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

[Guff]

Guff any word on if we’re getting any mkiv colors, or bmw colors?

Nope, nothing yet. Been digging, but I got no info from anyone. This late in the game though, they have to have already gotten the colors finalized more or less. I'll keep asking around.

New M5 comes with a very nice RSP-esque blue, called Marina Bay Blue Metallic. If we do get BMW colors, then I hope that's on the list.

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[Turbro]

This blue would be amazing. That would be my Supra Color no questions asked

But I don't want white interior like most car companies try and make you buy with blue. The Kia Stinger GT has a nice blue but only comes with white interior

 

[supraboi]

Bimmerpost already post a list of some of the colors.

Glacier Silver, Atacama Yellow, and Crimson Red

http://www.6post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=901686

 

[Jdmuscle]

Bimmerpost already post a list of some of the colors.



http://www.6post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=901686

That sounds like the Supra will be the slower and lower spec’d Cars. Not sure how I feel about that..

 

[MA617M]

that post is old as the hills, and we know the supra doesn't even feature the B58 anymore - so a grain of salt with the performance figures. colours could be anything i suppose, but it make sense to share them across Z4

 

[Mike Myers]

There seems to be nothing more important than colors to talk about.

BTW: I'm using a black and a white car and love them both.

 

[Levi]

There seems to be nothing more important than colors to talk about.

BTW: I'm using a black and a white car and love them both.

With the last rumored price and specs, many will not even have to choose any color.

 

[Lexusisf]

Hero color for the Supra is Red btw. Likely similar to the FT-1 red, but maybe a simpler mix (ie. less show-car-y.) I'm just hoping we get a good dark blue. The Yas Marina/Light Blue on some of the Z4 mules is nice too though.

Ya the red with black trim etc and if black wheels, is awesome

 

[PerformanceSound]

Haven't been following the threads on here much lately, been busy with Z build...

So, a few questions (sorry if they have been answered elsewhere, just lazy to search):

- The MKV Supra will not use the B58? Has this been definitively confirmed by a reputable source? If so, do we know what inline 6 it will use?

- Is BMW's eLSD going to move onto the MKV Supra? I thought the MKV was going to be equipped with the Torque Vectoring LSD like the RCF/GSF.

 

[solidsamir]

Haven't been following the threads on here much lately, been busy with Z build...

So, a few questions (sorry if they have been answered elsewhere, just lazy to search):

- The MKV Supra will not use the B58? Has this been definitively confirmed by a reputable source? If so, do we know what inline 6 it will use?

- Is BMW's eLSD going to move onto the MKV Supra? I thought the MKV was going to be equipped with the Torque Vectoring LSD like the RCF/GSF.

A7 said "think 3JZ" and that's it's a toyota design I believe.

 

[vb22]

http://www.thedrive.com/news/21369/...duction-in-q4-toyota-supra-reportedly-with-it

2019 BMW Z4 Enters Production in Q4, Toyota Supra Reportedly With It
We know when the 2019 BMW Z4 will start production, and when it will be in showrooms, but what of its Toyota Supra platform-mate?

Automotive component manufacturer Magna Steyr announced Tuesday in a press release that it will begin production of the new Z4 for BMW at the "end of 2018" in its Graz, Austria plant, which first built a BMW vehicle in 2003. This news tails confirmation that the Z4 will launch in March of 2019.

This raises questions about the Z4's platform-mate, the new Toyota Supra, which BMW and Toyota developed together to reduce costs, just as Toyota did with Subaru for the 86/BRZ. A report by Automotive News Europe dating from March alleged that the Z4 would be built by Magna Steyr, as confirmed above, lending credence to the publication's claim that the Toyota Supra would also be constructed in the same plant.

The Drive reached out to Magna Steyr, but a spokesperson declined to make a statement.

Beyond production plans, more information about the Z4 and Supra is gradually trickling out, some official, some rumored. With its March of 2019 rollout plan, BMW confirmed the first of the Z4's variants: The M Performance-tier M40i. Some connect the known specifications of another M Performance package car with the same powertrain suffix—the M240i—to the Z4 (and by extension, the Supra). Citing these similarities, some speculate the Z4 M40i will make M240i power figures of 335 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque.

These numbers align with those rumored for the Toyota Supra, as presented by a SupraMkV forum user that cites an insider as their source of information, also including an alleged starting price for the new Supra: $63,500. Evidence to the contrary exists in the form of BMW's statement that the Z4 M40i is to use a new inline-six, presumably not that used by the M240i. While this does not preclude the Z4 (and Supra) from making this power figure, it does cast doubt on speculation of the Z4 M40i and Supra's purported power outputs.

We'll have to wait for official numbers to seep from BMW or Toyota to know more.

 

[PerformanceSound]

A7 said "think 3JZ" and that's it's a toyota design I believe.

So, a completely different design from Toyota?...or a BMW engine, with Toyota "essentials" (i.e., Denso water pump, Denso starter, etc...)? I hope it’s a Toyota design, handed over to BMW for production due to tooling utilization.

 

[solidsamir]

So, a completely different design from Toyota?...or a BMW engine, with Toyota "essentials" (i.e., Denso water pump, Denso starter, etc...)? I hope it was a Toyota design, handed over to BMW for production due to tooling utilization.

Dang I'm really the wrong person to answer this. If you go through A7s posts it shouldnt be too far back.


Edit, here it is:

part of part of my issue with this, aside from other parts, is the output and how its using B58 numbers as said. the new engine in the Supra uses an iron block and a new head and apparently has been tested to reliably hold 700hp. This was the design requirement Toyota issued to BMW; ensure the motor can handle extreme tuning (well, extreme in their eyes).

that said, why would the output of the new motor be the same as the B58? I think you would really have to try to get the figures to match considering nothing is common between them... granted, 350hp is what I was told the new motor makes atm.

Yet another piece to this puzzle is a US source tied to a VP said they requested the car make more power, to which (presumably) Tomoyama-san replied that he would speak to Tada in regards to.

I have more questions by the minute, but I'm trying my best to get answers without being super obvious. I did show this thread to a Japanese senior engineer on the Lexus side and he said cost vs performance did not look correct at all.

 

[Lexusisf]

Round and Round we go...

 

[A70TTR]

"Evidence to the contrary exists in the form of BMW's statement that the Z4 M40i is to use a new inline-six"

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