The Z4 tends to be a love-it or hate-it type of car. While rather nimble, it's appearance can come across as bulky. Our test car was armed with the 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder. Despite the rather small heart, it makes a pretty healthy 240 horsepower.
Our car was also more than $10,000 over a base model's price. What do we get …
Like the look of the cars, but it will be a cold day in Hell before I own an automatic transmission sports car, and that car is about 300 lbs. over weight and about $15,000 too expensive in comparison with the other alternatives. The twin turbo 6 with 335 bhp and a six speed manual would make me twitch though - but then I'd likely go off and buy a Z4M coupe from the previous generation and save half the cost of the new one to put into 'improvements'
I found the automatic in this car to actually be really nice. When I had one for a weekend test drive it reminded me a lot of the miata with a long hood and nice interior.
My only dislikes were that it was hard not to park like a BMW driver, and the radio display was hard to read with the top down.
They've tried to update the Z4, but it's still an old design. For $60k there are plenty of other choices. I keep harping on this, but I hope the steering is better than on my dad's two new BMWs.
I will agree with the 4cyl though. It does not feel like one, and the blend of power and mpg is very impressive.
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