BMW fascinated the automotive world with the Z4 Concept Touring Coupé – an elegant, coachbuilt shooting brake that was intended for production. This article tells the whole story of how it was designed, built and ultimately put onto the fan despite the overwhelming support of the fan.
The Speedtop could be the youngest shooting brake, which was characterized by headlines, but before that was another. Like the Speedtop, it had enthusiasts foamy. But in contrast to the speedtop, this beautiful concept car never achieved its production run. We talk about the Z4 Concept Touring Coupé. While a production run was planned at some point, the breathtaking legacy of the clown shoe throne simply never made it out of the concept stage. And that’s how it did.
Make the Z4 concept -Touring Coupé
Before the work on the Z4 Concept Touring Coupé started, some quick notes about the design. In contrast to most concept cars, the Z4 Concept Touring Coupé had to be completely legal. The Z4-AUßEntigner Calvin Luk claims that “everything must be TUV-compliant”, in contrast to most concepts in which the rules are much more relaxed. This shows that BMW, if nothing else, seriousness, at least send this thing into a production cycle. As soon as the design was marginalized, a roadster made of Portimao Blue Z4 M40i was shipped to the design house super styles in Turin, Italy. You may remember the BMW Garmisch reproduction in 2019.
As soon as super styles had the car, the first steps were reasonably uncomplicated. The car was robbed of its bumper and most of his body work. Apart from hard points such as the hood position and the windshield frame, almost everything came from. However, there is a different story inside and under the sheet. The electronics, the drive element, the brakes and indeed everything remained completely untouched by the steering wheel, sealed under a protective cover. The next step was to bring the concept into a metal cage. The cage offered body structure support and facilitated the measurement and testing. The boards, from which the coupé’s exotic shooting brake consisted, were all handmade and precision welded. The 1.5 mm thick aluminum-heck-three-quarters panels actually use factory attachment devices. The same attention to detail extended to the roof, which consisted of 1 mm thick steel.
Details and completion of the Z4 Concept Touring Coupé
After about four weeks, most of the body panels were on the spot, including a rear hatch and a side skirts made of carbon fibers. BMW wanted a special interior for the car and turned to the leather shops Poltrona Frauu to cut some fresh skins to the areas of the dashboard. The changes were more or less reflected in the differences between complete and expanded leather packages in the production BMW offers. As with the Speedtop, the right Plani luggage dipped directly into the trunk of the car. Do you want more evidence BMW have every intention to produce the Z4 Concept Touring Coupé? They even changed the picture that appeared after the start of the engine to reflect the coupé body style, and not the roadster when life started.
BMW installed the unique seats of the model, and six weeks later the car was sprayed on the unique shadow of the sparkling lario. According to Corona Doring from BMW and material designer Corona, the “Blue Glass Flocken” are a “nice addition to the blue of the Como lake” in the color, in which the car naturally debuted. You know the rest – the car debuted in May as a Z4 Concept Touring Coupé. The end of the Z4 concept -Touring coupé has only brought hair to life to life over three months. Despite the overwhelming support of two very important characters – engineer (now motorcycle CEO) and colleague Z3 M Coupégenen Markus Flasch and Adrian van Hoydonk – the history of the car ends here.
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