Are BMW about to announce a new Z4 coupe…

R60BBA · Post by **R60BBA** » Sat May 20, 2023 11:21 am

I hope they put it into production with the S58 engine and a manual option.

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Sat May 20, 2023 11:54 am

Silverstar wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 10:25 am Well I think it looks great! Totally different to anything else on the road today including the stitched interior and I do like shooting brakes / breadvan call what you like. BMW should put into production. Kind of reminds me of the Ferrari GT4C Lusso, that's never a bad thing.

The side profile reminds me of a Reliant Scimitar and the baseball stitching is from the mk 1 tt.

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sat May 20, 2023 12:37 pm

MikeyH wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 11:54 am
Silverstar wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 10:25 am Well I think it looks great! Totally different to anything else on the road today including the stitched interior and I do like shooting brakes / breadvan call what you like. BMW should put into production. Kind of reminds me of the Ferrari GT4C Lusso, that's never a bad thing.
The side profile reminds me of a Reliant Scimitar and the baseball stitching is from the mk 1 tt.

For some reason the Alfa Brera was the first car that sprung to mind until I Googled a pic

Make the most of it I say, in a few years these cars will have all the appeal of a fridge or washing machine without the heart of an engine

I'd buy two, squirrel one away and use the other

Tim.

True-Blue · Post by **True-Blue** » Sat May 20, 2023 2:05 pm

They might be able to make that into a half decent roadster if they…… oh, hang on

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Sat May 20, 2023 3:48 pm

True-Blue wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 2:05 pm They might be able to make that into a half decent roadster if they…… oh, hang on

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Sat May 20, 2023 3:54 pm

If they fitted an S65 or S85 engine and a manual gearbox I'd love one - just not in brown.

shuey · Post by **shuey** » Sat May 20, 2023 8:11 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 3:54 pm If they fitted an S65 or S85 engine and a manual gearbox I'd love one - just not in brown.

Yeh with you on this. Manual, full fat M version… I think it looks amazing from the back. Average from the front, and unusual from the side - especially the rear pillar. And physical dials! Bring back tactile switchgear… like Porsche.

Have a feeling they’ll make these for the rich few… but not mass production. I’m sure there’s plenty of collectors out there who’ll want to buy. As for us regular folk… like a few people have said, better options out there - at the price point they’ll most likely sell this at.

Joycey · Post by **Joycey** » Sat May 20, 2023 8:23 pm

I really hope they do, then along with the announcement a selection of trim colours and bodywork colours.

I would really struggle not to sell the coupe and a few others to buy one of these!

$hed · Post by **$hed** » Sat May 20, 2023 10:10 pm

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Arse end is very Alfa Romeo

R60BBA · Post by **R60BBA** » Sat May 20, 2023 11:13 pm

shuey wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 8:11 pm
Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 3:54 pm If they fitted an S65 or S85 engine and a manual gearbox I'd love one - just not in brown.
Yeh with you on this. Manual, full fat M version… I think it looks amazing from the back. Average from the front, and unusual from the side - especially the rear pillar. And physical dials! Bring back tactile switchgear… like Porsche.

Have a feeling they’ll make these for the rich few… but not mass production. I’m sure there’s plenty of collectors out there who’ll want to buy. As for us regular folk… like a few people have said, better options out there - at the price point they’ll most likely sell this at.

Doubt it would cost much more than the Z4 M40i, however I can see it being a low production car.

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Sat May 20, 2023 11:32 pm

They could use the B58 with an electric motor for more 'welly' and call it an Alpina (the wheels and they now own the brand and haven't used it so far). Alpina cars have historically used 'tweeked' standard non-S engines. Makes sense to me. That way they can justify a huge asking price and make it fairly easily with little additional costs.

The car looks too 'production' for them to just showcase it as a concept IMO.

Still can't see the point in a two seater estate car. As my old grandad used to say: "it's neither use, nor ornament".

shuey · Post by **shuey** » Sat May 20, 2023 11:46 pm

Yeh hope so - price it right with a short production run and I think they’ll send a good few thousand worldwide. just watched the videos on YouTube… I’m sold!

But for me they absolutely have to physical dials and manual shifter. Otherwise for me it kinda misses the ethos of what sports touring is about.

R60BBA wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 11:13 pm
shuey wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 8:11 pm
Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 3:54 pm If they fitted an S65 or S85 engine and a manual gearbox I'd love one - just not in brown.
Yeh with you on this. Manual, full fat M version… I think it looks amazing from the back. Average from the front, and unusual from the side - especially the rear pillar. And physical dials! Bring back tactile switchgear… like Porsche.

Have a feeling they’ll make these for the rich few… but not mass production. I’m sure there’s plenty of collectors out there who’ll want to buy. As for us regular folk… like a few people have said, better options out there - at the price point they’ll most likely sell this at.
Doubt it would cost much more than the Z4 M40i, however I can see it being a low production car.

BeeEmm · Post by **BeeEmm** » Sun May 21, 2023 9:14 am

I think it looks really good here. We need something different, and this could be it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3HVTHS6Qgc

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Sun May 21, 2023 12:20 pm

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Mon May 22, 2023 7:44 am

If this article is to be believed sounds completely pointless

https://www.motor1.com/news/668244/bmw- ... potential/

Tim.

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