Report: BMW won’t build a 2010 Z4 M

Late last year BMW retired the straight-six engine used in the previous-generation Z4M, prompting aficionados to start hoping for an even better unit for the 2010 car. Unfortunately however, the latest news appears to draw a line through that possibility, and the 2010 Z4 M model altogether.
The news, reported by the UK’s iMotor, quotes an [...]

Hartge BMW Z4 M with M5 V10 engine for sale

Shoehorning big engines into little roadsters is a classic operation - take the Breckland Beira V8 and Irmscher GT40 for a pair of recent examples - but the tuners at Hartge have accomplished what may be one of the most impressively OEM-looking engine swaps of recent times. The combination of BMW Z4 and M5/M6 5.0L [...]

BMW retires the Z4 M’s straight-six engine

Fantastic engines are to car people like a fine vintage is to a wine enthusiast - not just to be used, but enjoyed, savored as some of the highest expressions of the art of their creation. But like all such things, they are fleeting. BMW’s S54B32 engine, the straight-six 3.2L cast-iron motivator that powered such [...]