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08-25-2007, 02:57 PM | #1 |
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BROOKSIDE, I'M CALLING YOU OUT
and fellow Z4 owners too!! :biggrin:
I've got a question. Are you guys even considering the Next-gen Z4 over the 135i??? From the spyshots and info I've seen it seems to look VERY promising. My only fear is that BMW might bump it waay up in price. It looks like a hardtop to me. PLUS, "Scott" has said that it will get the M3 420hp Motor in //M format!! The pics below show that the Z DOES have the N54. By the time it comes it should be packing a few more ponies. So is the Z still in the cards for you guys/gals or not? My estimation of powerplants are: Base Z4- 260HP Z4 3.0SI- 320HP-N54 Motor Z4M- 420HP whether or not the car will be lighter than a 135i is up in the air b/c of the folding hardtop. -barry
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I've followed this closely for a while now. (for obvious reasons \/below\/ )
JMO, but you can bet the farm it will cost more than the current Z4. It's getting BIGGER, & moving up to a higher rent district. It will also be a tin roof vert. It will eventually get the M3 V8, but only after the base car has been out a year or two (AKA the new Z4M) The initial offering will be the N54; look at the pics, two single pipes & an interfooler behind the front grill. This will leave room for BMW to come out with a new Z2. - which is the car I'm waiting for.... Smaller & lighter with the N54 engine:biggrin::biggrin:
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No worries though, my M Roady isn't going anywhere, anytime soon. & with a 1er sharing the garage, I'll be able to keep the miles down too. :smile:
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08-25-2007, 05:47 PM | #5 | |
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1. it has a metal folding roof and I want a ragtop. 2. it's going upscale and that means more $$$ (and we're already getting ripped off in Canada vis-a-vis U.S. pricing). 3. I don't think it's going to be that dramatically different (design wise) from the current version of Z4. 4. after 6 years of Z4, I'm ready for something different 5. getting a little more room (e.g. back seat) would be nice - although I wouldn't want to go 3-series, c-class or Audi A5 size. |
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^ a tin top vert has zero appeal to me as well.
- adds too much weight & takes up too much trunk space. ragtop FTW :biggrin:
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Hood of the new Z4 looks really long. It is almost 1/2 the length of the entire car.
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looks hot - but getting even bigger! I LOVE the Z4 coupe - but every time I see that looooooooong hood i realize that I don't think it will work for me. (well, plus the price, and if we decide to have kids.....)
Anyway, I would also like to see a Z2 coupe and 'vert. THanks for the pics!!!! |
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08-25-2007, 10:25 PM | #10 |
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Jeez Barry...call me out...!!!
I about fell over logging onto the site. I've seen the LeftLane photos. I was going to post them. But I'm glad you did. Probably every person on the site thinks about cars...waaaaay too much. And the new Z dances in my head. But I'm ready for a change. The Z will be gorgeous car...and it looks like Bangle and Co. are going to hang such big cojones on the next one there'll be no question as to how Masculine the beast is. The thing looks like a phallus on wheels. But like the other guys have said it'll be more expensive and bigger. BMW is going with the made in Germany cache as part of the justification on price. Won't be referred to as the Bubba Bimmer anymore. Doubtful any Z owner will miss that. I could get used to the folding hardtop...but there goes the trunkspace. So no, I'm 100% certain the 1-er coupe is my car. But I will be checking the Z4 closely when it comes out...there's always the next one.:wink: |
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Z8 is due to be replaced with a Z9 halo car
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The current Z4 has the hate-it or love-it styling. And I do know a lot of haters from across the range. I do believe that this one will not be the step-child anymore. Its going to look more dramatic and have more appeal. I'm not even in the market for a convertible but this Z has me watching out the corner of my eye.(not like i'd be able to swing one at this point in life anyway) Thanks for the response, along with the rest of you Z owners. I guess time will tell whether the Z4 wets your appetite enough to set aside your 1coupe. BMW FTW.
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I prefer ragtop too, but some of the newer folding tops are getting awfully clever. The one on the Miata doesn't eat up any noticable trunk space, it's small enough that it drops down into the well normally occupied by the ragtop. Only adds about 65-70lbs, which isn't too bad. If I went on a diet I could offset part of that! :biggrin:
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Yeah, there is definitely some appeal to the newer hard top verts.
If they did manage to minimize the package, weight is still an issue. It's not just the # of lbs, it's also where the extra lbs are located (up high)
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Have you guys seen any confirmation that any z4/z3/z2 models will receive the N54? Everything I've seen has no mention of the n54. If there's a n54 z-coupe, I'm sold. I'm one of the weird ones that prefers Turbo's to high revving NA engine. I'd even pay 50k for one with the n54 and LSD and a bit lighter then the oner.
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This seems the march of events in nearly all BMW models. God knows the Z4's engine bay could easily accomodate it. Also this. New Z4 prototype. Look closely - Interior with fat-suit. Somehow I'm getting this safe-sex subtext perhaps underscored by the grace of the girl's hands and wonderful hygenics going on with fingernails. Also note i-Drive in center console located next to passenger breast. Sign of upscale aspirations [ re: fantasy for middle-aged men]for the next model.:wink: This is not a "spy-pic" in the sense that most of us think of. Instead, it is a deliberately posed photo taken with a top-quality state-of-the-art digital camera by BMW and "leaked" to the press. It is among the first "official/unofficial" representations that plays with desire/fantasy aimed directly at guys of a certain age complete with the blonde in the passenger seat. Way to go BMW. This is why BMW is so freakin' far ahead of other car manufacturers. Not merely in engineering/design but also in knowing how to lure customers and define the "image" of the model in the minds of potential customers. The photo is insurgent publicity and incredibly smart. |
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^^Looks like Brookside has been following this more closely than I suspected!!! That interior camou is over the top. What BMW should do is make Z coupes a little cheaper than the Z-conv. Nobody else does it backwards like BMW.
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08-28-2007, 09:00 AM | #22 |
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Guilty.
Barry I'm jealous the Z4 guys get the German blonde and all we got was the Mohave loser biker chick with tatoos. Not fair. But shows what 10k will buy you. (Apologies for sexist remark):smile: Note speedometer goes up to 280 kph. Limited? So...what goes in the engine bay? |
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