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Over the past two decades, BMW has given a little Z cars It was us the chic Z3 James Bond participated in the unveiling of the Golden Eye film, followed by sinfully pretty Z8 also used in a Bond film; The World Is Not Enough, which was written by Henrik Fisker yes, the same guy who went on to design a s Aston Martin, then started his own car company.
More recently, we have seen two generations of the Z4 model, and while there was a concept car Z9, when it is finally put into production, it has become the series 6.
In North America, very few people know the car that started the set Z -line of cars at BMW's first model to wear this alphabet has been properly called Z1.
Like all Z car that went into the production, Z1 is a motor drive, rear-wheel, sports car two seats Unlike all other Z cars or any other production car for that matter, Z1 had doors that would go down in the rocker Yes, getting in and out is a bit harder than usual because of the high threshold, but it is worth it for the reaction it causes in public more you can park in a crowded place and do not worry about power swing open the door the doors move up and down by an electric motor, so no muscle power is needed.
Speaking of muscle, the Z1 is powered by stream 2 5 liter engine straight-six cylinder, which are found in other BMW models This engine produces only 168 hp and 161 lb-ft of torque, which is much for a car that weighs 3200 pounds-force was sent to the rear wheels via a manual transmission 5-speed According to BMW, this elegant roadster took 9 0 seconds to accelerate 0-62 mph, and capped at 137 mph Not slow but not nearly as quickly as it appears.
During its two-year production cycle from March 1989 to June 1991, BMW has only 8000 examples of the Z1, well below their initial 35,000 copies production target.
Today, the Z1 is considered a rare, classic modern disease, and find a sale in North America, a market where it has never been officially sold is extremely difficult.
But we found a clean example sitting in Calgary, AB Canada This black and gray and charcoal example has covered about 20,600 miles-The seller has not provided much information on the other, and mentioned a wrong engine size in the ad the asking price is 29999 CAN, equivalent to 29400 in our currency exchange rate today.
So if you ever wanted a Z1, or just a car with doors disappear, you can check yourself ad in the source link below.
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