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Post by michael on Aug 17, 2017 14:57:30 GMT
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Post by Tim on Aug 17, 2017 15:32:51 GMT
Looks like an over-styled update of the current one.
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Post by johnc on Aug 17, 2017 16:26:47 GMT
I rather like that!
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Post by Martin on Aug 17, 2017 16:44:25 GMT
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Post by Andy C on Aug 17, 2017 16:55:29 GMT
Looks brilliant
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 17, 2017 16:57:48 GMT
A return to a soft-top is a surprise. I always understood the retracting hard-top to be a popular feature, especially with female buyers. My wife, not otherwise a noted BMW fan, likes the Z4 her friend has particularly for that feature.
I did have to google what on earth a "Zicker Line" was...
Looks-wise, the jury is out. I'm not entirely sold at first glance, particularly the headlamp/grille combo, but the shape is promising. |
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Post by LandieMark on Aug 17, 2017 18:54:13 GMT
I like that a lot. I'm guessing the soft top is down to weight and therefore emissions.
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Post by michael on Aug 17, 2017 20:44:57 GMT
The soft top is more popular with North American buyers for this kind of car.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 23:38:11 GMT
I actually like that, allowing for a toned down production model. It also looks smaller, more like the current MX-5 in size. That should go well with a 2.0 or a triple with hybrid assist. Enough to hope it will go around a track like the current MX-5 while showing a clean pair of heels on the straights.
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Post by Ben on Aug 18, 2017 11:32:59 GMT
I really hope it will look like that, for it is lovely.
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Post by johnc on Aug 18, 2017 13:40:25 GMT
This car has bigger dimensions than the current Z4 and is probably nearer to 3 series size. I was reading a bit about the 4 cylinder Jaguar F Type and was surprised to see that it is priced nearly £10K more than the base 4 cylinder Boxster.
With the increase in size and the push upwards in quality I reckon the new Z4 is going to be getting in to Boxster territory and probably be more expensive when fitted with the 3 litre 6 cylinder. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 14:12:07 GMT
'Orrible.
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Post by Tim on Aug 18, 2017 14:32:49 GMT
I was reading a bit about the 4 cylinder Jaguar F Type and was surprised to see that it is priced nearly £10K more than the base 4 cylinder Boxster.
Isn't the F Type more of a 911 competitor though?
After all you can't get a 500BHP Boxster.
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Post by johnc on Aug 18, 2017 15:03:27 GMT
Perhaps but a 4 cylinder 290hp F-Type wouldn't get my extra £10K over a Boxster. Neither would a 500hp F Type get my money over a 6 cylinder 911. The F Type is a nice car but over priced: you just need to look at the used prices to see the depreciation is more of a freefall in comparison to the 911's helium powered swan dive.
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Post by Tim on Aug 18, 2017 15:45:09 GMT
Are 911 prices being propped up by the current fad for the older ones in the classic market?
Some of the prices being asked for even relatively recent ones are ludicrous and I don't remember 911s of the 80s and 90s being particularly impressive in value retention when they were young.
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Post by PG on Aug 18, 2017 20:08:19 GMT
That's nice from the front wheels back. But the grille and front treatment is pretty awful. Although I expect that will be toned down a lot for the production version.
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Post by Big Blue on Aug 19, 2017 15:54:15 GMT
Well they've managed to fuck up both ends of that one. I'm not a fan of the current Z4 so I'm hardly the correct judge of its replacement but that looks cack to me.
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Post by Roadrunner on Aug 19, 2017 21:11:46 GMT
If that ridiculous sticky out chin were on anything without a BMW badge everyone would be taking the piss. Add in the hideous lower grilles either side of the chin and you have Max Power wet dream which is trying waaaay too hard. Not for me.
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Post by grampa on Aug 21, 2017 9:55:36 GMT
I'd agree that it looks like a restyle of the existing one, but a very nice restyle - better looking than anything they currently build to my eyes - if they applied the same formula to the 3 series, I think it could result in something rather more interesting.
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Post by PetrolEd on Aug 21, 2017 11:26:32 GMT
I think that looks great, I was very interested in the Supra which is based on this but should hopefully have some crazed Japanese styling but understand this is to be Auto only. If BMW can do a proper coupe of the Z4 I'd be all over it.
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Post by ChrisM on Aug 21, 2017 12:36:30 GMT
If that ridiculous sticky out chin were on anything without a BMW badge everyone would be taking the piss. Add in the hideous lower grilles either side of the chin and you have Max Power wet dream which is trying waaaay too hard. Not for me. When I first started reading the above, I thought I had accidentally stumbled on the Bruce Forsyth thread.... |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Aug 21, 2017 17:04:28 GMT
Georgous that, best looking BMW for ages.
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Post by franki68 on Aug 22, 2017 13:00:00 GMT
I like that .Always had a soft spot for them although the one the wife had a few years back had a ride akin to a skateboard .
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Post by Big Blue on Aug 23, 2017 6:06:43 GMT
Chap I met had a manual Z4. Hated every second of ownership.
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 23, 2017 10:04:03 GMT
Chap I met had a manual Z4. Hated every second of ownership. What generation?
Friend of my wife's has a frankly rather gorgeous dark metallic blue 61-plate s23i MSport with a manual gearbox, very nice upgraded alloys and a cream leather and dark wood interior. Makes a very lovely six-cylinder noise and she seems besotted with it - she commutes daily in it. Both my wife and I have always been rather envious of it.
This one is the same paint colour with the same wheels:
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Post by Martin on Aug 23, 2017 10:49:15 GMT
I like the look of the Z4, but I wasn't hugely impressed with the 35i I test driove a couple of years back. It was too firm and the steering was poor, but it did make a nice noise. It was a bit too cramped for me as well and with the seat right back, it made an annoying plastic against plastic noise (the Boxster has a carpeted bulkhead). A Boxster is far superior (imho), as long as it has full leather and a sports exhaust.
To be fair, it's far from a terrible car and it depends on what you're coming from / are used to and what else you try, it was nicer that the Swift Sport Lindsay had at the time!
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