http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/ Autoblog Comments for BMW Z29: Bavaria's mystery coupe revealed http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/It looks fully feas'ed, with even a small cap in the front bumper, below the right-hand headlamp (above the lower intake), for towing attachment.

It's surprisingly conventional, from a styling standpoint. I would even go so far as to surmise that this is an engineering exercise, not involving styling at all. This might be the reason it's been pulled from auto show duties, in fact.]]>Aug 5th 2006 9:27AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 9:31AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 9:38AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 9:40AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 9:44AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 10:41AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 10:49AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 11:02AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 11:47AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 11:55AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/
Now if it sold for under $30k it would be a fun toy. I'm guessing $40K +.]]>Aug 5th 2006 12:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Keep in mind that the M3's motor is relatively big at 3.2 liters and is also cast iron which while strong, isn't exactly light. So basically, this car is ~100 pounds heavier than a MX-5 but with nearly twice the horsepower (333 to 170) and torque (262 to 140).]]>Aug 5th 2006 12:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 12:54PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/
1. All that design time and 4.4 seconds to 60 and 168mph is all they can get out of it?

2. Why go through the trouble of creating a from-scratch aluminum chassis and carbon fiber body if you're not going to throw down the gauntlet and do battle with Ferrari and Lamborghini?

3. Where's the mid-engine chassis?

4. Where's the 500something horsepower, V10 power plant?

5. Where's Chris Bangle's pink slip?

I've yet to see a proper sports car from my favortie automobile manufacturer. One would belive that if anyone knew the ingredients to building a home grown, no parts shared, legitimate sports car, BMW did.]]>Aug 5th 2006 12:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 1:00PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 1:12PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 1:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/Aug 5th 2006 1:40PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/You can see a two older shots in this google image search, although the links are long since dead:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&q=bmw+z+prototype&btnG=Search
Those pics are from 2002 or so. I'm thinking that this overall body style was a direction simply never used.]]>Aug 5th 2006 1:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/05/bmw-z29-bavaria-s-mystery-coupe-revealed/http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&q=bmw%20z%20prototype&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi]]>Aug 5th 2006 1:46PM