{"id":50146,"date":"2023-05-20T14:10:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T18:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50146"},"modified":"2023-05-20T14:10:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T18:10:30","slug":"bmw-touring-coupe-50-units-250000-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50146","title":{"rendered":"BMW Could Build 50 Concept Touring Coupes, Priced Around $250,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

The very first thought among almost all car enthusiasts upon first seeing the BMW Concept Touring Coupe (also known as a \u201cZ4 Coupe\u201d or \u201cClown Shoe<\/a> revival\u201d) was \u201cIs BMW actually going to make this?\u201d As it turns out, it actually might. We learned at a design roundtable during the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este that BMW might be considering a production run of the stunning one-off. Even though BMW has yet to commit to a specific number of units (pending more feedback from potential customers), the rumored limited run is around 50 units. Of course, the price point will reflect that: it could cost somewhere in the ballpark of $250,000.<\/p>\n

Great feedback from potential customers<\/h2>\n

During the roundtable discussion with the media, led by the head of BMW Group design Adrian van Hooydonk, we asked about the response from potentially interested customers. According to van Hooydonk, there have been some inquiries from interested, deep-pocketed buyers. \u201cAt least two or three people that said \u2018I want it,’\u201d van Hooydonk told us.<\/p>\n

We then asked van Hooydonk if that interest will lead to anything else, to which he replied \u201cWho knows? You know, I would like that. That\u2019s for sure.\u201d He also went on to say that a very limited run of around 50 units, which is the same number as the BMW 3.0 CSL, is possible. He also alluded that any production car based on this new Clown Shoe would cost significantly less than the 3.0 CSL, as the two cars are very different and would be desirable to different sorts of customers.<\/p>\n

Cheaper than the limited edition BMW 3.0 CSL<\/h2>\n

\u201c[The Concept Touring Coupe is] a different animal of course. Maybe not a car that you would go on track with. Still a car with, I think, decent amount of horsepower and good handling for sure. But it\u2019s more common that you can cruise through Europe with and do let\u2019s say a long weekend and so it\u2019s more that type of fee.\u201d<\/p>\n

An editor from CarBuzz<\/em><\/a> asked van Hooydonk about potential pricing, and we asked a BMW North America representative to confirm the rumored cost. The general consensus seems to be that a price of around $250,000 is realistic if such a car were to be built. Of course, some might say that\u2019s a lot for what is essentially just a Z4 Coupe, especially since any production version would use the same B58 engine as the standard Z4.<\/p>\n

According to BMW, the M3\u2019s S58 engine doesn\u2019t work in the Z4. The B58 engine is powerful enough to be fun, and the Z4 M40i is a blast to drive, but it won\u2019t be the selling point for a potential Z4 Coupe \u201cClown Shoe\u201d remake. Instead, customers would want it for its bespoke interior and its functionality as an exclusive, stylish, touring car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The very first thought among almost all car enthusiasts upon first seeing the BMW Concept Touring Coupe (also known as a \u201cZ4 Coupe\u201d or \u201cClown Shoe revival\u201d) was \u201cIs BMW actually going to make this?\u201d As it turns out, it actually might. We learned at a design roundtable during the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50147,"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-50146","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\/50146","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}