BMW Z3 News

BMW knows how to introduce a vehicle with style. Hold on: Dona TMt be stirred out of your comfort zone a ' the Z4 is an old friend, having replaced the Z3 in 2002.

Cons: Pricey options, steering lacks feedback, iDrive knob placement, whistling aerial antenna.

June 3, 2009: At the Berlin Motor Show in 1934, BMW presented its first roadster - the six-cylinder 315/1 - which went on to become one of the serious contenders in the sports car market of its time and the forbearer of the modern Z4 Roadster.

BMW has just unveiled its new Z4 roadster and not only is it a beautifully sculpted work of automotive art but its thundering performance is going to blow away all the pub experts and their snide comments about it being a pavement poser favoured by hairdressers, interior decorators and estate agents.

'IT'S LIKE BEING WITH A BOISTEROUS HOOLIGAN' BOYS' AND GIRLS' TOYS: Everybody is wary of gender specificity, of course, but there is rarely much room for doubt when it comes to sports cars - unless it is the latest Z4.

We generally think of BMW as the maker of some of the world's best sports sedans, but its put out some impressive roadsters over the years.

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: BMW's latest Z4, launched this week in South Africa, will only be available as a hard-top convertible, which perhaps should have beeen done a long time ago - you get the best of both worlds and the transition takes only 20sec.

AT long last BMW's Z car has been given the treatment it deserves. Looking mean and magnificent, the new Z4 roadster now comes with a foldaway metal roof and a supremely stylish interior.

As you read this article, the completely redesigned BMW Z4 Roadster is arriving in your local BMW dealer's showroom.

The all-new 2009 BMW Z4 has moved upscale in terms of both performance and luxury.

BMW has for a decade kept its four-cylinder engines out of the U.S. market. Instead, the product line has been heavily stocked with the company's best asset: in-line sixes.

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Ever since BMW unveiled the new 2009 Z4 at the Detroit Auto Show last January, the automaker has been scrupulous about not referring to it as a sports car.

If you're looking to trade in your eight-year-old Z3, or even your two-year-old Z4, for a new 2009 BMW Z4 , beware that BMW's small Z roadster has turned into a completely different, more grown-up kind of car.

This low mileage Roadster is in absolutely beautiful condition inside and out. Never driven in wet weather and still smells new.

By David Booth and Pamela Divinsky, National Post David Booth Our first real date, the one that cemented the deal - as She-Who-Wrangles-Her-Way-Onto-Press Trips recounts - was to Spain where I happened to be testing Kawasaki's then-new ZX-6R. Part of the escapade, or at least the part that She-Who-Actually-Reads-Travel Books was looking forward to, ...

When you purchase a new car you might truly believe that you are buying it for any number of excellent reasons.

Perhaps no word in the marketing lexicon has been abused as much in the past six months or so as "value." Aleve is running ads that present its analgesics as a cheaper way to address arthritis pain than prescription meds.

By David Booth, National Post ALICANTE, SPAIN a If this be BMW powered by turbocharging, then let us bid adieu to all those glorious, high-revving multi-valve engines that have been the automakera TMs trademark for all these years and welcome A a ' with open arms a ' Bayerische Motoren Werkea TMs new-found love affair with forced induction.

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