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What comes after flame surfacing and layered surfacing? According to one Polish designer, the future of BMW design lies in, er, porcupine surfacing.
This is the Lovos concept from designer Anne Forschner, a proper vapourware view of how a BMW coupe might look in The Future... if it crossbred with a sharp-quilled rodent.
It might initially sound - and look - like a genuinely, monumentally daft idea. Which it probably is. But it's sort of clever at the same time: those fin-like body panels can either sit flush or raise up to act as air brakes. They're photovoltaic, too, turning sunlight into electricity to power the Lovos.
Oh, and every one of the 260 panels is identical, so they're easy to change if one gets snapped in, say, a territorial battle with an enraged hedgehog. No word on what would power the Lovos, but given the presence of all those solar panels, we're guessing it's probably electric. Or runs solely on the power of bad thoughts and confusion.
Will it ever get built? Er, no. But it's nice to see designers thinking outside the box, isn't it? Blue-sky thinking. Pushing the envelope. Squeezing the manatee. OK, we'll stop now...
The future’s prickly
Polish designer dreams up porcupine-themed BMW concept. Don’t get it angry
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Stang428 commented on this article
at 03:54 pm on 28 September 2009
Must be nice to get paid for cocking about with a PC for no reason.....
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Fernando commented on this article
at 04:15 pm on 28 September 2009
I think it came from the birds...
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keen88 commented on this article
at 04:22 pm on 28 September 2009
can just imagine the results of an impact with a pedestrian when the driver hits the brakes.
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SaEdAm commented on this article
at 04:34 pm on 28 September 2009
I'd like to see that pass a MOT. Er, "Hello, Highways Agency, Yes I'm driving a car with spikes on it. Oh don't worry only a few pedestrians might be impaled"
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Laughinggas commented on this article
at 04:59 pm on 28 September 2009
There's a just a few more things for the hooligans out there to pull off and a greater surface area for birds to shit on. Cleaning this car would be a nightmare.
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