New 2009 2010 BMW Z4 - ZPOST
BMW Garage BMW Meets Register Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


Go Back   New 2009 2010 BMW Z4 - ZPOST > BMW Z4 Forum (E89) > 2009-Current Z4 Forum (E89) General Discussion

Post Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
      03-20-2009, 02:35 AM   #1
JJ_Wonderboy
Private First Class
JJ_Wonderboy's Avatar
11
Rep
122
Posts

Drives: 2009 Z4 35i
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: England, UK.

iTrader: (0)

New Z4 Reviews Compilation!

Here's a compilation of reviews of the new Z4. Those who like the DNA of the old Z4 look away now...

http://e89.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=360301 (sDrive35iS review)

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/...09-CAR-review/

http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/...BMW-Z4/238845/

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...opanel..1.*#18

http://www.abhd.nl/video/bmw-z4-roadster/

http://www.nextautos.com/first-drive...src=Nextscreen

http://www.imotormag.co.uk/

http://www.autoweek.com/article/2009...IEWS/903209985

http://www.channel4.com/4car/rt/bmw/z4/29201/2

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t_drive_review

http://www.cardealermagazine.co.uk/p...t-hard-to-top/

http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=239016

http://www.wheels.ca/article/530837

http://jalopnik.com/5243469/2009-bmw...yline=true&s=i

http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/ma...en-2009-bmw-z4


Z4 sDrive28i (N20 motor) Reviews:


Autoblog

Car and Driver
Appreciate 0
      03-20-2009, 02:39 AM   #2
JJ_Wonderboy
Private First Class
JJ_Wonderboy's Avatar
11
Rep
122
Posts

Drives: 2009 Z4 35i
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: England, UK.

iTrader: (0)

And another...

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...opanel..1.*#18
Appreciate 0
      03-20-2009, 04:54 AM   #3
Z4 Beemer
Colonel
Z4 Beemer's Avatar
Scotland
83
Rep
2,353
Posts

Drives: 2009 Z4 sDrive 23i
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
2006 E92  [0.00]
2004 Z4 2.2i  [8.00]
Yep, just watched the video review from Mat Watson on www.imotormag.co.uk

He seemed quite positive about it.
__________________
E89 Z4 sDrive 23i... for the more discerning driver
Appreciate 0
      03-22-2009, 07:28 AM   #4
zEdP
Ed
Netherlands
18
Rep
298
Posts

Drives: Z4 sDrive30i
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Netherlands

iTrader: (0)

Review comparison E85/E89

I have found a review of someone who says he has driven an E89 in Spain last week. The best of all is, he owns a 3.0 E85 with m-tech suspension. So a nice reference point to start.

It's written in German...
http://www.zroadster.com/forum/bmw_z...o_f%E4hrt.html


I have tried to translate the ‘Chassis and handling‘ paragraph so accurate as possible.
An interesting part :Chassis and handling

Now the part surprising for me. The new Z4’s suspension has become clearly more comfortable and targets a different kind of driver. But the sportiness did not suffer from it. The corning speed is very high. The Z4 remains always neutral, no under-steers at all. Even the moment I entered a U turn a little too fast, the car never pushed the front axle in under steer. The steering element fits: Precise, beautiful feedback - in addition, less difficult to operate than the old one. Again softly, like the whole car. The test driven car was equipped with the adaptive chassis option. The sDrive settings normal, sport and Sport+ differ however only in nuances. These have nearly no noticeable influence on the handling of the car. The only disadvantage of the new one with DKG: Getting the car into a drift is quite difficult. I have no idea what causes this, but one thing is clear. The new E89 one has more traction than the E85. The DKG seems to contribute to this also. In my opinion, my E85 is better suited to drift.

His verdict:
The new Z4 is in nearly in all areas a better car in comparison to a E85. The chassis is really fantastic (even with the extra >100 Kg). The twin turbo is a dream and the DKG makes it even more perfect.

Thanks to author, FastWriter of http://www.zroadster.com.
Appreciate 0
      03-22-2009, 08:18 AM   #5
155MPH
Major
155MPH's Avatar
United_States
61
Rep
1,379
Posts

Drives: E89 Z4 sDrive28i M Performance
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Jersey Shore

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
Autoweek

http://www.autoweek.com/article/2009...IEWS/903209985
Appreciate 0
      03-23-2009, 09:23 AM   #6
patrice03
Private First Class
13
Rep
164
Posts

Drives: z23 318d f30
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: europe

iTrader: (0)

5 stars

http://www.channel4.com/4car/rt/bmw/z4/29201/2
Appreciate 0
      03-23-2009, 11:02 AM   #7
TomT
New Member
Belgium
0
Rep
19
Posts

Drives: Z4 sDrive30iA
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Belgium

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by zEdP View Post
I have found a review of someone who says he has driven an E89 in Spain last week. The best of all is, he owns a 3.0 E85 with m-tech suspension. So a nice reference point to start.

It's written in German...
http://www.zroadster.com/forum/bmw_z...o_f%E4hrt.html

Thanks to author, FastWriter of http://www.zroadster.com.
I've tried to translate the complete review. But I must say my English and my German are not perfect, so I'm sorry if there is a part that is hard to understand.

Quote:
So, I'm back from Spain from the International Press-presentation af the new Z4. I want to share my first impressions with you.

To begin: I'm a driving-purist. I have my Z4 equipped with softtop and M-suspension. That's the way a roadster should be in my opinion: Hard and without compromises.
From that point I had serious doubts by the new Z4. If that would be justly in the end? I'll tell you later. Let's start with a systematic overview.

1. DESIGN
As with every BMW since Bangle, the new Z4 works first in reality. On pictures the proportions, light and shadowes don't give a realistic image. I have to say (attention: that's MY opinion): optical, the car is a dream, I like it much more than the previous model. Even with closed roof, the Z4 looks good. Also the interior is very nice, there's no more such thing as a failing dignity. But, if you want to give it the last really nice touch, you have to spend some money on options.


2. The engine and transmission
Unfortunately we only had the opportunity to test the top-model with biturbo, which means I can't tell you anything about the smaller variants. Off course, the turbo six in line is a fabulous driving mechanism. It has almost the characteristic of a diesel-engine: even in the lower revs you always have enough torque. In fact, it doesn't matter in which gear you are, you always have enough power. The sound is a dream, on the outside it's much better than the last Z4. On the inside it's a little different: the soundgenerator which made you hear the engine better in the interior is not fitted anymore on the new Z4. But it still sounds good enough, though!
Minus point: Fuel economy. During the testdrive in the mountains between Alicante and Benidorm we had an average fuel economy of 17l/100km!
But I believe that you should be able to reduce that to 11-14l/100km when you use the car in a normal way in Germany. Because the fuel tank is not very large, you will not be able to drive far before you have to fill it up again!

About the transmission: the 7-speed DCT is a must for the biturbo engine. It works better than the VW-DSG, and thanks to the shift-peddles and the possibility to shift manually, it's simply great fun to drive! But the DCT also is convincing while driving in automatic mode.
Downside: even in manual mode you have the kickdown-function. In my opinion: when manual, it must be completely manual.

3. Chassis and Handling

(I've copied this part from zEdP)

Now the part surprising for me. The new Z4’s suspension has become clearly more comfortable and targets a different kind of driver. But the sportiness did not suffer from it. The corning speed is very high. The Z4 remains always neutral, no under-steers at all. Even the moment I entered a U turn a little too fast, the car never pushed the front axle in under steer. The steering element fits: Precise, beautiful feedback - in addition, less difficult to operate than the old one. Again softly, like the whole car. The test driven car was equipped with the adaptive chassis option. The sDrive settings normal, sport and Sport+ differ however only in nuances. These have nearly no noticeable influence on the handling of the car. The only disadvantage of the new one with DKG: Getting the car into a drift is quite difficult. I have no idea what causes this, but one thing is clear. The new E89 one has more traction than the E85. The DKG seems to contribute to this also. In my opinion, my E85 is better suited to drift

4. Roof
And now the only real downside of the car: the hardtop. The advantages to a softtop are minimal, and more of a marketing point of view.
The disadvantages: the roof wheighs 30 kg more than a softtop. It makes the trunkspace with the roof down really small and almost unusable. The opening of the roof takes 20sec, twice as long as by the previous Z4. That will be too short sometimes to open the roof at a red light, because you can't open the roof while driving at a slow speed.
The only advantage is the better isolation from noises. At 180km/h the noise is as loud as with the old Z4, and at 200km/h you have to scream to your passenger!

Conclusion

The new Z4 is in almost every objective a better car than the previous. The chassis is really fantastic (especially when you realize that the new one wheigs 100kg more than the old one!), the biturbo is a dream and the DCT is a masterpiece. Everyone who has ordered one so far, should be glad!

It's not a car for me though. BMW looks for a different type of client in my opinion. I can imagine that in the future the most Z4's will be driven by a blond woman, with closed roof.

It's funny that the car is designed by 2 women.

It's really not a roadster anymore, but more a comfortable cabrio. For me it makes to much compromises, to fascinate me. But, it is a very good car!

So, hopefully you'll understand a bit of my English.
Appreciate 0
      03-27-2009, 01:24 PM   #8
TomT
New Member
Belgium
0
Rep
19
Posts

Drives: Z4 sDrive30iA
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Belgium

iTrader: (0)

ABHD reviews the new Z4. (video - in dutch)

http://www.abhd.nl/video/bmw-z4-roadster/
Appreciate 0
      03-27-2009, 08:56 PM   #9
Jason
Administrator
Jason's Avatar
United_States
40111
Rep
21,227
Posts

Drives: F80 M3
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: USA

iTrader: (0)

Updated!
Appreciate 0
      03-28-2009, 06:42 AM   #10
yabbanoname
Private First Class
yabbanoname's Avatar
Belgium
3
Rep
115
Posts

Drives: Z4 sDrive35i
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Antwerp

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
And another one in dutch:
http://www.nuvideo.nl/auto/25152/bmw-z4-sierlijker.html

also taken in Spain ...

He obviously dislikes the folding hardtop

Why the dislike of the DCT ?
Nobody complains about the Veyron, California, or new 911 Turbo with a DCT/PDK.
Somebody ?
__________________
GrtZ
Yo!
Appreciate 0
      03-29-2009, 10:49 AM   #11
Z4 Beemer
Colonel
Z4 Beemer's Avatar
Scotland
83
Rep
2,353
Posts

Drives: 2009 Z4 sDrive 23i
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
2006 E92  [0.00]
2004 Z4 2.2i  [8.00]


cut to 2:30 for a 1 minute review (in English)!
__________________
E89 Z4 sDrive 23i... for the more discerning driver
Appreciate 0
      04-25-2009, 01:12 AM   #12
fred
Registered
0
Rep
4
Posts

Drives: Blk 98 318ti
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Irvine, CA

iTrader: (0)

Mixed reviews from Car and Driver...

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t_drive_review
Appreciate 0
      04-25-2009, 04:50 AM   #13
JJ_Wonderboy
Private First Class
JJ_Wonderboy's Avatar
11
Rep
122
Posts

Drives: 2009 Z4 35i
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: England, UK.

iTrader: (0)

Another review here...

http://www.cardealermagazine.co.uk/p...t-hard-to-top/
Appreciate 0
      04-25-2009, 04:53 AM   #14
JJ_Wonderboy
Private First Class
JJ_Wonderboy's Avatar
11
Rep
122
Posts

Drives: 2009 Z4 35i
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: England, UK.

iTrader: (0)

And another...

http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=239016
Appreciate 0
      04-25-2009, 05:02 AM   #15
JJ_Wonderboy
Private First Class
JJ_Wonderboy's Avatar
11
Rep
122
Posts

Drives: 2009 Z4 35i
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: England, UK.

iTrader: (0)

And another...

http://www.wheels.ca/article/530837
Appreciate 0
      05-01-2009, 10:10 AM   #16
patrice03
Private First Class
13
Rep
164
Posts

Drives: z23 318d f30
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: europe

iTrader: (0)

long and very detailed one, in french, overall very positive, but not sporty, heavy and somewhat disappointed by the handling ..
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...-roadster_auto
Appreciate 0
      05-08-2009, 02:24 AM   #17
JJ_Wonderboy
Private First Class
JJ_Wonderboy's Avatar
11
Rep
122
Posts

Drives: 2009 Z4 35i
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: England, UK.

iTrader: (0)

Our friends over at Jalopnik seem to like it. Say it's basically better than the Z4M Coupe.

http://jalopnik.com/5243469/2009-bmw...yline=true&s=i
Appreciate 0
      05-13-2009, 10:39 AM   #18
Jason
Administrator
Jason's Avatar
United_States
40111
Rep
21,227
Posts

Drives: F80 M3
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: USA

iTrader: (0)

Thecarconnection.com review of the sDrive30i

http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/ma...en-2009-bmw-z4
Appreciate 0
      05-13-2009, 11:38 AM   #19
jragan
Imola Lover
jragan's Avatar
United_States
26
Rep
749
Posts

Drives: 2007 Imola Red M Coupe
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Fort Worth, Texas

iTrader: (0)

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/13/f...of-its-groove/
__________________
His: RIP-"Ruby" E86 ///M Coupe: Pics Track Pics Short Vids Long Vids
Hers: 997-1 C4S: Pics
Appreciate 0
      06-18-2009, 09:51 PM   #20
uslic001
Enlisted Member
6
Rep
44
Posts

Drives: 2009 s35i Z4
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Fayetteville, NC

iTrader: (0)

NYT

Another:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/au...ews/14bmw.html
Appreciate 0
      06-20-2009, 05:06 AM   #21
patrice03
Private First Class
13
Rep
164
Posts

Drives: z23 318d f30
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: europe

iTrader: (0)

http://translate.google.bj/translate...istory_state0=

french review , on 23i, too sum up, engine rocks, but what fails to deliver is the handling, uncomfortable, poor handling on bad roads, jiggly suspension (guess they tested it in sport +) and poor performanc eon wet roads of runflats..
Appreciate 0
      06-20-2009, 07:33 AM   #22
siscobmw
freude am fahren ....scheiden freude...
siscobmw's Avatar
Italy
17
Rep
299
Posts

Drives: Z4 Sdrive30i tiefseeblau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Italy

iTrader: (0)

to sum up (always IMHO): take this last review and put verdicts upside down: You will find the truth about new z4(tried 23i and engine is something good...but writer is exagerating,handling is good , comfort is lightyears away from old z4, suspensions are good but not in sport-I agree- and wet performance on runflats is rubbish verdict...
Francesco from Italy
Appreciate 0
Post Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:57 AM.




zpost
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
1Addicts.com, BIMMERPOST.com, E90Post.com, F30Post.com, M3Post.com, ZPost.com, 5Post.com, 6Post.com, 7Post.com, XBimmers.com logo and trademark are properties of BIMMERPOST