BMW teases possible Z4 concept with shadowy art
Open-topped concept to debut at 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
a bit more communicative and the brakes are not so bad, but it must be said that this Mustang still feels a bit brutish in the way it plows around corners. Give it full points for precision, a few less for finesse.
Can we at least agree that the current gen is the most refined in its 50-year history? Give me the streamlined simplicity of a hardtop coupe over the ragtop’s novelty, and I’ll drive this Mustang all day long.
The Mustang is not my cup of tea, but I see why you and others like it so much. It feels more North American than the Chevrolet Camaro, which still looks vaguely foreign and sounds — in V6 guise, at least — decidedly European. The Dodge Challenger, authentic to its core, is a portly beast sportified only by outrageous amounts of power. Fast it may be, but corners flummox it.
That leaves the Mustang, master of perhaps no specific attribute, but sufficiently capable in all to be first choice among those looking for a genuinely North American pony car.
BMW has teased a dramatic rendering of an open-topped sports car in profile ahead of the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours. The concept car will be revealed at the event on August 17.
The rendering likely depicts the upcoming Z4, being developed alongside the upcoming Toyota Supra.
The large headrests seem to indicate it will blur the line between a targa top and a traditional full convertible.
The powertrain is hopefully a turbocharged in-line six-cylinder engine, free from hybrid hoopla.
The profile seems notably different from the i8 roadster shown previously and it seems too rakish to be the 8 Series convertible.
We’ll have full information on the car when the concept is revealed at the show.