Video: BMW Z4 GT3 Time Lapse Build

Our good friend Kurt Ernst at RideLust.com posted an interesting porn video… I mean time lapse build video… showing the complete build of a BMW Z4 GT3 racecar. Team West Coast Racing spent about 600 hours to completely build out this project. It is said that this build costs $470,000 plus the time that it takes YOU to complete assembly, which is required.

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BMW Issues Recall for Turbocharged N54 Engine Equipped Vehicles

You may have already been reading surprising information on BMW vehicles powered by the N54 turbocharged inline-6 engines about them having a defect regarding the high pressure fuel pump. Recently ABC News posted a story about many owners complaining of losing power while driving in certain vehicles equipped with the N54 engine due to a malfunctioning fuel pump forcing their car into ‘limp home’ mode. After the story, BMW announced they will be performing a recall on various vehicles including 2007-2010 135, 335, 535, X6, Z4 and 20,000 2008 X5s.

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2010 BMW Z4 sDrive35is Mille Miglia Limited Edition Revealed

For the celebration of 70 years from the Mille Miglia victory in the 19040s in a BMW 328 MM Touring Coupe, BMW has announced a limited edition of the 2010 Z4 sDrive35is Mille Miglia.

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BMW Z4 GT3 – A Race Prepped V8 Powered Z4

You may remember when we posted images and press information on the BMW M3 GTS which was basically a race-tuned version of the current E92 BMW M3. Well now BMW Motorsports has race-prepped the Z4 and turned it into a V8-powered Z4 GT3. It uses the same naturally aspirated 4.0-liter V8 found in the BMW M3 with a little extra tuning to make 480hp.

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2009 BMW Z4 sDrive35i Hardtop Roadster Review & Test Drive

‘THE ULTIMATE DRIVNG MACHINE FOR ALL SEASONS’

This new BMW Z4 is the brand’s first retractable hardtop convertible and is the successor to both the Z4 roadster and Z4 coupe.  At the touch of a button, and in less than 20 seconds, the new Z4 goes from stunning coupe to stunning roadster, giving the car a low-slung rear-end design reflecting the traditional proportions of a roadster as well as a large luggage compartment ranging in capacity from 6.3 to 10.9cu.ft.  The two-piece electrohydraulically retractable top is fabricated from lightweight aluminum shell construction.  The high quality interior lining is finished in an extra-light color as well as hand-cut and sewn leather, large windows, including the heated glass window at the rear; all to ensure an exclusive look and optimized all-around visibility.  This is the perfect two-seat roadster for all four seasons.

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550hp V-10 Powered Manhart BMW Z4 Revealed

Not many tuners have touched the BMW Z4 let alone turned it into a tuners dream-car until now. Manhart Racing, a German company known for stuffing big V10’s and V12’s in cars that were never originally designed for them, has taken the BMW M5’s V10 and put it in one of their latest creations, a BMW Z4M. Already, the Z4 M is not slouch sharing the S54 engine from the BMW M3 producing about 343hp. Why not slap a supercharger on that inline-6, no no, Manhart had to take it a few notches up… BAAM… A big V10 powers this Z4.

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