There are understood to be around 15 people worldwide with the condition. Though he is a happy little boy, he is non-verbal and his balance is a particular issue. It is a global disorder that affects motor skills and mobility. Houghton-le-Spring's Noah Stubbs, 3, is thought to be the only child in Britain to have the condition called Gemin5. Sharing the investment with the Japanese enabled BMW to develop the currently available fourth generation, and capacity at Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, where the car is built, would allegedly permit a batch of 3000 to 5000 touring coupes on top of the current allocations.A County Durham couple have turned a run-down "banger" into a Toy Story-themed dream car that they're then set to drive across Europe to raise cash for a tot with an extremely rare genetic disease. If it hadn't been for the partnership with Toyota (to build the Supra), the Z4 would have bitten the dust in 2018. The Z4 hardtop that followed never attained icon status. The Z4 touring (project name California) was inspired by the very first Z3 coupe built between 19, which was dubbed "clown shoe" for its extreme proportions. We are going to monitor the response before making a decision, and when doing so we shall also consider the impact such a model would have on the marque and our image." The shooting brake remains a convincing synthesis of sportiness and style. To make matters worse, the remaining life span of the Z4 is a paltry three years, and when production ends there is no replacement in the offing.Ĭomments Domagoj Dukec, head of BMW brand design: "We still feel that this is the right car at the right time. After all, in this dawning EV era, this coupe's only energy cell is the starter battery, and there is no hybrid version in sight. Onlookers gave the car their unanimous thumbs up, but the firm's board of directors is less convinced. The cabin smells like a $5000 antique chair, the ambiance shouts luxury, and the exhaust sounds as if it never fought for regulatory approval. We can now tell you that the touring coupe does accelerate, turn, and brake to order, but what makes all the difference is the added emotional value it oozes out of every freshly polished pore. The challenge was thus to find a reasonably long straight, two corners tight enough to make the photographer happy, and enough space in between to feel, hear, and digest the first impressions of this very special car. We would have loved to put this special Z4 through the paces, but there was no way BMW would let us leave the Villa d'Este premises in this handbuilt one-off. The three custom bags come courtesy of Schedoni-maker of bespoke Ferrari luggage sets. The supple cowskin was provided by the renowned furniture company Poltrona Frau, and the leather is braided together in a highly elaborate fashion that recalls the baseball pattern used in the first Audi TT roadster. The tri-tone color scheme blends a brownish gray with an ochre saddle tone in the center and contrasting black accents. As you would expect, the cockpit is leather-trimmed from wall to wall. The reinforcing crossbeam mounted between the passenger cell and the cargo deck, which seriously compromised the seat travel in the Z3 coupe, is not an issue here. The bespoke paint has tiny glass fragments mixed in for extra depth and luster. Although it is effectively a shooting brake, BMW chose to badge its latest creation Touring Coupe, thereby paying homage to the very first touring model launched in 1971, which was based on the 02 series. Instead of the traditional canvas top, the coupe sports a long metal roof that fuses with a neatly sculptured, nearly vertical hatch. But the quarter-front view shows a different animal altogether: sleek and muscular, the restyled silhouette turns out to be a crowd-stopper par excellence. Head on, the two-door fastback looks exactly like the recently facelifted Z4 roadster. It's raining cats and dogs on the eve of the 2023 Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza in Cernobbio on the banks of Lake Como, but the foul weather does not stop the paparazzi from zooming in on the metallic brown show car. BMW is said to be pondering a limited production run.The concept turns the Z4 roadster into a two-door hardtop with a shooting-brake body-a look that has been dubbed "clown shoe" in previous years. ![]() BMW unveiled the Concept Touring Coupe at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este in Italy.
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