The 2009 BMW Z4 Roadster will make its official debut at next January’s 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Carscoop caught the car testing with minimal exterior camouflage.
The car will feature a two-piece retractable hardtop. The future Z4 carries over the overall styling and sexy proportions of the current Z4. On the interior there will be the same architecture as before though it appears that the dashboard has a more upscale feeling.
The Z4 will also feature BMW’s latest iteration of the iDrive that was first introduced in the new 7-Series and the facelifted 3-Series.
Under the hood BMW placed the Bavarian company’s highly acclaimed 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six, but there will also be 2.5- and 3.0-liter naturally aspirated six-cylinder engines while in most European countries the Z4 will be offered with an entry-level 2.0-liter 4-cylinder petrol engine.
If yesterday we brought you the first TopSpeed exclusive rendering of the 2009 BMW Z4, today we bring you more images of the future sportscar, now with more colors and new headlights.
How right are we? We’ll find out next month at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
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After yesterday’s almost uncovered spy shot of the future Z4, here as an exclusive TopSpeed rendering of the future sports car. The Z4 will make its world debut in November at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
From reports, the next generation Z4 will feature a more aggressive and sportier design. The shoulder line has been smoothed out considerably and will be offered with retractable hard top.
Under the hood of the next Z4 there will be both twin-turbo and naturally-aspirated straight six engines; while the flagship M Roadster is likely to get a brand new high-performance turbo six with around 350hp.
BMW will unveil the next generation Z4 at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. Latest spy shot reveals the car with almost no camouflage. The shot confirms the rumors that car will be evolutionary rather than revolutionary. The roadster will feature a retractable hard top, trunk integrated brake light and the shoulder line has been smoothed out considerably.
Hopefully there is no unseen camouflage on the door line, and the next Z4 has lost the large and unnecessary side scoops. If so, it seems that Chris Bangle is trying to repent for his earlier sins of the Z4. The new, cleaner lines of the car in this pic almost makes the new Z4 look like a baby Mercedes SL.
While looking at this latest spy shots and making a side-by-side comparison I have come to a very disappointing conclusion: the 2009 Z4 will only be a sportier open-top version of the newly launched 7-Series. Same headlamps and tail-lamps, same front-grille and kidneys, generally same front-end design. And even if I don’t like being wrong, I really hope this time I will. Z4 is one of my favorite cars, and the latest generation 7-Series is nothing but a big disappointment.
Well, I think we’ll need to wait for the Los Angeles Auto Show to find out, no?
The BMW Z roadsters have ended their run in the U.S. The final Z4 has rolled off the BMW’s assembly line at the South Carolina plant. The new generation Z4 will be revealed in November at the Los Angeles Auto Show, but production will be moved to Germany. The last Z4 roadster assembled rolled off the line Thursday, and joined the more than the 9,300 Z4 roadsters and variants made this year.
Production of the Z4 began in late 2002. “It’s been a great car for the plant,” said Bobby Hitt, BMW Manufacturing spokesman. "In the life of a plant, new models are what drives the energy. Although the Z4 put us on the map, it doesn’t define us.”
Here are a few spy shots of the 2009 BMW Z4. Although the camouflage is being used to make the car look as much like the previous generation as possible, it seems that at least the hood line is raised (possibly to meet with European pedestrian crash standards?)
We should not be too far away from some official teasers from BMW. Production of the current generation is ending this month at the Spartanburg, S.C. factory, and it is likely that the new Z4 will only be built in Germany. The new car should be first officially shown to the public in November at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
Latest reports from BMW indicate that the next generation Z4 will make its official debut in November, most likely at the Los Angeles Auto Show. This is line with last week’s report that the current Z4 will stop production soon.
Under the hood of the next Z4 there will be both twin-turbo and naturally-aspirated straight six engines; while the flagship M Roadster is likely to get a brand new high-performance turbo six with around 350hp.
The marketing materials are in works now and the official videos should be filming soon, so official info should be leaked in a little while.
BMW is already working on the next generation Z4, and we can now confirm you that the launch is near by. Why? Simple: because the Spartanburg, South Carolina facility that makes the current Z4 will stop producing them next month.
The future Z4 is codenamed E89, will have the same size as the current Z4, but will probably wear a less controversial design with a wider track and more dynamic proportions. The highlight of the new model is its high-tech structure—a combination of aluminum space frame and steel unibody construction.
The 2009 Z4 will initially have three different choices of engines. The first one is a 2.0-liter direct-injection with an output of 185 hp. The second one is a direct-injection 2.5-liter Inline-6 with a power of 231 hp. The third one is a Turbocharged 3.0-liter direct-injection rated at 321 hp. After the launch, a 4.0-liter V8 making 450bhp will be available.
The BMW Z4 3.0i (231Hp) got a brand new performance kit developed by the German tuner G-Power. The new kit gives an ASA T1-12 supercharger to the 3.0l straight-six engine. Featuring a complete exhaust system with racing-headers and catalysts and a new ECU system the engine performs now 375 hp at 6.450 rpm and 420 Nm torque at 4.650 rpm. With a sprint time from 0 to 100 km/h of 4.9sec and to 200km/h in 15.1 sec the new engine can race now the BMW Z4M. The top speed of the G-Power G4 is 300 km/h.
The conversion to the G-Power EVO III configuration costs around €18,850 or $29,900 and it also includes installation. The G-Power offers along with the kit a complete tuning program which includes: aerodynamic body kit, 20-inch light-alloy wheels, suspension modifications, high-performance brake system with eight-piston fixed callipers and 380 x 34mm brake discs on the front axle and exclusive interior components
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