Item No: 4703 ISBN: 1901295796 Author: James Taylor
No. pages: 192 Dimension: 215x260mm HB, b&w & colour ill
After the many exciting and innovative products in its past, by the mid-1980s BMW was, perhaps, beginning to look a little staid, with a reputation largely based on building surefooted and reliable fast saloons/sedans for the executive market. The formation of an internal think tank - BMW Technik ? with an ongoing brief to explore all areas of potential product development, allowed bold new ideas to surface.
The first BMW Technik model to make it to production was the Z1 Roadster, and this is the reason why today?s BMW roadsters carry the letter Z. Here is the full story of all the Z prototypes and concept cars and particularly the production models - Z1, Z3 (M-Roadster and M-Coupe) and Z8 - which have done so much to change the public's concept.
