Will we see a Mini Z?

^The target.

Just as there are two X cars, the X3 and the X5, BMW thinks there is sufficient demand for a Z2-level roadster. A corollary rumor is that a Z6 roadster is also in the works; it would be a rival to Mercedes-Benz SL.

BMW isn't giving much information away, but officials do say it would take at least four years to engineer and develop a new roadster. That would hint at a possible 2010 launch for the Z2, one year after BMW plans to introduce a successor to today's Z4.

^The bullet.

Read "Whispers: BMW Ponders Miata-Fighting Z2 Roadster" @ Edmunds

^The link.

When I read the title of this thread I thought:

Kappa sized Nissan 240Z.

Nissan needs to make an old school, retro, "Scion like" lineup

of RWD cars for cheap $$$ and call them Datsuns. Start with

a super-minimalist 510 hardtop, 4dr sedan & a 240Z stlye

little drifting special.

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Kappa Caddy now!

Call it the KLR

BMW would be smarter to make a Z6, I think. Aren't sales of the Z4 going to tank if there's something less expensive sitting right next to it? And I don't think a Z6 would suffer from Z4 taking its sales because it'd be significantly bigger and more expensive.

Kappa Caddy now!

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Yes.

Call it the KLR

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Enough with the alphabet soup... it's getting pathetic.

Lincoln is emulating it so you KNOW it's bad.

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Isn't the Z4 small enough? Jesus...

Yes.

Enough with the alphabet soup... it's getting pathetic.

Lincoln is emulating it so you KNOW it's bad.

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aw come on....

put a turboed DI HF 2.8 in there and you can call it the killer.. ;-)

This sounds like the 1-series cabrio.

And how attractive that thing would be...

aw come on....

put a turboed DI HF 2.8 in there and you can call it the killer.. ;-)

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I'd even prefer the name C!marron to more Alphabet soup.