What is this?

Edinburra · 01-24-2017, 06:20 PM

Came across this car in Winter Park, Florida this evening. Can't say I've ever seen one before. Can anybody enlighten me please? I do know it's a BMW.

MikeMc · 01-24-2017, 06:21 PM

BMW Z8, very rare.

the1isntugly · 01-24-2017, 06:26 PM

holy sh*t! nice find!

MSCD · 01-24-2017, 08:26 PM

Beautiful... only ever seen a couple Z8's... watch the James Bond The World is not Enough.... features a tricked out silver one! Those go fo big bucks... love them. The Z1 is cool from that era with the sliding doors....

creepy coupe · 01-25-2017, 04:11 AM

I was lucky enough to drive one a couple of years ago.

it was special to sit in. But too wide for UK road and only left hand drive.

Broncho · 01-25-2017, 05:31 AM

I've seen 2 a very nice mint showroom condition one in a BMW showroom as part of a collection when I bought my Z4M and a very well used and tatty one on German plates outside a bar in southern Spain.

Not my cup of tea but nice all the same!

Torque of the Devil · 01-25-2017, 05:40 AM

Shame they only made it in left had drive, I would have bought one back in the day, has the E39 M5 engine in it too if I remember correctly.

mikeoz · 01-25-2017, 05:45 AM

They do look very old school 911 cabrio to me!!!
At the rear anyway

Russbmw · 01-25-2017, 06:21 AM

Bloody expensive, I know that much.

pinco000 · 01-25-2017, 07:54 AM

i think that when this car was new, it was the most expensive you could buy. In London in 13 years I have seen only one !

pinco000 · 01-25-2017, 07:57 AM

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Drek · 01-25-2017, 08:05 AM

Saw one in Birmingham once in the summer, gorgeous piece of kit and jolly rare!

Dave_3 · 01-25-2017, 09:12 AM

Matt Farrah took a good example out for a spin recently here :

D.

Daftasabrush · 01-25-2017, 12:02 PM

Beautiful looking car, the interior looks a bit mazda mx5ish to me

Edinburra · 01-25-2017, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Daftasabrush

Beautiful looking car, the interior looks a bit mazda mx5ish to me

Such a privilege to see a car like this being used.
So often they are only wheeled out at classic car shows.

dopper99 · 01-25-2017, 02:31 PM

They go for a fair bit.....

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...dr-lhd/6711045

£180k

PurpleTT · 01-26-2017, 02:34 PM

Just nabbed this pic from the Pistonheads thread about old car ads. Bit of a family resemblance I'd say.

AlanQS · 01-27-2017, 02:47 PM

I saw one of them in Switzerland once - 1971 (school trip). It was lovely close up, had a real presence. Took me years to find out it was a 507 and IIRC, the one I saw wasn't a convertible. I know I have a photograph of it but after all these years, who knows where it is

Wills2 · 01-27-2017, 03:23 PM

A lovely car and featured in the World is not enough (well a shell did) I spotted one last summer at the Peterborough services on the A1 of all places.

Stunning car and very expensive, Hexagon bought many and cornered the market in the UK for a while.

Has the 5.0V8 from the e39 M5 in it IIRC.

HiBee · 01-27-2017, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by creepy coupe

I was lucky enough to drive one a couple of years ago.

it was special to sit in. But too wide for UK road and only left hand drive.

Nice

What do you mean it was too wide for UK roads ?

TouringPleb · 01-27-2017, 04:07 PM

One of my favourite BMWs especially the Alpina version.

I was lucky enough to drive one years ago when I was a service advisor but was too scared to really drive it hard as I didn't want to be known as the one who crashed the Z8!

creepy coupe · 01-30-2017, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HiBee

Nice

What do you mean it was too wide for UK roads ?

Just that really. it's a bit of a fatty and being left hand drive made it feel even more so.

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the1isntugly Private First Class 144 Rep 142 Posts Drives: 14' 435i Sport Line Join Date: May 2016 Location: California iTrader: (-1)	holy sh*t! nice find!
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