BMW Concept Z4 (NOT the BMW Z5) officially revealed
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The BMW Concept Z4 has been revealed at Pebble Beach as a preview of the next generation BMW Z4, due to debut at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show.
But now the BMW Concept Z4 has been officially revealed – and put to bed the notion the new Z4 could actually be the BMW Z5 – and, as yesterday’s leak suggested, it’s an evolved design for BMW’s Roadster.
Developed in a joint venture with Toyota (with the Toyota end delivering a new Supra Coupe next year), the Z4 gets new underpinnings and a design which, although new, is still recognisably Z4.
Still with a long bonnet and stubby tail, the new Z4 is actually endowed with a more balanced proportion than before, but it retains the clamshell bonnet, complete with vents and gets a new kidney grille that looks like that on other recent BMW Concepts.
The new Z4 also has a pair of humps, one behind driver and passenger, which look to be a bit ‘Concept-y’ and will probably be replaced by rollover hoops in production, a fabric hood (we assume), a familiar back end and what looks a production-ready interior.
BMW hasn’t declared what’s powering the Concept Z4, but as we said yesterday it will probably arrive with a 2.0 litre four-cylinder petrol and a 3.0 litre six, although the offerings will extend as far as an M version and hybrid too in time.
Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior VP BMW Design, said:
The BMW Concept Z4 in an all-out driving machine.
Stripping the car back to the bare essentials allows the driver to experience all the ingredients of motoring pleasure with supreme directness. This is total freedom on four wheels.
The BMW Z4 in production guise is expected to debut at the 2018 Geneva Motor SHow in March.
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