BMW Z2 (Notizie)

[superkappa125]

A dimostrazione che anche in BMW pensano a noi, per compensare il ritorno in carreggiata del mega-panzer alias X7, pare resuscitino pure la Z2.

Dopo la X7 e la versione di serie della CS Concept, torna d’attualità anche l’eventuale realizzazione della BMW Z2. Secondo quanto riportato da “TopSpeed“, la Casa bavarese starebbe seriamente pensando alla piccola roadster da collocare un gradino sotto la Z4. La BMW Z2 rappresenterebbe la variante spider della nuova Serie 1 con cui condividerebbe anche la piattaforma, accorciata di 10 cm nel passo.

L’aspetto più interessante della Z2 sarà la massa, inferiore ai 1000 kg. Per non influire sul peso della vettura, la capote sarà in tela e ad azionamento manuale. La gamma delle motorizzazioni sarà composta solo da unità a 4 cilindri che sviluperanno potenze comprese tra i 120 CV della versione entry-level e i 250 CV della versione più performante, equipaggiata con il propulsore 2.0i Turbo che garantirà prestazioni di tutto rispetto: 240 km/h di velocità massima e 0-100 in meno di 7 secondi.

La BMW Z2 dovrebbe debuttare sul mercato a fine 2013, mentre al Salone di Parigi del 2012 sarà esposta la concept car che prefigurerà la maggior parte dei contenuti della piccola roadster bavarese, tra cui la combinazione dei dispositivi EfficientDynamics. In seguito, la vettura potrebbe essere proposta anche nelle versioni ActiveHybrid a propulsione ibrida e ActiveE a propulsione elettrica. Per quanto riguarda la concorrenza, la BMW Z2 dovrà vedersela con la Mazda MX-5 e la Volkswagen BlueSport di serie.

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[_hainz]

Era evidente che con i maggiori contenuti e prezzi di Z4 si aprisse un varco... vedremo, alla fine non si sa come in un periodo di crisi vedremo un'infinità di piccole cabrio: Z2, BlueSport, Audi R4, Porsche sub-Boxster....

[Matteo B.]

vedremo un'infinità di piccole cabrio:

bannatelo senza pietà....

[superkappa125]

The internet is afire with word that BMW is planning to bring a small convertible concept to the 2011 Geneva Motor Show next month. According to The Age, the car may be our first look at what the company has planned for a sub-Z4 model designed to spar with the Mazda MX-5 and the host of shared-platform convertibles that the Volkswagen army is rumored to be slaving over. A representative from BMW supposedly confirmed that a baby drop top will be the company's star attraction in Geneva this year.

BMW, meanwhile, says that the concept car itself will not go into production, but that some elements of the design may show up in future products down the line. The Age is reporting that the concept will make use of some fairly outrageous design cues, including the retractable doors of the ever-awesome Z1.

Murkier still is what kind of drivetrain will find its way under the concept's hood. This could be a good excuse for BMW to start strutting its new front-wheel-drive bent or even to play around with a compact hybrid set up. Either way, we'll find out in a few short weeks. Thanks for the tip, Mark!

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Concept per Ginevra, pare.

[Touareg 2.5]

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Concept per Ginevra, pare.

Anche perchè a Ginevra M5 Concept, 6 Coupé e 5 Active Hybrid non saranno presenti .

[superkappa125]

Anche perchè a Ginevra M5 Concept, 6 Coupé e 5 Active Hybrid non saranno presenti .

Si tengono tutto per Shangai?

[Touareg 2.5]

Si tengono tutto per Shangai?

Esattamente .

[superkappa125]

Esattamente .

Quando si dice i cambi dell'assetto economico internazionale...

[Pandino]

A sleekly styled roadster is set to spearhead BMW’s keenly awaited entry into the front-wheel drive ranks in 2015. The model, named Z2 internally, will give BMW an image-building model upon which to establish an extensive range of new entry-level front-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive offerings.

The compact two-seat Z2 could sell for as little as £15,000. A low entry price is made possible by economies of scale because the Z2 is one of up to 23 BMW and Mini models that will be based on the firm’s new UKL1 platform from 2014 onwards.

“We are considering a car in the spirit of the original Z3,” an official with knowledge of BMW’s new model programme revealed. “It is of similar size to the E36/7 [the codename for the Z3 produced between 1996 and 2002] but is planned to use the front-wheel drive platform to keep costs down and achieve a margin level that ensures it is sustainable at comparatively low production volumes.”

Set to occupy a market niche beneath the existing Z4 roadster, the new BMW is planned to provide buyers with an alternative to the upcoming fourth-generation Mazda MX-5, with a limited range of petrol engines. While it’s still early days, the Z2 is expected to be twinned with a successor to today’s Mini Coupé/Roadster pairing, due out in 2017.

In top-of-the-line form, the new BMW roadster could benefit from a new aluminium-block 2.0-litre turbocharged engine with as much as 300bhp. This model would be sold under BMW’s M Performance line and is likely to get all-wheel drive.

The reference to the Z3 suggests that BMW’s new roadster will be little more than 4000mm in length, 1700mm in width and about 1250mm in height. Unlike the larger Z4, it is also expected to come with a simple fabric hood with standard manual operation in a move that promises to keep weight in check.

The long-mooted move to front-wheel drive is a revolution for BMW. The company has forged its widely envied reputation for producing some of the world’s most sought-after driver’s cars around traditional rear-wheel drive platforms, often going to great lengths in marketing campaigns to extol the dynamic benefits associated with such a layout.

But with its line of modern-day Mini models having successfully proven that front-wheel drive is no barrier to driving enjoyment, officials believe that the radical change in engineering philosophy will be crucial in attracting younger customers to the BMW brand in coming years.

“We are moving with the times to diversify our customer base,” said an engineering source. “There is no reason why a front-wheel-drive car can’t offer a similar dynamic experience to a rear-wheel-drive car. The advancement of various driving aids, with features such as electronic differentials, virtually eliminates the influence of drive forces on the steered wheels when done properly.”

BMW’s board members are considering a total of 23 new front-drive models proposed for introduction by the end of the decade. Twelve of them could eventually use the BMW name and 11 are conceived to carry the Mini badge.

As well as using front-wheel drive, each new model can offer optional four-wheel drive should the market and the model in question demand it. As with today’s Mini Countryman, the four-wheel drive capability comes by way of a Haldex-style multi-plate clutch.

The first in BMW’s bold new front-drive model push will be the 1-series GT, the production version of the Concept Active Tourer unveiled at the 2012 Paris show. It is tentatively planned to be revealed at the Geneva motor show in 2014.

But while the 1-series GT is highly anticipated, it is the secret new two-seat roadster that officials are banking on to provide an image boost to its future line-up of front-wheel-drive models.

BMW’s decision to forge ahead with a range of price-leading front-wheel-drive models stems directly from internal marketing studies that reveal the majority of customers at the lower end of its line-up are, in the words of one insider, “not particularly concerned whether their next car uses a transverse-mounted engine and front-wheel drive or a longitudinally mounted engine and rear-wheel drive”.

[poliziottesco]

una piccola spider con capote in tela per contenere i pesi, a cui metti a sbalzo sul muso un motore da 300 ciucci e la TI...in piena tradizione raodster, ne sentivamo il bisogno