Just a few minutes ago, waiting to turn right, a roadster goes by with the top down. I just caught a passing glimpse of the profile of it.... I thought it had kinda Aston-Martin / Jaguar lines. I said "what was THAT"? Wife says "it's some kind of BMW - I saw the badge". I say - "NO WAY"... thats a Jag or Aston-Martin or something"... We manage to pull up behind it at the next stop for a few seconds - and it has a BMW badge on the trunk, but has a tail like nothing I've ever seen on a BMW... very round smooth tail that falls away smoothly, with horizontal "slit" tail lights about 2.5" tall. Very wide, low stance, but fenders not flared like on an M roadster, and definitely not the same tail as on the new Z4 (or any Z4). There was no flat vertical surface on the rear of the trunk lid, like on a Z3 or Z4. Two seater - not a M6, etc. Looked like a ragtop, but not 100% certain. I'm completely perplexed. It looked very new/modern... but I never got a good look at the front. Maybe just a Z3 with a radical body kit and different trunk and tail? Or something else rebadged as a BMW? It was one of the prettiest roadsters I've every seen... but I have no idea what it was. I've looked at lots of BMW roadster images and can't find anything with a tail like this thing had... Any Ideas?
That would have been a "Z8" FTW!!! Loved this car for long long time.....[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Z8[/ame]
Consider yourself lucky - not many opportunities to see Z8s! I've seen 2 or 3 I think in the last 9 years, but one of them was the Alpina version with an automatic transmission. Ick. - Marc
It was BMW's attempt at a supercar and it gained notoriety for suffering from strut tower mushrooming! I live next to a street of shops, restarants and bars, and there is an Alpina Z8 that appears in the area regularly. It's very unique and I love the styling.
Think it was Motor Trend that said " An instant Classic" when they first reviewed the Z8! It is rare to see one out and about but I did see one just a couple weeks ago on Los Olas in Ft lauderdale!!! Beautiful machine. PS: Oh and Paul, your still a "Car Guy" in my book, besides this wasn't nearly as bad as the flag thang......
Not much depreciation, there ia a little more than a handful listed on Dupont Registry and all about 100K, the low being 90 and upper at 105. See them quite often around here. Not only at Cars and Coffee Dallas but at the track as well. Regional BMW CCA Chief Instructor has one. And yes...he does do a session with it now and again.
One of my faves for sure. I saw one about three weeks ago and I couldn't help but stare at it for as long as I could. I'm not even sure if someone was driving it :blush2:
There's several on the bay for $90K - $110K. Yeah, well, I stopped being a car guy from about 1994 until I got my MINI in 2006. So I missed that whole era. And really didn't give a carp about BMWs until a couple of years ago. Sorry for my ignorance. :blush2: And mark, you're right, it's better than the flag thing. And jnky... if this is the worst thing you can hold against me at this point, I guess we've come a long way.
this is 'shadowmn' on that other MINI site's business (he owns the business as well as a GP): Discovery Automotive | AREA 51 Performance for BMW, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Maserati
From the bottom of the Wikipedia article for US Sales Calendar year U.S sales 2000[1] 317 2001[2] 970 2002 524 2003[3] 439 2004[3] 110 2005 17 2006 5 At the BMW board meeting in 2006 "5 Cars? Got in Himmel!"