The Z1 is Terrible

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
11/02/2017 at 20:16 • Filed to: None

It has retractable doors for no apparent reason. But that means all the controls look cheap and are in weird spots and it’s hard to get in or out.

It has plastic body panels so you can swap them easily. You can’t swap them easily. And changing color doesn’t work because the car is full of body-color parts both inside and out. And the panels all crack because they’re plastic.

It is damn cool. But it’s a design disaster.

DISCUSSION (23)

AestheticsInMotion > Nauraushaun
11/02/2017 at 20:24

It’s also ugly. There, I said it.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Nauraushaun
11/02/2017 at 20:26

My thoughts exactly. It’s the most interesting car BMW ever made (no, Glas-BMWs and Isettas aren’t proper BMWs), but damn is it stupid. I think that’s what made it interesting really.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Nauraushaun
11/02/2017 at 20:30

Kinja'd!!!

And as I recall, the Z8 performed worse than the E39 M5 with which it shared most mechanical gubbins.

HammerheadFistpunch > AestheticsInMotion
11/02/2017 at 20:42

It genuinely is.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Nauraushaun
11/02/2017 at 21:04

It’s ugly. It has all the parts of an e30, but I’d take a nice e30 325is every day of the week over the Z1. That being said, I do get excited when I see a Z1.

Dusty Ventures > Nauraushaun
11/02/2017 at 21:41

I love that it exists, just because it’s so batshit, but I wouldn’t ever want one

wafflesnfalafel > Nauraushaun
11/02/2017 at 21:54

The Z1 was very of it’s time.

Amoore100 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/03/2017 at 02:01

It’s oh so pretty. But according to Clarkson, it drives like this:

Kinja'd!!!

Granted Scanias don’t handle poorly for what they are...

pip bip - choose Corrour > Nauraushaun
11/03/2017 at 06:00

i’d rather have the Alpina version

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Nauraushaun
11/03/2017 at 08:17

While I agree with you, it’s still cool to see one. Saw one in person a few years back when I was in Germany, just chilling out on the street.

Now the cost back in the day??? Are you kidding me BMW!? This or a 911, seems like an easy choice.

SpeedSix > Nauraushaun
11/03/2017 at 17:56

It’s ugly, not very sporting, and I’d own one if the prices weren’t so ridiculous.

RT > AestheticsInMotion
11/04/2017 at 12:57

Just needs more Alpina.

Kinja'd!!!

Nauraushaun > AestheticsInMotion
11/05/2017 at 04:07

I don’t think it is. It’s very plain though, except the doors. Just what you’d expect a boring roadster with BMW cues to look like.

Nauraushaun > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/05/2017 at 04:07

It certainly is. But it’s dumb as a bag of hammers. The only reason we still talk about it is because of how weird it is.

Nauraushaun > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/05/2017 at 04:08

I like the Z8 at lot more. It’s an interesting design without relying on a single gimmick. The Z1 is a plain design with a single gimmick that ruins most of the design.

Nauraushaun > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/05/2017 at 04:14

Well the E30 seems to be a nice design. It doesn’t have all the crazy compromises. I like coupes so I’d probably take the Z1 - at least it does present as a far more modern car.

Nauraushaun > Dusty Ventures
11/05/2017 at 04:18

I wish it were as batshit without being so flawed :(

Nauraushaun > wafflesnfalafel
11/05/2017 at 04:18

I think it was ahead of its time - look at the E30 it’s based on!

But it manages to be of it’s time too.

Nauraushaun > pip bip - choose Corrour
11/05/2017 at 04:19

Was it...actually quick?

Nauraushaun > StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
11/05/2017 at 04:21

I’ve never seen one. I may never see one. :(

I know, insane. They really messed it up. The good ideas made it worse, and priced the car out of the market.

Nauraushaun > SpeedSix
11/05/2017 at 04:21

True.