BMW Z4 seems to have been unpopular in the fan circle, "wedding professional households" and "small three cars" have become its labels, but Z4 high and low is a sports car launched by BMW, which is known for driving, and its development history is far more than the small city wedding company brand can be summarized.
First, Z is the future, the prelude to the Z series
BMW Z series Z from the German Zukunft, meaning the future, in 1989 BMW first based on the 3 series E30 platform launched Z1, a total of 8,000 units and only in the European market, its biggest feature is the lift door, until now also belongs to the unique design. Of course, its performance is not bad, inheriting the design orientation of European sports cars that do not seek speed but seek comfortable driving.
This was followed in 1996 by the launch of the Z3 based on the 3 Series E36 platform, which was also James Bond's car in GoldenEye. People's evaluation of the appearance of this generation of models has been polarized, many people feel that this car looks like a "shoe", but this has not affected the success of the Z3 as a sports car, and then BMW also launched the Z3 M based on the E36 M3, which is also the first time that the Z series has ushered in its own M model, and the classic S54 engine has taken its comprehensive performance to a higher level.
In 2000, BMW introduced the higher-positioned Z8, the 4.9L V8 engine made it into a higher class, and the car also played the role of the 007 car in "Black Sun Crisis".
Second, the backbone of the Z series was born
In 2002, the BMW Z4 was introduced as the successor model to the Z3 and continues to be produced to this day. The first generation, known as the E85, was powered by an engine with displacements from 2.0L to 3.0L, and the Z4 M of this generation is still equipped with a classic S54 engine. At the same time, from the E85 generation, BMW's Z series models began to be known in China, and now many car parties can also see the figure of this classic car.
The E89 released in 2008 is one of the BMW Z series models we are most familiar with, the elegant appearance is admirable at the same time, but also let some people think that it is not masculine enough, coupled with the various stories behind it that can be placed in the social news section, so that it is not as praised as its predecessors, and this generation of Z4 does not have an M model, making its die-hard fans also very disappointed.
Third, Supra and Z4, strong cooperation or fool the public
The G29 Z4 of 2018 has a lot of heat, because Toyota announced that it will resurrect its legendary Supra by sharing the Z4 basic design with BMW, making people think that Toyota is planning to produce a sentiment car with the name of Supra to harvest leeks, but Toyota engineers have used different concepts to create a new Supra with a Japanese driving style for people, realizing the defense of their own name.
Therefore, in contrast, this generation of BMW Z4 is not so hot, although the appearance design is indeed not bad, the power formula is also very mature, but in the end it is less maverick innovation, where the future of Z is also a problem that many fans want to know.
Overall, the Z series is a fairly young bmw brand, from the Z1 lift door to the Z3, Z8 agent car is very eye-catching, but after the Z4 era we do not seem to see any revolutionary innovation, and even some people call the Z4 is just a shell 3 series. As car fans, we certainly hope that more interesting and creative cars will be created, and we don't know if there will be Z4 M in this generation, after all, who is stronger than Z4 M and Supra is still very curious.