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The design prototype was not meant to be seen because it does portray a future BMW model. Full scale models are either recycled, detroyed or stored immediately after they have fulfilled their use , they are not left lying for five years - we would run out of space if we kept all these design mock-ups. compared to what we have going on just now. And that includes MINI and Rolls-Royce.

Actually ... most clay models are not destroyed. I'm told all the smaller size models are kept, and so are the final two or three designs in 1:1 model. There is storage room in the FIZ building, and from time to time they move the models to a different location run by BMW Archive department.

So, this particular one was kept in FIZ storage for 5 years for unidentified reason. And just decided to move in the central archive storage where also other 1:1 models are.

Mind they also kept GINA in secret for several years!


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The question which is still unanswered is: design proposal for which BMW series / vehicle this clay model really is.

This is the next thing I'm trying to find out. But there is no real knowledge on this particular car.

Perhaps Hussein saw something in the design studios when he was working there.

Correct. A lot of items collected from a design competition are now photographed and scanned on to our main computer whilst other elements such as clay models or indeed full scale models are crated up and sent to our secret archive storage facility on the outskirts of Munich.

Think Indiana Jones and you get an idea of this industrial space filled with sealed crates and shipping containers.

GINA was kept in the security of the Mobile Tradition and here is something many people dont understand about the Mobile Tradition.
Is that only visitors are allowed to see certain series of cars on certain floors , there are floors that are off limits to the public and contain some things you have seen like the original BMW Z8 Concept car that was unveiled at Tokyo 1997 ,
The first MINI that rolled out a crate @ IAA 1997
to others like the BMW CS6 Concept car that was destined for Geneva 2003 which was basically a cosmetic enhanced 6er Cabrio and other seen brieflly moments such as the E34 M5 cabrio and the original prototypes such as the E34 Coupe and Cabrio and a E39 Coupe which BMW played with the idea of such a model.

People I have spoken to say it was an active proposal.

Yeah, I felt something wasn't right. I guess they needed to say something because someone got some real nice photographs before anyone was even supposed to know this thing was there.

Thank you! This does make perfect sense to me, thanks for all your help with this

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^^Damn, that is a hideous chop.

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Thanks.

Thanks for cleaning this up! Would have done the same in a few minutes…