Manufactured between 1989 and 1991, the Z1 is the first roadster in a short series of Zs. Often dismissed as a hairdresser’s car, the E30-based model is one of the first BMWs to flaunt multi-link rear ...

But in driving the Z1, we visit the 1980s, the decade fashion forgot and a time when BMW’s designers really broke free from their three-box straitjackets. Even now, over 35 years on, it’s hard to ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran June 6, 2012 Comment Now! BMW’s first Z car, the largely unheard of Z1 roadster, has turned 25 and to mark the anniversary BMW, together with the official BMW Z1 Club, will be ...

We recently stumbled upon a well cared after 1989 BMW Z1 Roadster which is on sale, as featured on Classic Driver auction website. The open top two-seater Z1 roadster entered production in March 1989, ...

BMW fans in the U.S. may often think of the Z3 as the company's first mass-market roadster positioned below the 3-Series in the modern era, spanning the last 30 years. But just a few short years ...

John has a BCom Degree with a background in corporate Marketing. He has been in automotive journalism since 2014 and has worked at CarBuzz since Feb 2024. John has written for Magneto, the BMW Car ...

The BMW Z1 was a revolutionary car from the late '80s. It was the first BMW to feature a plastic exterior and the only car to every have vertical sliding doors. The following is a transcript of the ...

Back in 1985, BMW decided to let a team of talented designers and engineers run free in a sort of avant-garde "think tank," known as BMW Technik, located several miles from the company headquarters in ...