Z Loses Some More Pasties

Looking decent so far, your right about the character lines on the hood resembling the GINA concept. So far likely most of what I am seeing, though in some ways so far the design doesn’t seem as much as a evocative design as the current car is. Still looking forward to more camo coming off so I take it all in. One major step forward is that I am not spotting that hideous side BMW logo that exist on the current car (the single design point that I cannot get past).

Ben,

From Michael’s article above.

“Don’t be alarmed at the Monster Truck like ride height, BMW is celebrating Halloween a bit early and trying to scare us by leaving the shipping blocks in!”

I’d respectfully disagree with you on the current Z–the coupe looked great, but the roadster never looked correctly proportioned. The current Z4 (Especially in comparison to the Z3) was a major disappointment for BMW in the sales department, and alot of that can be attributed to looks–many people never got on board with its appearance. I’ll give you looks are subjective, but the current Z4 just didn’t do it for a substantial number of people, and Porsche won that round of the battle.

This newest Z4 so far looks like its gotten rid of some of the Bangle inspired bits that were so polarizing; its a bit more subdued, and this will probably increase its appeal. It’ll be interesting to see how it stands up to the Cayman/Cayman S from a performance standpoint.

So far, I do like the looks of the car from the spyshots. Its not a car I’m interested–I want something smaller and lighter–but I think it’ll be a substantial improvement over the current Z4.