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Old 01-23-2018, 01:33 PM   #771
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Munich. Long bonnet, short overhangs, low centre of gravity, soft top: the sporty two-seater doing its laps at the BMW test centre in Miramas in the south of France is instantly recognisable as a purebred roadster. The new BMW Z4 is currently undergoing another particularly important stage of the process towards serial production maturity, in this case involving driving dynamics testing of a heavily disguised prototype. This will provide key insights into the performance properties of the new model, whose genuine roadster characteristics, pure driving pleasure and captivating sporty flair will soon go out on public roads.

Trials at the Autodrome de Miramas are focusing on fine-tuning of all drive and suspension systems – the basis for the sporty driving experience offered by the new BMW Z4. The most intense form of new dynamic roadster performance is embodied by the BMW Z4 M40i. A new, extremely powerful in-line 6-cylinder engine, a lowered sports suspension with electronically controlled dampers, a newly developed front axle, M light alloy wheels with mixed tyres, an M sports brake system and an electronically controlled lock in the rear axle differential create an overall package that sees the BMW M Performance model setting a whole new benchmark for driving pleasure in the roadster segment.

"The vehicle concept of the new BMW Z4 is geared consistently towards agility and driving dynamics," explains Jos van As, Head of Application Suspension. "The high level of body stiffness and the very rigid suspension attachment provide the perfect basis for a set-up that guarantees the performance qualities of a genuine sports car in terms of steering precision as well as longitudinal and transverse acceleration."

Like the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, the Miramas test centre offers perfect conditions for the new BMW Z4 to demonstrate its driving dynamics potential. Used by BMW to develop and test new models for more than 30 years, the centre comprises a long asphalt oval and a motorway ring road for high-speed tests as well as slalom, serpentine and circular tracks and a number of handling courses and circuits featuring highly diverse types of surface. These are currently being used for detailed analysis and optimisation of the roadster's acceleration, steering and brake response. For example, the final form of the adaptive M suspension as it interacts with the rear axle limited-slip differential is developed on a circuit that is also used for testing purposes by BMW Motorsport.

This intense testing process already indicates that the new version of the roadster concept will offer a tangible increase in sporty flair in the new BMW Z4. The new generation will particularly introduce effective enhancements in terms of agile handling, spontaneity and precision when changing direction and accelerating in dynamic style out of bends – without losing out in the comfort disciplines.
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Automobilemag has dimensions for the Z4.

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Wheelbase: 2,470 mm (97.2 in)
Length: 4,320 mm (170.1 in)
Width: 1,861 mm (73.3 in)
Height: 1,303 mm (51.3 in)
Curb weight: 1,535 kg (3,384 lb)
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Dang I was hoping it would be lighter since it has a cloth top.
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Dang I was hoping it would be lighter since it has a cloth top.
I don’t know if the weight of the new Supra is known like it is for the Z4, but if not then this is probably good news for the Supra. If the Z4 is 3384 then the Supra might be 3000-3100. Seems like it should have less weight if it has less bells and whistles than the Z4, which seems likely, and a coupe will be a decent reduction in weight over a convertible.
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I don’t know if the weight of the new Supra is known like it is for the Z4, but if not then this is probably good news for the Supra. If the Z4 is 3384 then the Supra might be 3000-3100. Seems like it should have less weight if it has less bells and whistles than the Z4, which seems likely, and a coupe will be a decent reduction in weight over a convertible.


This. Convertibles are not lighter than Coupes, they're heavier. Also BMW always goes nuts with insulation and rubber coating, they really know how to make a small car heavier. 3400 for the Z4 is encouraging for the Supra. I'd expect it to come in under 3200, maybe even under 3100. And I'm willing to bet that 38X hp figure will be damn near identical.
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This. Convertibles are not lighter than Coupes, they're heavier...

Not necessarily, although most likely. If the car was designed first as a convertible, then they added the coupe, the coupe could be heavier. It just all depends on how they engineered it.
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Not necessarily, although most likely. If the car was designed first as a convertible, then they added the coupe, the coupe could be heavier. It just all depends on how they engineered it.
The only convertables that are lighter than coupes are cars that have odd hardtop coupes like the current Miata, which has a retractable hardtop or t-top like conversion. The hardtop for these cars has to be an add-on shell to a convertible body or not actually be a coupe but a hardtop convertible. Do you have an example to share?
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The only convertables that are lighter than coupes are cars that have odd hardtop coupes like the current Miata, which has a retractable hardtop or t-top like conversion. The hardtop for these cars has to be an add-on shell to a convertible body or not actually be a coupe but a hardtop convertible. Do you have an example to share?


The Z4 coupe was slightly heavier (<10kg) than the convertible, but it was only introduced at the facelift so there was no effort to take redundant metal out of the chassis. If they both were considered form the get go, the convertible would have structural reinforcements that the coupe didn't need. Like mentioned before, it depends how it is engineered. When building the Cayman (also a coupe introduced afterwards based on a convertible) Porsche actually bothered trying to lower the weight.
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