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BMW Z4 sDRIVE 20i

BY ALAN ROSENMEYER

The 3rd Generation Z4 recently and 320Nm through the familiar 8-speed
automatic transmission. Typically from BMW,
launched by BMW, interestingly, multi-modes are available and these alter
suspension and handling characteristics as well
returned to a soft-top instead of the as engine mapping. Very little can compare to
engaging Sport+ and carving your way through
complicated folding hard-top of the the twisties, especially with the top down to
exaggerate the sound effects.
previous generation.
The cabin is familiar territory to anybody who
uch has been written about BMW’s has driven any recent BMW product, but this is
co-development with Toyota and no criticism. It’s all there and then some, but I
my recent test of the Supra not only still find the I-Drive controller a touch clumsy to
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3L V6 engine. This time around, the lithe little DPL
roadster is powered by the tried and trusted 2L Many may consider a 2-seater roadster to be DPL
petrol engine. a selfish car, and it probably is, but in a dream
world what could compare with a Sunday blast?
The new Z4 is in the true tradition of a roadster. Similarly, there is the more powerful 3L V6 version
Small, compact, with unapologetically only costing approximately R280 000 more than the
2 seats, and a long bonnet that stretches out R759 442 tag for the test car. Personally, this one
ahead of the driver. The engine delivers 145kW would suffice for me.

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