{"id":84157,"date":"2025-11-08T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84157"},"modified":"2025-11-08T05:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T10:00:12","slug":"bmw-z4-coupe-sema-zhupra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84157","title":{"rendered":"BMW Z4 Coupe Based on Toyota Supra Comes to Life at SEMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BMW Z4 and Toyota Supra are a lot more than just platform mates. The two are nearly identical cars, with one conspicuous difference: the roofline. Toyota\u2019s Supra is only offered as a coupe; meanwhile, BMW has only offered its latest Z4 with a folding soft top. And even though BMW hasn\u2019t had a sudden change of heart \u2014 and indeed, there\u2019s no factory Z4 Coupe in the cards \u2014 it\u2019s not like that has ever stopped enthusiasts from driving the car they want. You can stop Googling and AI-manufacturing Z4 Coupe renders; this year at SEMA, someone brought one to life.<\/p>\n

Meet the Z4 Coupe Based on a Supra: the Zupra?<\/h3>\n

At the most base level, the Z4-swapped Supra is a pretty simple concept. After all, mechanicals and almost everything else are shared between the cars. So, bringing the car into reality should really be a matter of simply lining up a few things and getting the paint right. But, as this is SEMA, no build can simply stop at \u201cgood.\u201d So, it\u2019s probably no surprise that there\u2019s a lot more than a bumper swap going on here. A mess of carbon fiber decorates the front, sides, and rear of the car, and 20-inch BBS LM-R wheels front M-badged brake calipers done up in red paint. In back, a roundel decorates the \u201ctrunk\u201d lid, along with a carbon fiber spoiler. Quad-exit exhaust tips \u2014 with a polished finish, which is a bit of an unorthodox take and looks neat \u2014 sit below aftermarket, M4 CSL-inspired taillight designs<\/a> that seem to borrow the cool Laser technology.<\/p>\n

Inside, too, changes have been made to reflect the car\u2019s new badging. New Recaro seats featuring red stitching replace the old Toyota thrones. BMW and M badging now decorate the steering wheel, and new paddle shifters appear to be lifted straight from the G8X M Series vehicles. There\u2019s some new jewelry under the hood, too. Fittingly, the Supra\u2019s B58 engine<\/a> receives a new carbon-laden engine cover.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s In a Name<\/h3>\n

While an obvious name for the project would be simply \u201cZupra,\u201d simplicity clearly wasn\u2019t a guiding principle behind the build. The project\u2019s full name is \u201cGW29CS Zh\u00fcpra,\u201d and the \u201cCS\u201d stands for \u201cclown shoe.\u201d Which is at least somewhat a misappropriation of the term. While \u201cclown shoe\u201d correctly refers to the original M Coupe (which was based on the contemporary Z3 Roadster), this is stylistically much closer to the Z4 M Coupe that followed. It donned a much more coupe-typical figure that the \u201cZh\u00fcpra\u201d seems to share. The original M Coupe was a shooting brake, which is where the \u201cclown shoe\u201d title came from. Semantics aside, you have to appreciate the amount of dedication that went into the build. But really, this build just makes us pine for a factory, G29 Z4 M Coupe even more. The gallery below has more pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The BMW Z4 and Toyota Supra are a lot more than just platform mates. The two are nearly identical cars, with one conspicuous difference: the roofline. Toyota\u2019s Supra is only offered as a coupe; meanwhile, BMW has only offered its latest Z4 with a folding soft top. And even though BMW hasn\u2019t had a sudden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84158,"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-84157","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\/84157","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=84157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}