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      06-10-2014, 01:42 PM   #14
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I would guess the 2 sports car developed with Toyota are :
* Z3 Roadster / Z4 Coupé
* Z5 Roadster / Z6 Coupé (the car referred to in this article).

Downards in the Z range will be the FWD Z1/Z2 developed on the UKL platform (sisters of new Mini roadster/coupé). Upwards there might be a hypothetical luxury Z7/Z8 with V8 and V12 engines to fight the Merc SL and AMG-GT and bridge the gap towards the 1M€ Rolls-Royce V16 super roadster (or maybe there will be no Z7/Z8 if this role will already be assigned to the Z5/Z6).

Since the Z are traditionally front-mid-engined, I think all these should not be mixed up with the new supercar per se, the M1 or M10 or whatever which will be rear-mid-engined to fight the likes of the McLaren 12C and which should be unveiled, at least in concept form, for BMW's 100th annivesary in 2016.

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