Instagram photo by Imran A.Here’s the upcoming BMW M3 codenamed G80.
BMW 1M, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, and M8. See what number is missing there?
Group Malaysia, which just launched its BMW Shop Online - a digital showroom to view and place a booking
Rendering by zer.o.wtThe BMW i4 has been confirmed a while ago and recently, Autocar reported that the
BMW SUV customers in Indonesia have racier options to look forward to as BMW Group Indonesia officially
BMW 530e PHEV shownAt BMW Group’s recent Annual General Meeting, the German carmaker announced
the final specifications (international markets model, local specifications to be confirmed) of the BMW
It has been 13 years since BMW Malaysia started their annual BMW Shorties Award to support local film
; from the BMW 315/1 up to the second-generation BMW Z4 Roadster.
Rendering by X-Tomi DesignYes, the BMW X8 is happening.
Last month, BMW Malaysia launched the 2020 BMW X5 plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) in Malaysia and it costs
As you know, BMW has officially discontinued the BMW i8.
some of his most seminal work and comments on the work of others.His latest video takes a swing at BMW
BMW M has introduced the third generation all-new 2019 BMW X5 M.
Another week, another new BMW M car.
In an era when SUVs are booming and cars’ performances are continuously rising, BMW M GmbH has
BMW Group Financial Services Malaysia introduces the i-Renewal digital service for the BMW MINI Comprehensive
BMW Malaysia has released the updated price list for 2021 with a few notable changes.
BMW Group Malaysia ended 2020 with a total of 9,890 BMW and MINI cars delivered, down 5 percent from
There is no doubt that about the BMW’s superior dynamics, which is far ahead of the Mercedes-Benz
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@SynysterGraves We did one of these too. An old BMW Z1 where the doors slid down into the body. It was even more of a ballbag to do than the Lancia and we couldn’t get the parts for that 😂 https://t.co/Jhh1ffoiZ5
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@UPnDOWNvids The Jaguar XJ220 uses BMW Z1 seat frames
数人X-BOW乗り遭遇したが大抵は足車がある。 しかし先日のGT乗りの方は違った。 TVR タスカン BMW Z1 KTM X-BOW GT 足の概念狂ってるの本当憧れる。
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Die Front sieht aber irgendwie nach BMW 7er aus, oder? https://t.co/awtOEiwdu3
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Toyota MR2. BMW M1. MacLaren F1. Aston Martin Vantage more like the muscly 80s. Lotus Esprit Maybe the BMW Z1, Lagonda (yeah it is amiss, but with some very strange charm), LM002, The Audi Quattro from the 80s, Datsun 240Z
I believe he also owned a BMW Z1, he's certainly a big fan of that car. Slightly off-topic but he also owns an English Electric Lightning jet fighter, non functional. He has (or at least had) it in his front garden.
They are, or at least were. Plastics: The Tortoise and the Hare The BMW Z1, Pontiac Fiero, Saturn SL1 and one or two other GM product had plastic body panels. The problem is that plastics really aren't structurally rigid enough to act as the frame, so the plastic panels are used as a skin over a frame made up of steel stampings, like this: The net result is that the frame takes up a lot of space inside the car that would otherwise be used for passenger and storage volume as the plastic skin doesnt' contribute to the strength of the vehicle. So for a given size car, you end up with a smaller interior.
I don’t know if I could name a favourite but if I were to have a 1980s car now, I’d like a BMW Z1. Even now it looks cool!
Every now and then, BMW launches a so called lighthouse project. Probably the first car which deserves this name was the BMW M1 BMW wanted to set up a separate racing series with that car, and the M1 became extremely popular. BMW made less than 500 units of ths car in 1979. This car lead to the foundation of the M Technic GmbH, the sports and racing division of BMW. M cars are special until today. The next lighthouse project was the BMW Z1 It paved the way for a new class of roadsters with high tech attitude. 8,000 were made. The successor Z3 was cheaper, more conventional and produced in a larger quantity. Z roadsters are a part of BMW since then. The third lighthouse project was the Z8 A roadster which resembled to the 1960’s with a V12 engine - a dreamcar. It reanimated the legendary 507 - and was built 5,700 times. In my eyes, the i8 is the lighthouse project of the 21st century. A stunning design, an interesting technology. The i8 paved the way for the hybrid technology in many BMW cars which were built since then.
The dropping doors on the BMW Z1. In production from March 1989 - June 1991 this car had the coolest feature that still looks awesomely unique and timeless to this day! Behold the dropping doors of the Z1, tucking into the body frame like windows, enhancing the convertible experience. (Doors in action)
Most of them were dumped: The East German Trabant was the best selling car with a steel frame and plastic covers on it. It was sold over three million times (basically because there were more or less no other cars to buy in the GDR). There have been some other cars which followed this principle, the BMW Z1 and the Renault Espace (first generation) come to my mind. However, this design has some shortcomings: Plastic has a different temperature coefficient than steel, so you need to leave some space between the parts in order to avoid problems with changing temperatures. And making a car in that way in really large numbers is rather expensive. The GDR did that because they had a shortage of steel sheetmetal. And fixing the parts to the car was so complicated that every Trabant had a pair of doors tailored to fit to this particular car. One big advantage is that plastic does not rust. However, if the steel structure below the plastic does rust, you can forget about that. And today there are better methods to protect steel against rust.
A friend once saved really hard and eventually bought his dream car, a BMW Z1. On his way out of the dealership, roof down, a white van man gave him the “wanker” gesture, and it burst his bubble. Three months later he traded it in. And so it is with dream cars. Owning a car that looks great in photographs and driving around in it might get you hated. So I’d never buy s Ferrari. Maybe a Dino though. Fuck the white van man.
Depending on where you live, I would stick to Kei cars: Perhaps a bit bigger but a special edition MX5 Miata would fit the unique bill: Or if your budget can stretch to something a bit pricier and unique, a BMW Z1:
I am confident no one has ever left the lights of a BMW Z1 on, and thought. I will ask Quora how to jump start my car. The owners manual has directions. Try reading that.