![]() ![]() The latest Z4 is about 6 inches longer and 350 pounds heavier than before. You can also get an all-new seven-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission on the sDrive35i that's similar to the M3's "M DCT" gearbox. The base sDrive 30i comes with a capable inline-6 that's good for 255 hp, while the sDrive35i ups the ante with a 300-hp twin-turbocharged inline-6 that gets the roadster from zero to 60 in an estimated 5 seconds flat - about as quick as last year's hard-core M version of the Z4. ![]() The Z4 mostly delivers when it comes to performance, the exception being its artificial-feeling electric power steering, and it adds a level of sophistication that few small convertibles can match. At $45,000-50,000 to start, the Z4 now goes head-to-head with well-established rivals like the Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class and the Porsche Boxster. It's more expensive, too, but that's to be expected with the advent of the retractable hardtop and a more luxurious interior. ![]() The new Z4 is significantly more refined, there's a little more room inside and it now boasts a power-folding hardtop. But a full redesign for the 2009 BMW Z4 moves the car into the rarefied realm of true luxury/performance roadsters. The outgoing BMW Z4, like the Z3 before it, was widely considered to be merely an expensive "sporty" car - a Miata for well-off college coeds. ![]()
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