What’s Jaouen Jonesing For?

BMW is innovative. They have always been at the top of the industry with new ideas and designs. Now, BMW has come out with GENA, their most innovative car yet. GENA is a roadster based on Z8 design. The Z8 is the ridiculously fast roadster that BMW started making about six years ago. It was featured in one of the Bond movies where it was cut in half by some sort of flying saw (what a ridiculous plot line…classic Bond). GENA is different though, it wouldn’t take some absurd flying saw to cut GENA in half, just a utility knife. GENA actually has a skin made of cloth, rather than aluminium (Yeah, I know I spelled it the British way, but I my inner monolog sounds like David Attenborough). BMW engineers found that they could make a car with elegant curves and design, using a space frame structure covered in cloth. The form comes from a series of thin metal ribs which define the contours of the vehicle. These ribs can move too, allowing doors to open and even the spoiler to become more aggressive. The car is just a concept and is not particularly practical. The problem isn’t safety; with modern materials we could make a tricycle safe enough to drive on the interstate. The problem is that you couldn’t park this car. It would constantly require valet parking to keep the skin safe from assholes with utility knives. Think about it, if Mutari had this car, I would cut the skin the first chance I got just to spite him! And I like the guy. Imagine what people who don’t like him would do (remember that cloth is an absorbent material; imagine the fun things you could smear into it). Admittedly, if you can afford to buy a concept car from BMW, then you can probably afford to hire someone to watch it 24/7. I still like the car though; I want one really badly. The curves of this car are so striking that it has an almost organic feel, a direction that I think the entire auto industry should be moving in. Now, if I can just find a paper mache garage to store it in.

Note: I just checked, and Jacob’s plan worked, I am again the number 1 and number 2 hits on Google for Jaouen.