The Z3 received BMW's Motorsport treatment for '98 when the car was fitted with a 240-bhp 3.2-liter inline-6 from the potent M3 coupe, plus upgraded suspension and brakes.

When the 1998-2002 clown shoe BMW Z3 M Coupe was first presented to management (the first prototype of the Z3 Coupe, rather), the executive was at a loss for words. He just stood there, silent, as ...

After Z3 came Z4. The original E85 Z4 produced from 2002 to 2008 came straight out of the love/hate Chris Bangle era of BMW designs, and if I’m honest, I think it’s aged horribly. Some specs ...

BMW Z3 Essential History. The BMW Z3 is a two-door rear-drive coupe and roadster produced for the 1996 to 2002 model years as a follow on to the Europe-only Z1.Though it made its official debut at ...

My car is the coupe out of 883 cars made in the first production year for this 80th model. The Z in Z3 originally stood for Zukunft, which is German for Future. Advertisement ...

At its 2006 Z4 M Coupe launch, BMW wheeled out an example of its old Z3 M Coupe, ... a BMW M GmbH coupe that's rare, generally speaking easy to get parts for, ...

This output surpasses the most powerful version of the Z3 M Coupe from 2002, which boasted a 3.2-liter naturally-aspirated six-cylinder engine producing a cool 321 hp (239 kW / 325 PS).

BMW is set to turn back the clock by unveiling a new model inspired by the iconic Z3 M ‘clownshoe’ at this month’s Villa d’Este concours. Following in the footsteps of the Skytop two-seat ...

Sales started in 1998, with a UK list price of £40,595, and production was completed at BMW’s factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina, making the Z3 M the first M car to be built outside of Germany.