Official BMW Z4 press photos leaked

Earlier this week we brought you some leaked pictures of the new BMW Z4. They weren’t too bad and gave you a look at a badly-lit car’s front, rear and profile.

We’re guessing that in a bit of crisis management, BMW has decided that these images shouldn’t form most people’s critical first impression of their big-budget new roadster, and press shots of the new car have miraculously appeared online at Belgium’s autotijd.be site ahead of the car’s Pebble Beach unveil on August 23rd.

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The pictures show a good deal more detail, including the design of the fascia, the revised gear lever and iDrive controller, a new alloy wheel design for the roadster and a different silver treatment for the squared-off rollover hoops, contrasting with the piano black finish in the earlier shots. The press shots also highlight a striking swage line that runs from the front wheel arch straight up onto the flank above the rear wheel, giving the fuselage a taut, wedgy impression.

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As before, the car pictured is the M40i, which gets much the same 3.0-litre twin-turbo lump found in the M240i. With 500Nm and up to 285kW (dependent on market), it also gets adaptive dampers and an electronic limited-slip differential as standard. An eight-speed automatic is the sole transmission choice.

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