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This is the BMW Vision ConnectedDrive concept car, and it wants to be your brain.
Before a bizarre notion of painful auto-based surgery pops into your head, this stunning concept - revealed ahead of its Geneva motor show world debut - is BMW's idea of a connected, networked automotive future and features a 3D head-up display designed to filter information to make driving easier.
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Info is accessed via an antenna (housed under a Perspex cover in the middle of the car). So, for example, you can programme the satnav to bring turn-off locations into your actual field of vision, displayed in the foreground or background depending on how relevant they are to your situation and traffic. In addition, the instrument cluster is freely programmable, meaning you choose what you want to see.
BMW has given the passenger some Tron-like toys to play with too: as ‘co-pilot', he or she can find information (routes, traffic etc) and forward them to the driver's panel. As a handy bonus, it totally alleviates the need to actually talk to your driver.
There's also an ‘Emotional Browser', which captures and filters info about the hood you're driving through; info such as people, mood or location, which isn't terrifying in the slightest. Wonder if it automatically locks the doors while driving through Birmingham on a Saturday night?
The shark-nosed front and layered styling - reminiscent of the Vision Dynamics supercar - is said to reflect Bee Ems' future direction. The concept features fibre optics in various colours in three different areas of the exterior, which have a dedicated light installation. It also gets 20in rims and retracting doors a la BMW Z1.
Like the idea of a BMW roadster constantly in touch with the outside world making your brain less burdened? Or do you simply want engine/wheels/seats/doors?
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What do you think?
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AlKim commented on this article
at 12:11 pm on 10 February 2011
I know from experience that electronics don't like cold: for instance, the info screen on my mom's Focus won't fuction properly if it's around -20C. The Beemer's technology won't be able to cope with a proper winter.
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rustymx5 commented on this article
at 12:42 pm on 10 February 2011
The designer is obviously a fan of TRON Legacy eh?
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5T1G_Jr commented on this article
at 12:44 pm on 10 February 2011
That looks.....Muscly.
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vovillia commented on this article
at 01:00 pm on 10 February 2011
That's what the BMW Z4 will look like..........20 years from now
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kevvygp commented on this article
at 01:03 pm on 10 February 2011
Oh nonsense these are the Germans we are talking about! With their meticulous brains and freezing winters the last thing that would fail on this car would be cold electrics. I think the Z1 style doors would decimate it's practicality though, and will never see the light of (production) day...
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