By Andrei Avarvarii
April 25, 2008 -
The Z4 was the vehicle that began the "flame surfacing" controversy, splitting fans of the brand into lovers and haters. And now the new Z4 gets to be the car to end the crisis, apparently. It will feature BMW's new "cooled down flame surfacing." Spyshots of the car are all over the internet showing the sizes and proportions of the new car along with an interesting detail, a folding hardtop. I'm curious if BMW will offer the car with both a soft-top (for the romantic) and a hard-top (for the prosaic). I know they avoided this solution so far because it affects the roof design. However the 3-Series CC with its three-piece folding roof is a design success. It doesn't look as "big in the derriere" as some of the competitors. Now, back to my guess on the Z4 MkII. I've used some influences from the CS Concept (the only thing they showed lately that could give away their future designs) and tried to keep in mind that "simple is better." The little things ensure the car is still a case of "love it or hate it," which I think is how a Z4 (flame surfaced or not) should be. A car that everyone considers to be "fine" is just boring.
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April 25th, 2008 at 11:45 am
That looks absolutely fantastic. I really hope a future BMW would look that way.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:46 am
I doubt it will look as good as your pic’s.
If they do the folding hard top, will they still do a coupe? I doubt it.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Wait so BMW fired Bangle? Sweet! Or are you just teasing us Avarvarri?
April 25th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Auto Motor und Sport’s renderings are very similar to yours, Andre…
April 25th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
@ Edward Niedermeyer
Yes, they are “similar”…
April 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Great minds photochop alike.
April 25th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I absolutely love this design. However, when, other than the 3 coupe, was the last time BMW used the “simple is better” mentality?
April 25th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
That looks amazing AND true to BMW design form, not an easy thing to do. BMW should really imitate this . Kickass.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
one word….”NICE”
April 25th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
my favorite part of the current z4 is the shape of the trunk lid. for some reason it is utterly perfect in my eyes at least. no one else really agrees though; they can’t get over the rest of the car to bother to pay attention to that.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I like the current Z4…
This design looks good too, only the headlights are a little un-BMW-like. A little bit Mercedes C-class to me.
I just hope the metal folding roof won’t mess everything up making it heavy a bloated. Otherwise, it’s a BMW, it’s a 2 seater roadster, what could possibly go wrong…
April 27th, 2008 at 4:23 am
I, also, love the Z4 design. I don’t think it’s a great BMW design, but I love it and wouldn’t mind driving one.
However, this, wow. I admit I haven’t looked at these posts much in the past, but recently, every single one I look at is fantastic from a design point of view, whether I like it or not. But this one, I’d buy it. I’d reskin just about any roadster short of the 507 to look like this :)