The Chronicle (South Tyneside and Durham)
FACELIFT 4 BMW COUPE
BMW has given its 4-Series coupe and convertible a mid-life facelift and update.
On the outside there are new headlamps and tail lights and inside gets a new steering wheel design. What you can’t see is
■ A Range Rover used by the late Queen, and which also carried Barack Obama on a state visit, is being offered for sale on enthusiasts’ website Pistonheads.
The 2016 Range Rover SDV8 LWB Autobiography has 16,000 miles on the clock, more than 2,000 of which were racked up serving the
BMW’S latest System 8.5 software installed in the infotainment system.
A new feature is the Augmented View display for the navigation system which royal household. The car was fitted with a police siren and side steps, both of which have been removed.
It appears in many photos with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on board, so is a genuine ex-royal car.
Not sure I’d want to pay £224,850 for it though, despite the royal connection. is available as an option. There are also new upholstery options and exterior paint finishes.
Prices start at £43,020 for the coupe and £49,695 for the convertible, with deliveries starting in the spring.
BMW is bringing out a new version of its Z4 roadster that comes with a ‘Handschalter Pack’.
This M40i is the first model available with a six-speed manual gearbox which explains the use of the German word above which means ‘hand shift’.
The handschalter Z4 M40i is available exclusively in Frozen Deep
Green paint with Cognac interior, and costs £60,675.
Deliveries will start in spring this year.
Edited by Colin Goodwin