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This week sees the Nurburgring being as busy as ever when it comes to automakers testing their upcoming models and one of the most important future development currently doing its thing on the Nordschleife is the 2018 BMW Z5.
We've shown you the Z5 on previous occasions and we can say the same about the other fruit of the BMW-Toyota sportscar collaboration, which could bring the revival of the Supra badge - as those of you following the sportscar realm know, the Bavarians are expected to stick to the open-top architecture, while Toyota should go with the fixed-roof approach to prevent cannibalization.
Nothing has been officially confirmed though - even the Z5 moniker of the sportscars we can see in these spyshots is still a tentative one.
And while the prototype is a "civilian" version of the upcoming Z4 successor, its presence on the Nordschleife makes the Z5M rumors intensify.
Nowadays, BMW's M division makes more money than ever, with most of the credit for this going to the diversification of the line-up. We've been talking about the upcoming 2018 BMW M4 facelift over the past two days, as the mid-cycle revamp is expected to spawn both a "standard" M4 and a follow-up for the M4 GTS, which gets the M4 CS tentative nameplate.
The N55 twin-turbo 3.0-liter straight-six powering those cars could also make it under the hood of the recently-spied M2 CS, but that's not all. The powerplant should also end up animating the Z5 range-topper, along with the obvious M badge.
As for the hp number of the possible Z5 M, the open-top proposal should sit at about 450 hp. However, we still have to wait for the two-seater to enter a more advanced development stage before we can get our hands on a spyshot clue towards this side of the Z4 successor story. Meanwhile, we're inviting you to pay close attention to these Ring photos, as the overly camouflaged prototype demands such an attitude.
Nothing has been officially confirmed though - even the Z5 moniker of the sportscars we can see in these spyshots is still a tentative one.
And while the prototype is a "civilian" version of the upcoming Z4 successor, its presence on the Nordschleife makes the Z5M rumors intensify.
Nowadays, BMW's M division makes more money than ever, with most of the credit for this going to the diversification of the line-up. We've been talking about the upcoming 2018 BMW M4 facelift over the past two days, as the mid-cycle revamp is expected to spawn both a "standard" M4 and a follow-up for the M4 GTS, which gets the M4 CS tentative nameplate.
The N55 twin-turbo 3.0-liter straight-six powering those cars could also make it under the hood of the recently-spied M2 CS, but that's not all. The powerplant should also end up animating the Z5 range-topper, along with the obvious M badge.
As for the hp number of the possible Z5 M, the open-top proposal should sit at about 450 hp. However, we still have to wait for the two-seater to enter a more advanced development stage before we can get our hands on a spyshot clue towards this side of the Z4 successor story. Meanwhile, we're inviting you to pay close attention to these Ring photos, as the overly camouflaged prototype demands such an attitude.
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