{"id":31378,"date":"2022-09-13T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31378"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:00:48","slug":"is-now-the-perfect-time-for-a-bmw-z4-clownshoe-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31378","title":{"rendered":"Is Now the Perfect Time for a BMW Z4 Clownshoe Remake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This current generation of BMW Z4 is a criminally underrated sports car. It isn\u2019t perfect by any means, and it certainly has its flaws, but it\u2019s so much more fun than it gets credit for. That lack of credit means a lack of sales and a lack of sales means there won\u2019t be another generation of Z4. Since this is the last Z4, it would be awesome if BMW sent it out with a bang and what better way to do it that to bring back the Clownshoe?<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve seen many BMW Z4 shooting brake renders over the years, but the one we saw recently comes at an interesting time. It comes hot on the heels of the news that BMW will be bringing a manual Z4 to market, proving that the Bavarians do want to give the Z4 a fitting ending. The manual Z4 is going to be a seriously fun little car and we\u2019re incredibly happy to see that it\u2019s coming but my main question is: why stop there?<\/p>\n

This is going to be the last chance BMW has to remake the Clownshoe\u2014the original BMW Z3 M Coupe<\/a>\u2014which was one of BMW\u2019s most beloved sports cars of its time. Even with its absurd looks, fans still love the Clownshoe, which proves just how exciting of a package it is. If BMW does ever make another small sports car like the Z4, it will be all-electric. So this is the end of the line for a real-deal Clownshoe remake.<\/p>\n

Will BMW make such a car? I\u2019ll never say never, just to cover my ass, but I\u2019d be willing to bet a shockingly large percentage of my money that BMW doesn\u2019t even consider making a new Clownshoe. Does that mean we can\u2019t dream? Of course not. A BMW Z4 shooting brake that looks like the car in this render, with a B58 turbocharged I6 up front, a manual gearbox in the middle, and rear-wheel drive would be a sensational machine and a BMW enthusiast\u2019s dream.<\/p>\n

If there was ever a time to make something weird and fun, for the sake of doing something weird and fun, it would be now. BMW\u2019s already giving the Z4 a manual transmission toward the end of its life cycle and it\u2019s the 50th anniversary of BMW M. So why not make another special M Performance car, like a BMW Z4 M40i Coupe, to give fans the return of the Clownshoe.?<\/p>\n

[Photo provided by www.instagram.com\/sugardesign_1<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This current generation of BMW Z4 is a criminally underrated sports car. It isn\u2019t perfect by any means, and it certainly has its flaws, but it\u2019s so much more fun than it gets credit for. That lack of credit means a lack of sales and a lack of sales means there won\u2019t be another generation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":31379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}