Production of BMW Z4 Coupe Begins
Production of the BMW Z4 Coupe and M Series Z4 Coupe began today at BMWManufacturing Co.
April 10, 2006
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Article provided by: Motor Trend Magazine
The Z4 and M Coupes will be available in dealerships in early summer. Aswith the Z4 Roadster and X5 Sports Activity Vehicle, all Z4 and M Coupeswill be built exclusively at BMW Manufacturing, the company's only U.S.manufacturing facility in Upstate South Carolina.
The coupes, which have been much anticipated by BMW enthusiasts, wereunveiled earlier this year in Geneva and will be shown at the New York AutoShow later this month. The vehicles are based on the newly updated BMW Z4Roadster that has an engine that produces 255 horsepower and promisessuperior agility and high performance.
BMW Z4
At the heart of the new M Coupe is BMW's award winning 3.2-liter, in-linesix-cylinder engine, which produces approximately 370 horsepower. On theroad, this means 0-60 in less than five seconds and a top speedelectronically limited to 155 mph. The new coupes continue thecharacteristic design language of BMW Roadsters. The modified front sectionincorporates new foglights newly standard xenon headlights featuring thefour-lighted rings that have become a BMW design hallmark.
Three new exterior colors, Interlagos blue, Sepang Bronze and Imola Red,have been added to the M palette with the production of the M roadster and Mcoupe.
BMW Z4
BMW Manufacturing Co. (www.bmwusfactory.com) is a subsidiary of BMW Groupin Munich, Germany. In addition to the South Carolina manufacturingfacility, BMW's North American subsidiaries include sales, marketing andfinancial services operations in the United States, Canada and throughoutLatin America; an information technology consulting and systems integrationfirm in South Carolina; and a design firm in California.