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Video: How to build a BMW Z4 GT3 in 600 hours
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , Videos , BMW Time-lapse video of a BMW Z4 GT3 coming to life – Click above to watch the video after the jump The BMW Z4 GT3 is a fixed-roof, race-ready version of the standard Z4 . Instead of a straight six, the Z4 GT3 is powered by a 480-horsepower 4.0-liter V8 coupled to a six-speed sequential gearbox. Designed and engineered for the track, this Z4 definitely means business – just look at it . You can purchase your own version for around $400,000, and after paying that price, you can have your new track assassin shipped to you…
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Video: How to build a BMW Z4 GT3 in 600 hours
First Drive: 2011 BMW Z4 sDrive35is Roadster
Posted by: | CommentsFirst Drive: 2011 BMW Z4 sDrive35is Roadster Algebra, BMW-style: s = 35 hp & 69 lb-ft It’s appropriate that BMW has bestowed perhaps the most extreme example of its ridiculous new naming convention upon the most extreme version of its Z4 hardtop roadster, the sDrive35is. Suffice it to say that the “s” at the end of the newest Z4′s name stands for “sport” and is accompanied by a lot more than a cute little body kit. Photo Gallery: 2011 BMW Z4 sDrive35is Roadster – BMW Convertible Sport Coupe – Automobile Magazine Read More | Digg It | Add to del.icio.us
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Spy Shots: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK caught training for Z4 fight
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Spy Photos , Convertible , Mercedes-Benz 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK spy shots – Click above for high-res image gallery The engineers in Stuttgart are hard at work prepping the next-generation SLK roadster , which should launch next year as a 2012 model. The smallest offering from Mercedes-Benz doesn’t look all that far from being show-worthy either, which leads us to believe that the SLK could possibly make an appearance at the Paris Motor Show later this year. Details on the new SLK are slim, but rumor has it that an all-new twin-turbocharged V6 is in the works for the AMG-badged roadster, producing somewhere in the area of 476 horsepower. That’s pretty insane, especially considering that the current (and already potent) SLK55 AMG makes due with just 355 horses
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Spy Shots: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK caught training for Z4 fight
BMW to build limited edition Z4 sDrive35is Mille Miglia
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Classics , Convertible , Performance , BMW , Luxury , Racing 2010 BMW Z4 sDrive35is Mille Miglia Limited Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery In celebration of the 70th anniversary of its historic victory in the famed Mille Miglia automobile race in Brescia, when the classic BMW 328 not only finished in first place but also in third, fifth and sixth places, thereby ensuring overall team victory as well, the German automaker has announced that it will build just 99 examples of the limited edition Z4 sDrive35is Mille Miglia. Setting this car apart from other Z4s, each Mille Miglia edition will be finished in a coat of matte Polaris Metallic with a blacked-out front grill, an M aero kit and 19-inch wheels finished in Dark Chrome. Inside, the seats and steering wheel will get a dash of red stitching. And of course, the limited edition model will also get unique badging inside and out.
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BMW Motorsports parts now available in the U.S.
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , BMW , Racing BMW Motorsport Parts come to the U.S. – Click above for high-res image It’s official, they’re finally here: Racers of the roundel can buy BMW Motorsport parts at four locations in the U.S. The catalog selection includes the 2008 BMW Z4, 1995-2010 M3, and the 3 Series sedan from 2006 onward. You’ll need to get yourself to Illinois, Atlanta, New Hampshire, or Solon, Ohio to pick your parts by hand…
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Video: BMW Z4 GT3 does a hot, wet lap of the ‘Ring
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Videos , BMW , Racing BMW Z4 GT3 on a lap of the ‘Ring – Click above to watch video after the jump Richard G