WHILE BMW ENTHUSIASTS hold out hope for a M-powered version of the new generation Z4, BMW engineers have recently been spied tracking a Z4 with what appears to be M Sport Package front and rear bumpers.

Lightly disguised with BMW’s trademark psychedelic camouflage, the red Z4 spotted lapping the Nurburgring has taken on an even sportier, [...]

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BMW HAS DRAWN the ire of the Australian Advertising Standards Bureau for one of its advertising campaigns. Specifically, the 2009 BMW Z4’s "Expression of Joy" series. The advertisment, the brainchild of South African artist Robin Rhode and director Jake Scott, shows a Z4 in a large warehouse, pirouetting and sliding [...]

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Following its Australian debut at the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show in February, the all-new 2010 BMW Z4 has arrived in Australia and will go on sale from late May.

Featuring a two-piece retractable hardtop for the first time, the new Z4 Roadster is powered by three six-cylinder engines, lead by the range-topping sDrive35i.

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Details of pricing for the new Z4 have been released for the North American market, and they’ve risen substantially over the previous model.

Oddly enough, the new pricing structure puts the Z4 on level ground with the Porsche Boxster, which BMW claims isn’t a competitor.

Two models of the Z4 will be available in the States; the [...]

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We covered the guts of the details on BMW’s Z4 mid last month - when they escaped onto the net - but that didn’t stop BMW from making a big song and dance about its new sports convertible. Some fancy wire-work saw the wraps removed on the third generation Z4 at Detroit and, thankfully, there [...]

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It’s a sad day for BMW fans with news from Munich that BMW is putting its famed high-revving 3.2 litre straight-six engine out to pasture. The last examples will be seen in the remaining 2008-build Z4 Ms.

Come next year, a twin-turbo 3.0 litre mill will appear under that long bonnet.

Surprisingly, power is actually down on [...]

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Sure, it might cost almost USD$140,000 but this BMW Z4 has one unique feature no other Z4 has. Powered by the same 5.0-litre V10 engine that bellows beneath the bonnet of the BMW M5, this Z4 is good for 551hp.

But wait a second, that’s more power than an M5, isn’t it? That’s right, not content [...]

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Once again, Hollywood has let the cat out of the bag, with the first picture, (untainted by camouflage paraphernalia) of the new 2010 BMW Z4 hitting the WWW overnight. The car pictured was believed to be an ‘extra’ on the set of a Michael Douglas movie. The role for the Z4 wasn’t a difficult one, [...]

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Rumours abound that BMW’s long-awaited update to the Z4 is just around the corner, while a smaller ‘Z2′ is also said to be in the pipeline (better get in quick if you want to snaffle that number plate).

The next-gen Z4 roadster will apparently ditch the soft-top of the current model in favour of a folding hardtop, [...]

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