the time to post OP.
As for touching cars, well its a shame they wear, but touch is part of the experience of cars, the feel, sound, etc and a perfectly natural way to connect with an object. |
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Very cool
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| 02-28-2014, 04:12 PM | #9 |
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Badass Photos! Thanks for posting!
What color is that Zagato-Coupe?
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WOW!!! Thank You!!!
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That coupe.......... Sex
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Night of the white gloves...
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Glad you enjoyed my photo tour of the Concept cars. Well... the BMW Museum now holds special events called: Night of the white gloves. The museum stays open late(until mid night I believe) and then give you a pair of special white gloves and encourage you to touch all their cars!! I think that is a cool way to "bond" with some of these special BMW's at the Museum.  http://www.bmw-welt.com/en/events/wh...ight_2013.html
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I believe its called: Rosso Vivace Whatever BMW(or Zagato) calls it... it was amazing. You can even see in some of my pics how much the color changes depending on how the light hits the car. Much like Valencia Orange.  check out 04:22 in this film...
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coupe is sick! whats with mustang rear?
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Lovely zagato twins. Thx for sharing
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Awesome!
I actually love the detail in the "Z" grilles and the Vision Efficient Dynamics is amazing in so many ways. Hopefully one of the key design cues of the i8 concept makes it into more future cars and that is that with the new abundant use of LED lighting technology, cars no longer new these ugly and massive headlight and tail light clusters. Future vehicle lighting should be sleek, integrated and not take away from the form of the vehicle - I'm excited about that.
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I love the zagato coupe. nice pics thanks for sharing
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