2009 BMW E89 Z4

While the production of the BMW Z4 moves from US to Germany, BMW is out and about road testing the next gen Z4. The spy pics all over the net shows the E89 Z4 roadster with some pretty heavy plastic camo in its earlier stage of road testing and as of late, switched to a skin tight, swirl-patterned vinyl wrapped camo revealing a bit more details. After studying all these spy pics, I decided to create my own interpretation of how it may look like.

Design and Render notes:
This current model in my opinion should have been the car that preceded the Z3 (E36/7). If my rendering proves to be accurate, the new headlight is thinner and slanted which looks to be closer to the shape of the Z3 headlights than the E85 Z4. In addition, this new model also went back to the clam shell hood style as seen on the Z3 model. Comparing it to the E85 Z4, BMW has definitely toned down the flamed surface on this one. The new model looks really sleek with the BMW signature still evident. The recent spy pictures have enough information for me to feel confident about the accuracy of this rendering. The only part I'm not sure of is the side markings/vent design. It's hard to figure out from any spy pictures I've seen so we'll just wait and see on that one.

As always this image was done using Photoshop CS and with a mighty mouse.

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