BMW introduced a concept car with skin that is made of cloth.

Chris Bangle, head of design for BMW, says GINA allowed his team to “challenge existing principles and conventional processes.”

“It is in the nature of such visions that they do not necessarily claim to be suitable for series production,” company officials said in unveiling the car Tuesday. “Rather, they are intended to steer creativity and research into new directions.”

This is significant because it breaks all preconceptions that an exterior of the car has to be made of metals, fiberglass or carbon fiber. The properties of cloth is fluid, and so is a moving car.

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