BMW’s last supercar was the M1 back in 1979. That car was the first car produced by BMW Motorsports, which makes the M cars like M3 and M5. The BMW M1 had a 3.5 litre inline-6 24 valve engine that made 277hp at 6500rpm and 324Nm of torque at 5000rpm. Tuned versions could make up to 850hp.
Now with it’s involvement with F1, BMW naturally would go what the other car manufacturers in F1 are going to do, make a supercar. Toyota has it’s Lexus LF-A and Honda has it’s new NSX coming down the lane. BMW’s new supercar is going to be called the Z10.
BMW has set development targets for the Z10 to be a rear/mid-engine supercar powered by a V10. The V10 would be likely a tuned up version of the advanced M5 V10 5 litre engine that won the 2005 Engine of the Year award. Targetted performance figures are 550hp and a curb weight of 1200kg which gives the car a power to weight ratio of 458bhp per tonne.
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850 Rpm? O_o
whazat?
upto 850rpm?
typo… sorry sorry. hahah.
this car look a lil bit cacat for me….
quite weird of this car design especially in front
yhtan…
its a SUPERCAR!!its suppose to look different…obscene..sexy…powerful..unique..and one of its kind..
if not..ar..i wudnt be a supercar..
name one supercar…that looks like an ordinary car…
Awesome only the front end not the back.
may be just the photo take from different anger… may look better in other view?
i like the BMW in this kind of blue color… damm the nice..
cheers….
kalen_XI: M5?
Ok, maybe M5 is not supercar, but this supercar is gonna use the M5 engine.
charger:M5!??!?!?huh?!?!?!..pleaseeeee lah
jk dude…wut i meant..is supercar…thats outrageous…like lambo…ferrari…bugati..mclaren…koesigneagagg…sumthing..ahha..dont know wut those norwegian call that..neway…there's nuthing conventional bout any of those cars…besides having a freaking huge engine..and the price of 2 houses
HAHAHAHA looks like a BMW squashed by savvy monster truck.
this is weird. the side profile and rear screams of lambo gallardo. but i think lamborghini is audi owned.
still, i dunno.
The front looks like the station wagon flattened and pull to length….and that back of that car looks like toyota MR2 Spider……aikss……not a little bit BMwish……hmmm…..I think BMW should concentrate on his current 3, 5 & 7 series which can target more Bachelors…and Playboy Uncles's….lolz….
tis car is so COPYABLE
why the rear so ugly wan? cool to have bmw supercar, but might suffer the same perception that vw got with their passat. when ppl wan supercar, they want ferrari, mclaren,lambo and porsche… even merc had to join in mclaren to sell in this business
the back reminds me of the lambo back. ahaha.. nice car la.. not too exhuberant about it..
the headlamps= gen2
the rear definitely mimics lamborghini..
the car has the face of a cobra….as in the snake..heh
talking about gen 2 the 1.3 auto version is out today he..
The front end looks exactly like the new 3 series, the side profile from a Z4 and the rear from a Murcielago.
off ropic a bit
adamckc
saw gen 2 the 1.3 version in energy orange…
the wheel caps sucks and no fog lamps
for a BMW fan myself, IMHO, nearly all the other supercars in the market now looks better than this Z10. The rear looks like Porche Carrera GT mixed with a Lambo, and the front is too curvy compared the rear where its more angled. Feels a too sudden of change.hmmm…
probably BMW is still new in supercars genre, in time i believe it'll improve.
Looks too much like a Gallardo. But performance will be awesome with the M5 V10. This Z10 only weighs 1200 kg.
Looks every bit like a supercar.
IT,S A FUNNY LOoKIN cAR
I like the way the Z10 looks. It looks like a very purposeful roadster.
hey everybody comments the design but no body comments the performance because it will squash the lambos and ferraris.
oh my god people bitching bout wat is looks like comparing it to other cars well why not judge its performance then compare that to other so called supercars it has 5.5 litre engine 550 bhp which will send it over 200mph it only £90,000, £30,000 cheaper than a ferrari or lambo so u get can this for cheaper than those cars and its faster than most too 911 turbo and v8 vantage watch out coz this car will make a dent in ur sales too.
All i can say is that if it were human, i would have sex with it in a instant.
this cars performance is awsome but the the front is shit the back is like a a gallardo but it reminds me of the Carrera Gt
I've been a loyal BMW fan and owner since 1973, but I'm sorry, the Enzo, the Carrera GT, and the Saleen are true supercars, the M10 sadly looks like a "Tuner" version of a Z-4. Performance is only one part of the package, If it's touted as a supercar, I think that it must look the part too – at least a little bit. Another disappointment in styling/design from Munich!
what? this is chop and chop and chop BMW, Lambo, Audi,
and there u have this so-called SUPERCAR?
countering Mercedes SLR?
come on. blue ocean strategy maaaannn…dont compete. just complete each other!
it's a fake. this not a supercar. it's only good photoshop work. this car created using other bmw cars like M6 and 3 series and the Lamborghini Gallardo. it's like M6 stretched to the body of Gallardo and they put head lights of 3 series. rear of car created using some ideas from Audi R8 except stop lights and bumper. lights created manualy or modified from other car's stop light. but i know only 1 thing that it's not a real supercar and remember that BMW never make same details to it's cars especially if it's like a new supercar that everybody wait from BMW. that's all:)) and sorry for my bad english:)
its look like gumpert apollo..
The back looks like the back of the lexus lf-a.. anyone see the resemble?