TIFF

Just went shopping and in pulled a BMW Z1 next to me. How strange are they!!!!

Bloke got out, reached back into the car near the front seat then the door raised up from the sill and locked

Never seen one before, what is the spec of these and what are they based on....3 series??????

Coldo

Looks shit

escortrsmatt

they are based on an e30 3 series and have the same engine as an e30 325.the silver button you can see in the picture raises and lowers the doors and windows if they are closed.there is a handle on the inside for when you get in.not bad little cars really!quite rare but we get a few in at work.

B11GNS

looks odd to me.

Someone on holiday are we?

aduz

that just wants throwing in the bin

TIFF

How much were they and what year are they from

Daviet

from about 1990 if i remember probably wrong tho.got brochures somewhere on them that i got at motorshow in birmingham YEARS ago
very rare now and worth quite a bit

Rhys

escortrsmatt

yeah they are from aroung the 89-90 time.not sure what they are worth though.tidy ones prob fetch a good sum though.

Daviet

looks like you could roll out it at speed
i always liked them for some reason

dave green

I think thety are a bit earlyer than that round about 85 ,not sure .

Seen a few about

MadMac

The slide away doors rock

escortrsmatt

the ones iv had in at work have only been either on a g or h plate

Al Bags

Good enough for Jeremy Clarkson's wife .. She's got one (or had one)
Based on E30 325 M20 6-pack engine .. The pop-up doors were a nice bit of engineering.. They drop into wide sills. Was about 50K new in '88 if I remember right .. and good ones were worth about 20K, last time I checked!

Ginge !

my old head of year had one, he loved it more than life its self, when he got it we was no longer allowed in the staff car park and the punishment was detention all cause of his car

they are all on g plates from what i remember and where worth lots of cash when they was 4 years old, my head of year sold his and bought 2 houses with the cash

theres a green one near me, i dont know why but there ugly as sin but i like em,,,,,,,, they do look like a water car aswell

Twins

iTrader: (18)

My father had one back in 1990 when they were new,could have done with the m3 s14 lump in really for a bit more power ,we had our one chipped by ggr ,went well after ,was cool driving down the road with the doors down ,also good to see the ladies getting out in the short skirts Also had the first ever z1 smashed up in for repair ,car was about 2months old front end went round had to go on jig ,took about 7 months to repair as parts went back order ,new bonnet was Ł1500 if i remember total repair was well over 20k.

ProjectBobcat

just to clarify they were produced between '88 and '91, although the first one was released to the media in 86. they were cool cos all the body panels were removable.

Zetec Andy

here, you can make your own in about 10 minutes with some sticky back plastic.....

Zetec Andy

Year: 1989
Origin: Deutschland
Price: n/a
Price check!
Displacement: 2.494 cmł
Power KW / HP: 125 / 170
Torque: 222 Nm
Weight: 1.250 Kg
Top Speed: 225 Km/h
0 to 100 Km/h: 7.9 Sec.
0 to 200 Km/h: n/a
Length: 3.921 mm
Width: 1.690 mm
Height: 1.277 mm
Consumption: 9.2 L
Valvetrain: R6
Drive Wheels: Heck Antrieb
Tank: 58 L
Trunk: 260 L

escortrsmatt

i challenge anyone to take all those panels off without breaking anything!!its a nightmare job!window motors arent that nice to do either!

escortrsmatt

the car isnt that small is it?!?!?!?

Ginge !

thats why it looks lik a kit car,,,, it is one

they look alittle like the TR7 with a body kit dont they

Zetec Andy

i just copied and pasted the spec from the Z1 owners club site

righthooker

when we went up t the show at knockhill ,a load of these came past "in the other direction of course" must have been an owners club outing mostly dutch and german cars to be honest .
seen pleanty when i lived around munich,but none up here

Rich_w

What I like is they have a rear diffuser to keeo the back end stuck down. If you consider when these cars were made. Its foward thinking

But other than that they are a 1 trick pony.