BMW Z3: From James Bond to Neiman Marcus to Auto Stardom

The BMW Z3, the German carmaker’s first new car manufactured in the United States, was BMW’s original mass-market roadster. BMW launched the Z3 – built in Spartanburg, South Carolina – as a 1996 model year automobile after featuring it in the James Bond movie, “GoldenEye.” Marketing the BMW Z3 as the ideal gift in its…

BMW Z4: A Raucous Roadster

The BMW Z4 is a rear-wheel-drive roadster that was unveiled to its enthusiastic world audience in 2003. The Z4 received Automobile Magazine’s “Design of the Year Award” in its first year and won the Red Dot Design Award in 2009. BMW offers the Z4 in two varieties: the Z4 Roadster 2.5i and the Z4 Roadster…