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daviddi

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Does any one know how many Z4's there are in uk? only they seem to be as rare as rocking horse poo !! :driving:
 
daviddi said:
Does any one know how many Z4's there are in uk? only they seem to be as rare as rocking horse poo !! :driving:

Not sure on numbers. I see way more roadsters than coupés on the streets around here (Surrey). Not surprising, I guess, as we are a nation of soft-top buyers.
 
I think RX-8 sales are around 20,000 in the UK, and I doubt the Z4 has got anywhere near that, though...
... As you'd expect, seeing as it's more expensive and strictly 2-seat, as well as not having been as universally praised as the RX-8 was/is, although I can't tell why from my experiences.
 
Depends on what you're looking for, I suspect. BMW sold about 200,000 roadsters worldwide, but the Z4Ms are pretty scarce. In North America - fewer than 1700 M Coupes and fewer than 1800 M Roadsters at last count. I'd think you only have a few hundred Ms in the UK, but that's just guessing.
 
Oh, and I also think it's suffered due to having been tarred with the "all modern BMW's are ugly" brush. I think most people, given no preconseptions, actually find it pretty attractive, but have been 'told' that it's not.
 
epbrown: that's right - I think BMW themselves said that they planned to bring only 200/year M Coupe's (I think it was M Coupe's, but it could have been M Coupe's AND M Roadsters), so given the 2006 introduction, that would mean there's a maximum of 400 here right now, stating the obvious.
 
I heard that only 200 Z4mc's were comming to the uk? The Z4 roadster is quite a common sighting nowadays, whereas a few years back you only used to see them during the summer months, now you see them all year round.
 
There are over a thousand Z4s on Autotrader as we speak.

If you email BMW though they are pretty helpful and can probably tell you how many they have sold
 
Around where I live I have seen only 1 more Coupe on the road!! Seen lots of roadsters though. I also tend to see quite a few Aston Martins! I parked between 2 Astons last week at the fitness club I work at! Glad I don't have a "common" car!! :D
 
search autotrader for a Z4 and there is plenty around, just they don't appear on raods very much, maybe this is due to them being second cars ??
 
Yeah, probably a lot are 2nd cars.
Might contact BMW at some point to see if they can give us that sort of info...
 
I live in Harrogate and there are LOADS... looking out the window... 1.....2.....whooosh... 3... loads of them. Saying that, in these parts you're look at as a pauper if you drive a Porsche :roll:
 
Anyone there tried ordering one lately? Someone on another forum has a car he ordered coming in May and he was told it's one of the last Z4s that will be made...
 
I saw an M Coupé yesterday on the road. This was only the 2nd time I've seen an M Coupé in the wild since I bought my car in Dec '06.
 
I live in Essex, near London and i don't see many at all, let alone coupe's. I will probably start seeing more when the sun starts coming out. I am happy that i will probably not see another Phoenix Yellow Coupe ever, but was very annoyed when i saw a Phoenix Yellow C'vert the other day not far from mine!
 
Saw an M Coupe in the car park in town today, it sounded lovely burbling along
That takes tmy total to 4 x MCs and MRs ive seen in a year !
not exactly common
 
I've seen 2 coupe's other than mine, neither of which were MC's. But...
I very nearly went on a track day with a friend yesterday at Oulton Park. He still went, and it turns out that a car exactly like mine was there: Imola Red and Champaigne Nappa. Presumably just the seats and door cars like mine, too. I'm gutted that I didn't go (was too short notice) because of the lovely weather and the potential to chat with the owner/get some ace photos :D , but also because I can't be the only one with a Z4MC within the relative local area :cry: :wink: Given that there's a max of 400 M Coupes in the country, what the chances are of the same combo of exterior and interior being in the same area is, I don't know! Shame that it was a MotorSportVision day, as I woulda been able to contact the owner myself had it have been almost any other organiser...
 
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