BMW Z4
Showing that BMW still gives a shift, the Z4 M40i finally gets a much-deserved manual gearbox for the 2025 model year. Ahead of its imminent market launch, the posh roadster returns in a batch of…
Adrian Padeanu / February 20, 2024
BMW Z4
BMW is finally putting a manual gearbox in the Z4 M40i and is understandably proud to showcase the three-pedal M Performance roadster at the Welt. We’re in Munich and we couldn’t resist the temptation to…
Adrian Padeanu / February 8, 2024
BMW Z4
Saving the best for last, BMW is finally giving the Z4 M40i a much-deserved manual gearbox. The G29-generation roadster is believed to bow out in early 2026, so you still have a couple of years…
Adrian Padeanu / February 2, 2024
BMW Z4
BMW has finally lifted the veil on the manual Z4 Roadster. Lo and behold, the hot new six-speed manual transmission is almost entirely parts-shared with its platform-mate, the Toyota GR Supra. With only minor differences,…
Steven Paul / January 30, 2024
BMW Z4
BMW Z4 Pure Impulse Edition Is A Manual Z4 M40i For Europe
by Adrian Padeanu / Date: January 30, 2024
BMW Z4
At long last, roadster enthusiasts in the United States can revel in the joy of rowing their own gears with the 2025 BMW Z4 M40i. This three-pedal sports car, possibly among the last newly launched…
Adrian Padeanu / January 30, 2024
BMW M2
While most of its rivals have long abandoned manual gearboxes, BMW insists they’re still relevant in 2024. The M division offers a stick shift for the M2 as well as the base versions of the…
Adrian Padeanu / January 14, 2024
BMW Z4
The numbers are in, and they’re looking rather good for BMW USA. We’ve already established 2023 was a record year but there are some interesting stats worth highlighting. You’ll be pleasantly surprised to hear demand…
Adrian Padeanu / January 4, 2024
BMW Z4
Technically in its sixth generation, the BMW Z models represent some of the very best in open-top cruising that money can buy. Though in production since 2019, the Z4 doesn’t feel – or look –…
Steven Paul / January 1, 2024
BMW Z4
On two occasions in their extensive history of crafting roadsters, BMW contemplated renaming the Z4 Roadster to the BMW Z5. This intriguing revelation stems from the recently published “BMW by Design” book, shedding light on…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 29, 2023
BMW Z4
One of the major omissions in the BMW G29 Z4 M40i lineup is a manual gearbox. When BMW launched the G29, it seemed like a strange decision to not offer its dedicated sports car, a…
Andrei Nedelea / December 16, 2023