GT3-spec Z4 racer is certainly no boulevardier
BMW has taken the wraps off the racing version of it Z4 sports car, revealing possibly the hardest-looking Z-car ever created.
As we revealed when we first reported on BMW’s plans for a Z4 racer in December last year, the GT3-spec BMW Z4 gets a race-spec six-speed sequential gearbox (not to mention some insane aero addenda) and a Type-408 racing ECU with a Power400 Control Unit. This helps to push the engine – which is the 4.0-litre V8 borrowed from the M3 road car – to 480bhp.
ABS is standard, but air conditioning is available as an option – this is a car designed for endurance racing, and air-con is pretty much an essential for some of the globe’s hotter 24-hour events such as the Dubai 24 hours. [Read More]
