{"id":267153,"date":"2018-08-24T09:13:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T07:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=267153"},"modified":"2018-08-24T09:13:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T07:13:41","slug":"bmw-reveals-new-z4-roadster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/267153\/bmw-reveals-new-z4-roadster\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW reveals new Z4 roadster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German motoring giant BMW has finally unveiled the 2019 BMW Z4 roadster sports car.<\/p>\n<p>This First Edition Z4 M40i has a turbocharged 3.0-litre inline-six engine with 335bhp (250 kilowatts) that pushes the roadster to 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in an estimated 4.4 seconds<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the Z4 30i will go on sale in early 2019 first, while the M40i will arrive in the second quarter of the year.<\/p>\n<p>BMW has not yet revealed pricing or additional performance specifications, which it said it will publish in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A new sports suspension with electronically controlled dampers, M Sport braking system and an electronically controlled M Sport differential in the rear axle transmission turn open-top driving pleasure into a sporting revelation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new BMW Z4 M40i First Edition inspires with its sophisticated design and equipment features, including an exclusive and striking body paintwork in Frozen Orange metallic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is combined with an electrically operated textile soft top in anthracite with silver effect, BMW Individual High Gloss Shadow Line, black exterior mirror caps and 19-inch light alloy wheels boasting a bicolour, double-spoke design.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Furthermore, together with the M-specific air inlets, Adaptive LED headlights with matrix function for the high beam and BMW kidney grille with mesh design give the illusion of extra width at the front,&#8221; BMW said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-Z4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267159\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-Z4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-Z4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-Z4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-Z4-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-z4-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267161\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-z4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-z4-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-z4-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-z4-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-z4-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-z4-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-z4-4-e1535093439874.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267167\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-z4-4-e1535093439874.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-Z4-7-e1535093657670.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267169\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-Z4-7-e1535093657670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-Z4-6-e1535093679357.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267171\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BMW-Z4-6-e1535093679357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/265467\/why-this-2002-bmw-is-valued-at-r2-6-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why this 2002 BMW is valued at R2.6 million<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German motoring giant BMW has finally unveiled the 2019 BMW Z4 roadster sports car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":267163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[5365,26],"class_list":["post-267153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-bmw","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267153"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267185,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267153\/revisions\/267185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}