A la vez AUTOCAR en Inglaterra y auto strassenverkehr en Alemania http://www.autocarmag.com/news_article.asp?na_id=213192 BMW could be gearing up to launch a new flagship car – the Z9. These official renderings – created by BMW’s Californian styling studio – were released at the Los Angeles Auto Show at the beginning of January. Dubbed the California Spyder concept, BMW’s Designworks studio says the concept would have a folding carbonfibre roof and be powered by the ‘700bhp V10 engine that powers the BMW-Williams F1 car’. At first glance these sketches might look like a flight of conceptual fancy, but BMW bosses have already admitted that a flagship project is on the drawing board. It would almost certainly be powered by the M5’s V10 and could be based on a development of the Z8’s aluminium chassis. It’s likely that this is the supercar project that a senior BMW figure mentioned at a meeting of financial analysts last July. The official said that BMW was considering building such a car, and that it was closely monitoring the market and moves from rival car makers. When Autocar attempted to clarify the surprise comments, a senior BMW spokesman played down the possibility of an imminent launch. He hinted that the project could be rendered pointless by the arrival of the M6 and M6 CSL. The studio computer renderings pictured here show a big, elegant machine that takes the Z4’s ‘flame-surfaced’ looks and refines them considerably. The sketch that shows the Spyder with doors open reveals the folding hard-top under the boot lid. The smaller rendering shows how the car could look in coupé mode with the roof erected
Juassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ¿has probado a repetirlo un par de ves? Se te hace la lengua un 8.
por diossss es mas feo que el 350Z detras, y tiene una delantera como de guignol! nonono puede ser! me tengo que hacer jefe de proyectos de BMW pero ya!
juer... supositorio?? (no es que hayan muchos angulos) pero desde que angulo de visión te lo miras?? juas me estoy imaginando un supositorio... pero ná ná... que imaginación que tienen algunos ;-)
Los 2 primeros bocetos que postea Gus, uff ... esas formas taaaan alargadas,no me gustan nada. Solo la trasera se escapa un poco. El 3 boceto me gusta bastante mas, si van por ese camino pueden llegar a algo decente
la intencion de BMW de tener un superdeportivo...esta clara. Llevan años detras del tema....y años sin tener uno desde el M1.... SDS
A ki me parecen esos bocetos muy poco realistas, claro que si ya hay un V10 (el de los M 5 y 6) testado en casi 600 Cv y la intención que dice Nacho (además en la línea esa más cercana a un Porsche carrera -motor central, poco peso, muchas rpm- que a un SLR, por ejemplo) pues lo mismo los tiros andan por ahí...
Por cierto...sobre base BMW Z8 alargada Bertone hizo este Concept hace unos años.... el Bertone Birusa; se parece en algunos detalles a los diseños:
Estos diseños me resultan igual de descorazonadores que cuando vi los primeros diseños del Z4. O hacen un superdeportivo en plan M1 (actualizado, claro) o un roadster en condiciones tipo Z3/Z8, pero querer juntar las dos cosas .... como que no.
Ojito qu eesto se mueve...se habla de un Mclaren P8 en pruebas ya Not so Fast: McLaren P8 supercar back on track GREG KABLE Posted Date: 4/5/05 McLaren’s new 6.3-liter V8-powered mid-engine supercar has been granted a surprise reprieve, despite partner Mercedes-Benz officially severing ties with the project earlier this year. The new two-seater, codenamed P8 (AW, Feb. 23, 2004), is now being engineered exclusively by McLaren, which plans to oversee remaining development work before placing the sleek supercar into production alongside the front-engine Mercedes SLR at its factory in England—all with the blessing of Mercedes-Benz, according to high-ranking McLaren insiders. News of the P8’s resurrection comes after recent comments from Mercedes-Benz boss Eckhard Cordes indicating the Ferrari-fighting supercar had been abandoned as part of a broad-based cost-cutting program that has seen the German manufacturer refocus its attention on core models in a bid to boost profitability (AW, Jan. 3).
