Is BMW Going To Discontinue The Z4 Next Month?

After seven years of production, BMW is getting ready to pull the

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by Cristian Gnaticov

July 14, 2016 at 12:57

After seven years of production, BMW is getting ready to pull the plug on the Z4.

The info has yet to be confirmed by the manufacturer, but according to BMWBlog, the last unit of the roadster will roll off the assembly line in Regensburg, Germany, this August.

The German automaker already has a successor in the pipeline. It’s being jointly developed with Toyota and will ride on the same platform as the resurrected Supra. It will be more poised and driver-focused than its predecessor, drop the complicated and heavy hard-top of the Z4 and revert to a traditional soft top and could be renamed the Z5.

BMW‘s new roadster will continue to rival the likes of the Audi TT Roadster, Mercedes-Benz SLC and Porsche 718 Boxster, but during its transformation, it might adopt a hybrid powertrain, which could join the regular four- and six-cylinders. Moreover, the xDrive all-wheel drive system is said to be on the options list, but more light will be shed once it’s launched sometime in the first half of 2017.