3rd gen G29 BMW Z4 (2019-202X)

[vb22]

Hopefully MKV community is still welcoming even if the badge is different

Everyone here has been nice about the Z4, but the Bimmer boys are shitting all over the Supra.

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[A70TTR]

The Z4 is hideous... sorry not sorry

 

[Guff]

Everyone here has been nice about the Z4, but the Bimmer boys are shitting all over the Supra.

Once they see the lap times, they'll shut right up.

 

[vb22]

Once they see the lap times, they'll shut right up.

I can already predict their response: But its still just a Toyota... Beside they couldn't have done it without BMW's help.

 

[2JZ-No-Sh*t]

BMW owners are just badge whores.

 

[Spilner]

@Guff ,does Tada san know BMW is now using X-Rays for maintenance on their cars?

 

[Guff]

@Guff ,does Tada san know BMW is now using X-Rays for maintenance on their cars?

As far as I know, BMW is using X-Ray tomography to do analysis of material bonding in chassis development... I'm sure Tada San is aware of it, but Idk if they've utilized it in the chassis development of the Z4/Supra.

 

[Spilner]

As far as I know, BMW is using X-Ray tomography to do analysis of material bonding in chassis development... I'm sure Tada San is aware of it, but Idk if they've utilized it in the chassis development of the Z4/Supra.

It was in development for two years..and it's only in Munich

So probably not

 

[supraboi]

BMW has just released the following statement announcing a world premiere for Monterey car week on August 23. Although not mentioned by name, based on Z4 prototype stage and what we know about its start of production (beginning end of this year), it is surely the all-new production BMW Z4 (G29) which we'll be seeing debut at Monterey. Monterey is also where the BMW Z4 Concept debuted last year.

Press Release

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – July 25, 2018… BMW is pleased to invite all accredited media to a press conference for the World Premiere of an all-new BMW production car on Thursday August 23rd at 10:15 am at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Reviewing Stand on the 18th green of The Lodge at Pebble Beach Golf Course. At the press conference, BMW will also present the North American Premiere of the all new BMW M850i Coupe and the North American Premiere of the highly acclaimed BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe first shown at the Geneva Auto Show in May 2018. Speakers will include Bernhard Kuhnt, President & CEO BMW of North America and BMW Design Head Jozef Kaban.

The identity of the World Premiere model will be revealed closer to the time of the press conference. Suffice it to say that this new model will certainly be an emotional addition to the BMW range.

This time last year BMW presented the Concept 8 Series Coupe on the Concept Lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – a preview of a forthcoming BMW model line. This year BMW reveals the first production model of the 8 Series: The 2019 BMW M850i. In addition, BMW will present yet another new concept car which again previews a future BMW 8 Series model: The BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe.

“The BMW 8 Series will take over as the new flagship model of the BMW line-up and, as such, combines unsurpassed sportiness and elegance,” says Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design. “The BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe offers a look ahead to the most exotic and alluring variant of the new BMW 8 Series.”

The BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe is more than simply a luxury sports car with four doors. It symbolizes a new and unique understanding of luxury. “The BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe is designed to stir things up, to polarize – it should move you emotionally,” explains Domagoj Dukec, Vice President Design BMW M and BMW i. “With this car we want to reach people who are looking for something special and who want to stand out from the crowd. Here, BMW M is unmistakably taking luxury out of its comfort zone.” Like the BMW Concept 8 Series before it, the BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe shows off BMW’s new design language, headlined by expressive surfacing that accentuates the car’s dynamism more vividly than before through its bodywork. A small number of precise character lines underline the graphic arrangement of the surfaces.

The striking exterior of the BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe combines the core values of BMW M with elegance and luxury to create a new and captivating form, and reveals a new and exciting facet of BMW M. The new model sees the BMW Group looking ahead to the BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe and BMW M8 Gran Coupe, which will be presented during the course of 2019 and round off the BMW 8 Series family.

BMW will again participate in the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion this year with a number of race cars that celebrate The Ultimate Driving Machine.

https://g29.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1519171

 

[Chikane]

Nice well I'm ready! always looking into the market for a good roadster. Hopefully it's not awful ugly.

 

[Spilner]

Nice well I'm ready! always looking into the market for a good roadster. Hopefully it's not awful ugly.

It looks like a mini Z8

 

[jm6k]

It looks like a mini Z8

I think it looks like a 370Z mixed with a '67 Chevelle.

 

[Chikane]

Am I missing something? I haven't seen the cars without camo yet.

 

[supraboi]

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/...miere-production-car-during-monterey-car-week

 

[supraboi]

M division chief says a hotter Z4 is unlikely.

While Toyota remains tight-lipped about its forthcoming Supra coupe, BMW has been far more forthright about its roadster, which will share mechanical underpinnings with the Toyota. We’ve driven a prototype version of the 2020 BMW Z4 roadster and reported positive early impressions of the turbocharged six-cylinder M40i version.

But while our natural instinct is always to hope for more performance and a sharper dynamic focus, it looks as if the M40i that we drove will be the top of the hierarchy. BMW M division boss Frank van Meel said the business case to produce a full-on M variant as a successor to the former Z4 M roadster and coupe is likely too marginal to justify the investment.

“Let me put it this way: I think the M40i is the perfect positioning regarding performance of that car,” he said at a media event in Spain. “It’s quite close to the M2, so we’re really happy with the overall concept of that car being an M40i. If you would go any higher, it would be very, very narrow in customer groups.”

His statement, although not a formal denial of a faster version, does seem pretty close to a negative. Of course, if Toyota were to choose to create a higher-performance version of the Supra coupe, which we know will use the same BMW 3.0-liter engine, then corporate honor might oblige BMW to try to keep up. So let’s hope that happens.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a-new-bmw-z4-m-dont-hold-your-breath

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