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2009 BMW Z4 Range Now Featuring Brake Energy Regeneration

NOVEMBER SEES a significant update to the 2009 BMW Z4 with BMW Australia announcing the addition of its Brake Energy Regeneration technology to the Z4 line-up.

Along with BMW’s Brake Energy Regeneration system, the entry-level Z4 sDrive23i is fitted with low rolling-resistance tyres, listing a fuel economy of 8.2 l/100km for the automatic model.

Fitted with [...]

2009 BMW Z4 sDrive35i Roadster Road Test Review

ASK TEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE what they are looking for in a new car and you’ll likely get ten different answers.

For the most part however they’ll agree that reliability, practicality, efficiency, safety and value for money are the most desired qualities. But what if their life circumstance [...]

BMW Z4 Equipped With M Sport Package Spied Testing

BMW ENTHUSIASTS who have been holding out hope for an M-powered version of the new generation Z4, may be about to get their wish. BMW engineers have recently been spied testing a Z4 with what appears to be M Sport Package front and rear bumpers.

Lightly disguised with BMW’s trademark psychedelic camouflage, the gunmetal Z4 spotted [...]

BMW Art Ad Canned By Advertising Watchdog For Promoting Hooning

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 [...]

2009 BMW Z4 Roadster Lands In Australia, On Sale Late May

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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BMW Z2 Not Coming To A Dealer Near You

Have you been eagerly awaiting the expected BMW Z2 ‘baby’ sports convertible? We have…

Sadly but not unexpectedly given the global fiscal rogering that is well into its stride, it appears that the world’s press just may have been jumping at shadows on this occasion.

Our friends over at the UK motoring site iMotor contacted us overnight [...]

BMW USA Raises Pricing On New Z4 Roadster

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 [...]

BMW Pulls The Pin On Z4 M Plans

The economic downturn and a lack of customer interest has forced BMW to cancel plans for the Z4 M.

If we consider that BMW is still pushing ahead with plans for the X5 M and X6 M, not to mention the 5-Series GT, we’re wondering if a lack of customer interest - or even an over-abundance [...]

2009 Melbourne Motor Show: 2010 BMW Z4 Roadster Aussie Debut

The latest iteration of the long-nosed Z4 roadster has made its Australian debut at the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show, the new car’s first public appearance since being unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January.

And, BMW fans rejoice, while the previous-gen Z4 was ‘visually confronting’ (I’m trying to be nice about it), the new Z4 [...]

2010 BMW Z4 Roadster To Get Aussie Debut At MIMS

BMW has announced that the latest iteration of the long-nosed Z4 roadster will be making its Australian debut at the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show. It will also be the car’s first public appearance since being unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January.

BMW will be bringing the hi-po Z4 sDrive35i model to Melbourne which [...]

BMW M Division Records 50 Percent Sales Growth During 2008

Thanks to a smokin’ hot lineup of cars and soaring sales of its M Sports packages, BMW’s hardcore M division notched up a huge 50 percent increase in sales during 2008.

24,186 M cars were delivered last year with nearly 18,000 of those being BMW M3s, vindicating the company’s decision to replace their much loved inline-six [...]

2010 BMW Z4 On Show In Detroit

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 [...]