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Car Forum / BMW Cars / April 2004Z coup?
Anybody knows how many BMW built of the 2.8i and 3.0i Z3 coup? ? TIA > Anybody knows how many BMW built of the 2.8i and 3.0i Z3 coupé ? None. In as far as the Z3's a convertible/roadster and the M Coupe was, errr, M engined.  SignatureScott Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket? > > Anybody knows how many BMW built of the 2.8i and 3.0i Z3 coup? ? > > None. > > In as far as the Z3's a convertible/roadster and the M Coupe was, errr, > M engined. Sorry Scott, That's wrong. The Z3 coupe with a 2.8L engine in '99 and 2000, and then a 3.0L engine in '01 & '02. M roadsters and Coupes came with the 3.2L M engines, but there were Z3 (non-M) coupes sold for a while. How many, I do not know, but they show up on eBay often enough... -Fred W > That's wrong. The Z3 coupe with a 2.8L engine in '99 and 2000, and then a > 3.0L engine in '01 & '02. > > M roadsters and Coupes came with the 3.2L M engines, but there were Z3 > (non-M) coupes sold for a while. How many, I do not know, but they show up > on eBay often enough... A quick Googling doesn't show much so I will have to rely on unreliable memory. ISTR that the Z3 3.0 coupe sold a total of 618 units or something similar in 2002. Over the course of the model in the US, the M Coupe usually outsold the small-motor Coupe 7 or 8 to 1... and it didn't exactly set the world on fire itself. I've seen a fair number of them on the road. Nothing says "hard-core propellerhead" to me like a non-M Z Coupe. That's a car driven by somebody who knew *exactly* what he was looking for and went out and bought it. I would think that the Z3 3.0 Coupe in particular would make a great trackday car. Not too much power for the chassis and a solid roof over your head for the tech Stalinists. Thanks for the answer, what do you mean by ISTR ? I seem to recall ? Assuming the sales were almost constant, they should have built roughly less of 1500 cars of the 3.0l model. Here, they are quite rare, even on the French Riviera. For three past years I've seen five or six no more. The roadsters are quite common instead. > > That's wrong. The Z3 coupe with a 2.8L engine in '99 and 2000, and then a > > 3.0L engine in '01 & '02. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > make a great trackday car. Not too much power for the chassis and a > solid roof over your head for the tech Stalinists. > Thanks for the answer, what do you mean by ISTR ? I seem to recall ? Yes... not a bad guess for someone for whom English is presumably not a first language :) > Assuming the sales were almost constant, they should have built roughly less > of 1500 cars of the 3.0l model. I would agree with you...and now that I think about it I have seen more 2.8 coupes than 3.0 coupes. The Z Coupes are all wonderful, characterful cars... something about them says "BMW!" to me where the roadster does not... Not the prettiest coupe out there but who said Bimmers had to be pretty? > Not the prettiest > coupe out there but who said Bimmers had to be pretty? Umm, certainly not Chris Bangle.... <d'oh> Brett Anderson KMS www.bmwgears.com Hope the Z coup? hasn't been designed by CB > > Not the prettiest > > coupe out there but who said Bimmers had to be pretty? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > KMS > www.bmwgears.com Mi magic wand's name is google ! Regards > > Thanks for the answer, what do you mean by ISTR ? I seem to recall ? > > Yes... not a bad guess for someone for whom English is presumably > not a first language :) > That's wrong. The Z3 coupe with a 2.8L engine in '99 and 2000, and then a > 3.0L engine in '01 & '02. > > M roadsters and Coupes came with the 3.2L M engines, but there were Z3 > (non-M) coupes sold for a while. How many, I do not know, but they show up > on eBay often enough... It was only after sending it that I found this out (I did try cancelling the message :-) ) but I've a feeling that it was only M versions that made it to the UK that sparked my thinking. SignatureScott Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket? > > That's wrong. The Z3 coupe with a 2.8L engine in '99 and 2000, and then a > > 3.0L engine in '01 & '02. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the message :-) ) but I've a feeling that it was only M versions that > made it to the UK that sparked my thinking. I can see where you could get that idea. There certainly were more M-coupes made than Z-coupes. At least the classified ads seem to indicate so... -Fred W |
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