BMW Z1

Nico DeMattia covered the story of the BMW Z1’s doors in a recent article on BMWBLOG. Reading that reminded me that the newly formed BMW Technik, in 1985, was the origin of the Z1. As…

Back in the ’80s, BMW was the coolest brand in the world. It was putting out cars that were genuinely shocking the world and pushing boundaries in the best of ways. In the ’80s, BMW…

The BMW Z1 is one of the more important cars the Germans ever made. While at first it may be dismissed by some as a crazy, one-off project, the Z1 was much more than that….

The Z models have been part of the BMW line-up for about 30 years now. The first one has an appropriate name too, the Z1. The Z stands for Zukunft which means ‘future’ in BMW’s…

The ’80s were odd. It was a decade filled with over-sized clothing, popped collars, hilariously corny and awesome music and, of course, some of the most over-styled, overly-ambitious cars of all time. One of those…

The 1989-1991 BMW Z1 is the origin of the modern-day BMW small-roadster family that includes the Z3 and Z4 models. This particular model belongs to BMW Classic in Munich and was recently brought out to…

Now that the BMW Z4 is here and has been driven by our own Editor-in-Chief, Horatiu, we know that it’s a very fun car to drive. In fact, the cars he said the new Z4…

BMW is a brand that’s proud of its history, as it should be. The Bavarian brand has made some of the most iconic, most influential cars in the history of the automobile. So it’s no…

Aside from the upcoming BMW 8 Series, the next-gen BMW Z4 is likely the second most exciting car to come from BMW. Not only is it the long-awaited replacement for the handsome-but-aging current-gen Z4, it’s…

We love the BMW Z1, here at BMWBLOG. As the first roadster BMW had built since the 507 Roadster, the BMW Z1 was a bit of an experiment in the late ’80s. Its crazy doors,…