A broad palette of colour choice

The colour palette on the Z4 Coupe is identical to that of the Roadster offering non-metallic Alpine White, Jet Black and Bright Red. As a no cost option, customers can also specify metallic Titanium Silver, Black Sapphire, Montego Blue, Silver Grey, Deep Green and Monaco Blue. For those wanting to further personalise their cars, three colours from BMW's Individual palette are available - Phoenix Yellow, Midnight Blue and Ruby Black.



Driver-focussed cabin

Those familiar with the Z4 Roadster will instantly feel at home in the new Coupe as the two cars share dashboard and seating components. The new Coupe has the same low seating position and high door design from the Roadster, ensuring that occupants feel safe, cosseted and close to the road.

In common with the new Roadster, air conditioning and fresh air vents are treated in pearl gloss ruthenium that complement the standard Oregon leather seat coverings, available in Black, Dream Red, Beige and Pearl Grey. Customers can opt for extended New England full leather in Black, Dream Red, Beige or Saddle Brown, adding leather covering to the entire door panel, 'A' pillars and the sun visors. Those wanting to personalise the interior of their Z4 Coupe yet further can specify one of BMW Individual's offerings, either in Bi-colour New England leather or an extended palette of fine-quality Nappa leathers in Champagne, Caramel, Amarone Red and Syrah Blue.



Capacious boot capacity

With its Pocket GT focus, everyday practicalities such as storage have not been compromised. While by no means considered a 'load-lugger', the new car offers up to 340 litres of usable boot space - more than enough to hold a pair of golf bags or luggage for a weekend away. A retractable load cover is offered as standard to hide 285 litres of the luggage space. This serves to keep prying eyes away from a precious cargo and attaches to the inside of the boot, enabling the boot to be opened while it remains in place. Inside, the Coupe features a centrally locked 10-litre storage box in the rear bulkhead and two 3.7-litre storage compartments to either side.



Z4 M Coupe - designed with speed in mind

As the high-performance derivative of the new Z4 Coupe range, the Z4 M Coupe exhibits a number of subtle differences when compared to the 'standard' 3.0si Coupe.

A lower front valance gives an instant indication of the potential under the skin. A wide central air intake serves to induct combustible air into the engine as well as cool the 3.2-litre BMW Motorsport unit, while two smaller side ducts deliver cooling over the brake discs and callipers. These ducts replace the front fog lights from the 3.0si. Unlike other M cars that feature a bonnet 'bulge' formed by a traditional pressing process, the new BMW Z4 Coupe uses two technically-advanced precision crease lines in the bonnet to create a power dome and generate the necessary additional space under the bonnet for the high-performance engine.

From the side, all the panel work is carried over from the Z4 3.0si Coupe. The Z4 M Coupe sits on the same 8J x 18 and 9J x 18 five-spoke M-Light alloy wheels as the M Roadster that are shod with low profile 225/45 ZR18 tyres on the front and 255/40 ZR 18 on the rear. The five narrow wheel spokes give a clear view of the M3 CSL-derived high performance drilled and vented brake discs.

Moving to the rear, BMW M's trademark four polished exhaust pipes protrude in pairs on either side of the aerodynamic diffuser. Not just an aesthetic 'signature', the diffuser also serves to improve aerodynamic efficiency at the rear of the car.

On top of being able to specify most of the 3.0si colours - Alpine White, Black Sapphire, Silver Grey, Titanium Silver and Monaco Blue - customers opting for the M-variant can also specify BMW M's Interlagos Blue, Imola Red and Sepang Bronze.

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