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BMW’s Answer to a Growing Market Segment.
Like all of BMW’s concept cars, the Z4 Coupé is a unique, one-off
creation. But its outstanding performance and the fact that demand for high-profile
premium sports cars is consistently increasing, provides a lot of food for thought
and the input for a very tempting story: to give the successful BMW Z4 Roadster
a fixed roof “brother” as a further member of the “Team”.
All the Performance of a Thoroughbred Sports Car.
The BMW Z4 Coupé Concept Car is a one-off creation and is not intended
for everyday use. But in a subsequent production series, this outstanding sports
car might well become one of the fastest and most dynamic driving machines on
the road, its final drive ratio again shorter than in the Z4 Roadster allowing
even better acceleration.
Benefiting from BMW Dynamic Traction Control (DTC), enhanced Dynamic Stability
Control (DSC), Electrical Power Steering (EPS) and a high-performance brake
system, the driver is able at all times to use all the power and performance
of his – or her – Z4 Coupé for optimum driving dynamics,
enjoying equally outstanding safety in the process.
The foundation for this superiority is provided by body stiffness of the highest
calibre compared with similar sports cars, not only ensuring supreme driving
dynamics, but also contributing significantly to a standard of crash safety
quite unusual for a sports car.
Familiar but New – Traditional and Visionary Design Features.
In a style typical of BMW, the Z4 Coupé Concept Car combines traditional
and visionary design features characteristic of the BMW brand. Indeed, it is
this synthesis of tradition and the future – one of the principles of
BMW’s design philosophy, which makes the design of the car so authentic,
trendsetting and characteristic of the brand.
The fascinating aesthetic looks of the Z4 Coupé take up the modern, expressive
design language of the BMW Z4 Roadster with its dynamic interaction of convex
and concave surfaces. Combined with the proportions of a classic Coupé,
the sporting but elegant Concept Car is a truly outstanding, extravagant and
– visually and technically – challenging sports car in every respect.
A Unique Coupé Based on the Successful BMW Z4 Roadster.
The Coupé is based on the body and overall layout of the BMW Z4 Roadster
and is characterised by the Roadster’s purebred proportions and expressive
design language. But at the same time BMW’s designers have done much more
than just put a roof on the car: They have created a Coupé with perfect
dimensions and all-round balance, a car which, with its typically flowing roofline,
is sleek and dynamic in its looks while at the same time exuding the unique
flair of sporting elegance.
Without interruption, the A-pillar extends through the roof in a soft curve
all the way to the rear end, where it merges with the surrounding areas. In
the middle of the roof the Coupé boasts the characteristic recess so
typical of many classic sports cars, giving the car an extremely flat and low-slung
appearance.
The frameless side windows also emphasising the overall look of this dynamic
sports car are also typical of a Coupé. The seam coming from the rear
lid extends discreetly along the rear windows and then merges into the car’s
sill line, thus maintaining the sporting window graphics of the rear side windows
with that typical Hofmeister “kick” even with the rear lid open.
The luggage compartment, in turn, is large and spacious for a sports car, offering
all the room, for example, for two large golf bags beneath the rear lid opening
up wide to a high angle.
Glacier Silver paintwork developed exclusively for this Concept Car gives the
Coupé the silken-matt gloss of a sculpture made of solid aluminium.
Through its cool, metallic look, the paintwork adds a further touch of strength
and timeless value to this unique sports car.
Nineteen-inch aluminium wheels in three-dimensional appearance and standing
out from the car’s body paint in particular through their dark finish
accentuate the overall impression of power and concentration. Clearly, these
wheels are made exclusively for this Concept Car in elaborate casting technology.
The close link between the BMW Z4 Coupé and the Z4 Roadster is also reflected
by the striking lines in the side walls with their interacting convex and concave
surfaces. The muscular-looking shoulder line of the car, in turn, visibly connects
the two wheel arches with one another. The door sill line, finally, rises up
dynamically towards the rear axle of the car, optical extension of the A-pillar
setting a visual counter-point particularly in conjunction with the side air
scoop integrating the side direction indicator beneath the BMW logo also on
the Coupé.
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