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		limeade on June 11, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BMW prototype uses textile instead of sheetmetal Isn't this just a reprise of the covered wagon?

colinplamondon on June 11, 2008 | [–]

The whole having a motor... "thing" is rather nice, though.

hernan7 on June 11, 2008 | | [–]

More like a reprise of the biplane (BMW started as an aircraft engine maker way back in the day).

Did anybody else think of Porco Rosso when seeing this car?

hugh on June 11, 2008 | [–]

Isn't the roof on, say, a 1980s Lincoln done like this? Or is that just fabric covering metal?

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