BMW Z4 News

A full M version of BMW's next roadster isn't likely to happen, an engineer with the German automaker has revealed. Road & Track recently learned that the new sports car will instead be offered only as a standard model. BMW itself hasn't exactly been confident in the future of the sports car...

Belgium’s BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS won this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Spa, the highlight of the Blancpain Endurance Series aimed at private teams. The team’s number 46 BMW Z4 GT3 race car driven by Nick Catsburg, Lucas Luhr and Markus Palttala was the first to cross the...

BMW used to churn out serious race cars with some seriously cool style back in the day. One car in particular is the Batmobile. No, not the one Bruce Wayne uses to fight Gotham's crime, but rather the classic 3.0 CSL racer with full aero gear and a familiar blue, white, and red paint scheme. It is...

BMW is well-known for its performance cars but the automaker hasn’t offered a pure sports model for years. There’s a good reason for this, according to its sales chief Ian Robertson, and that’s because the sports car market is waning. “The sports car market is roughly half...

In late 2011, BMW and Toyota signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration between the two on a number of projects, one of which was the development of a “midsize sports car platform.” For BMW the new platform is expected to spawn a replacement for the Z4, while for Toyota...

Toyota and BMW have confirmed that a common platform is in development for next-generation sports cars, thought to be for a new generation of the Toyota Supra based on this year's FT-1 concept and a replacement for BMW's Z4. According to Japan's Nikkei daily, the first fruits of each manufacturer's...

In late 2011, BMW and Toyota signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration on a number of projects, one of which was joint development of a sports car platform that would underpin a model for each automaker. While Toyota has made little secret of its plans for the new platform, having...

With an updated Z4 launched only last year, BMW is keeping its updates for the classic roadster to a minimum for the new model year. The only real highlight is a new equipment package, known as Pure Fusion Design, which adds a number of special touches in the cabin. Pure Fusion Design adds premium...

When the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) kicks off its 2013 season at Sebring International Raceway on March 16, BMW Team Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing won’t be campaigning its familiar BMW M3. Instead, the team will roll out an all-new BMW race car for the new season, based on the production...

Last month it was confirmed Toyota and BMW would collaborate on a new platform that would form the basis of at least one sports car from each of the automakers. For Toyota, the platform would be used for a new generation of its Supra, a car that has been hinted at by the automaker’s execs for...

It's not often that we're flabbergasted by a manufacturer's choice of updates for a car, but now it's happened twice in one evening. First Infiniti goes all Q on us, and now BMW decides to release the second half of what should have been a one-part model refresh. Why would we say that? Because the...

Barely three months out from the reveal of the Zagato Coupe at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, BMW has unveiled the follow-up, this time a roadster, which made its official debut late yesterday at the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance. Appropriately named the Zagato Roadster, it’s...

BMW is planning a mild update for its Z4 roadster as part of the model’s mid-cycle update. First introduced for 2009, the latest iteration of the Z4, the third since the original Z3 introduced in 1996, brought with it a much more mature look and feel. As the car’s styling has received...

A potential fault with the power steering system could mean owners lose the power assistance of their car's steering.

The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is, aside from being somewhat awkwardly named for American English speakers, one of BMW's favorite outlets for pure design concepts. This year, it's the BMW Zagato Coupe. Designed in collaboration with Zagato, the Zagato Coupe is a unique take on the idea of a...

The venerable BMW inline six-cylinder is, and has long been, one of our favorite engines. But for 2012, it's being replaced, in naturally aspirated guise, with a turbocharged four-cylinder. Blasphemy? Sorry, no. Not at all. That's right: The turbo four-cylinder in the 2012 Z4 sDrive 28i is a worthy...

Pure Design Balance is a good name for this special package on the BMW Z4, balancing dark and light while also balancing sport and luxury.

European luxury and sports car makers are no strangers to four-cylinders--they just rarely bring them to the U.S. BMW changes that this year, however, with the introduction of the four-cylinder Z4 sDrive28i. Sporting 2.0-liters of displacement and a twin-scroll turbocharger, it packs 240 horsepower...

After its inaugural year, BMW’s Z4 GT3 privateer race car is back for another season of tarmac action, this time with a number of modifications to keep it abreast of the field in the ever-competitive FIA sanctioned GT3 series. The updated 2011 BMW Z4 GT3 has now survived its baptism of fire...

Turbos, as we've mentioned, are our friends. Soon, they'll be friends to base BMW Z4 owners, too, according to a recent tweet from Automobile Magazine. How soon? Later this year, according to the unsourced tidbit. It's slated to replace the base naturally aspirated 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder...