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Holy $#!?

ALMS perhaps?

... I wonder if the CSL version will sport that engine?

CSL version? From BMW I doubt it, but who's to say? From TC Klience racing.... eventually, you betcha'!

i'm in love

Looks a little thicky thick chick to me, but it is what it is.

I'm pretty sure that BMW is using GTR'ish spec M3s for ALMS even though the M3 in its final year of production. I would love to see this Z4 coupe racing in that series instead. The e46 M3 is getting a little old.

great post Deutsch! I love that car.

Panke: "...if we weren't involved in motorsports," he insisted. "Step-by-step, we would lose our identity"

That was indeed a wink at Porsche!

Oh, God ALMS, and please Le Mans GT2 too.
If it would achieve a class victory in Le Mans, that would make me cry.
Not since the 328 Touring coupe has there been anything like it from BMW.
Now after 70 years since the 328 was introduced finally BMW created a racing succesor in this segment.

Bring it on.

2006 Geneva Motor Show: BMW Z4 M Coupe Race Car
Source: BMW

What They Said: The Motorsport Version of the BMW Z4 M Coupé is the first two-seater BMW Motorsport offers for customer teams.

What It Means: The Z4 Coupé gives BMW an entry into new arenas. And it looks damn good in white.

Full Release: Munich/Geneva, 27th February 2006 —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 coupe 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 brawny coupe 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 estimated € 250,000 (plus VAT).

Source

Too nice! I just love it.

looks really nice , sporty and unique .. good job BMW

the spoiler is over-sized a bit otherwise nice job

Duetsch u r da man

Not bad! I never was a fan of the Z4 but this conversion is nice.

ya man that wing is just wack. A little bit of overkill imo. Great looking and im sure performing. Way to go bmw

Overkill....??? What arr you talking about. This is a track car with aerodynamics and performance inmind, not some sleek production car

Anyways, I LOVE it. Very awesome mr Panke!!!

my bad i forgot what i was talking about when writing that and any ways all track cars of this kind have wings like that

*Prays to God those Z4's come out on a limited-production run*

If AMG can do it with their CLK DTM AMG, no reason why BMW can't with this beast.

So true!

1st Z4 that i actually like...

God this is so beautifull. It's the best looking bimmer ever.
I wish they would make a limited steetlegal version.
Gorgeous.

The car is on sale here for €250.000

I would love to see the Z4 coupe race in ALMS-
Ferrari's, Maserati's, Porsche's, BMW's- all racing against one another in coupe configurations...wow!
Makes me want to go out and get a flat-panel hdtv.