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Waterfall Motoring
BMW Z4 sDrive 20i
By Alan Rosenmeyer
The 3rd Generation M uch has been written about can compare to engaging Sport+
and carving your way through the
BMW’s co-development
Z4 recently launched with Toyota and my recent twisties, especially with the top down
test of the Supra not only
by BMW, interestingly, featured the coupe option but also the to exaggerate the sound effects.
3L V6 engine. This time around, the The cabin is familiar territory to anybody
returned to a soft- lithe little roadster is powered by the who has driven any recent BMW product,
top instead of the tried and trusted 2L petrol engine. but this is no criticism. It’s all there and
then some, but I still find the I-Drive
complicated folding The new Z4 is, true to the tradition controller a touch clumsy to operate.
of a roadster, small, compact, with
hard-top of the unapologetically only 2 seats, and a Many may consider a 2-seater roadster
long bonnet that stretches out ahead to be a selfish car, and it probably
previous generation. of the driver. The engine delivers is, but in a dream world what could
145kW and 320Nm through the familiar compare with a Sunday blast?
8-speed automatic transmission. Similarly, there is the more powerful
Typically from BMW, multi-modes are 3L V6 version costing approximately
available and these alter suspension R280 000 more than the R759 442
and handling characteristics as tag for the test car. Personally,
well as engine mapping. Very little this one would suffice for me.
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