Z4 Coupe Race car
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03-01-2006, 06:52 PM
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Z4 Coupe Race car
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28.02.2006 BMW Z4 M Coupé as motor racing kit.
Unveiling in Geneva: On the occasion of the Automobilsalon, Prof Dr Burkhard Göschel, BMW Group Board Member Purchasing and Development, introduced a new racing car for customer motor racing.
The Motorsport Version of the BMW Z4 M Coupé, which has already made a big impression as a production model, is the first two-seater BMW Motorsport offers for customer teams. When it came to the development, BMW faced a huge challenge: The car had to have what is needed to race successfully on the world’s most demanding and spectacular racetrack, the Nürburgring’s famous Nordschleife. The new motorsport coupé can be used by private BMW customer teams in the German Endurance Championship and in the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race.
The power unit of the beefy coupé is a BMW Motorsport designed 3.2-litre in-line 6-cylinder engine delivering about 400bhp, with the suspension area in particular benefiting from the knowledge gained from the successful BMW M3 GTR project. With its varied component ranges, BMW Motorsport and BMW Racing Parts Distribution offer customer teams a new technology platform for use in many miscellaneous international racing and club sport series, with the Nordschleife enthusiasts not being the only interested party, as the coupé also represents the perfect car for use in the Belgian Belcar series and other, non-European, endurance series.
The kit can be ordered from May 2006 at BMW Motorsport and will be available for an
Unveiling in Geneva: On the occasion of the Automobilsalon, Prof Dr Burkhard Göschel, BMW Group Board Member Purchasing and Development, introduced a new racing car for customer motor racing.
The Motorsport Version of the BMW Z4 M Coupé, which has already made a big impression as a production model, is the first two-seater BMW Motorsport offers for customer teams. When it came to the development, BMW faced a huge challenge: The car had to have what is needed to race successfully on the world’s most demanding and spectacular racetrack, the Nürburgring’s famous Nordschleife. The new motorsport coupé can be used by private BMW customer teams in the German Endurance Championship and in the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race.
The power unit of the beefy coupé is a BMW Motorsport designed 3.2-litre in-line 6-cylinder engine delivering about 400bhp, with the suspension area in particular benefiting from the knowledge gained from the successful BMW M3 GTR project. With its varied component ranges, BMW Motorsport and BMW Racing Parts Distribution offer customer teams a new technology platform for use in many miscellaneous international racing and club sport series, with the Nordschleife enthusiasts not being the only interested party, as the coupé also represents the perfect car for use in the Belgian Belcar series and other, non-European, endurance series.
The kit can be ordered from May 2006 at BMW Motorsport and will be available for an
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right that rear spoiler, if not on the track, is straight shopping cart civic style
#10
03-11-2006, 07:34 AM
Originally Posted by LUIS95993
That is sick. I hope Porsche is working on a Cayman race car to compete with this thing.
Do you think Porsche will put at risk to lower their top model 997?
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03-11-2006, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Bateman
Tell me LUIS95993 do you have any informations about a Cayman race car or RS version?
Do you think Porsche will put at risk to lower their top model 997?
Do you think Porsche will put at risk to lower their top model 997?
The 997 Cup cars run against M3's so I would not see where there would be any risk.
#13
03-14-2006, 08:01 AM
Today I had the pleasure of sitting with Hans Stuck who seemed excited on getting one of these race cars to run. Very down to earth guy who shared his knowledge freely.
#14
03-16-2006, 07:16 AM
Originally Posted by LUIS95993
Nope, no information that is why I said "I hope" in my post. I do however beleive that if this BMW is going to be running in a new separate class, Porsche should build something to compete against it.
The 997 Cup cars run against M3's so I would not see where there would be any risk.
The 997 Cup cars run against M3's so I would not see where there would be any risk.
of homologation cars. If they do so there might be a little competition between those two series.
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03-16-2006, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Bateman
Sorry, I thought about the street version. For building up a race car they´ll have to bring out a set
of homologation cars. If they do so there might be a little competition between those two series.
of homologation cars. If they do so there might be a little competition between those two series.