A roadster should always defy the conventional black leather seat, and the Z4 chooses red to add the sporty touch to the 2-seater 2-litre convertible. The first thing the owner of a Z4 should do to enhance the appearance of the car is to paint the roof to another contrasting colour, which black complement well with the white. BMW offers such an option, but not in Malaysia. If it were a black Z4, it goes very well with a silver roof! Second facial change should be the colour of the rims. Designer of such car should carefully match a better palette as an option instead of the dull boring silver grey coat that is used in all other standard car.
At about RM360k, this beemer could spell an almost RM100k saving from the Mercedes SLK, of which both produces almost the same power. The Z4 carries 184hp/270Nm of power with its 8-speeder box, and only if BMW is willing to reduce its 1.5 ton weight, the car is not close to winning any F1 race. But this is a roadster anyhow, and not a sport car, thus a leisure drive to Bukit Tinggi, Fraser and Cameron along those B-roads could be fun, especially with the top down.
The interior shares the same BMW-feel, nothing to shout, simple with some elegant. The specifications of the sDrive 2.0i does not mention any monitor screen, but one could see the iDrive joystick behind the gear shift selector, thus, it might have a fold-up screen or maybe not. I would still prefer the southward pointing meter cluster in this category of car. The SLK and MX-5 did theirs and that looks incredible sporty.
A big let down on the Z4 is the lift-back door handle, which looks so outdated. Designer might have think twice to have this to match the bodyline, but...the modern pull-type handle could be better.
With the top down, it retracts into the boot, using much of the space. Thus forget about the big weekend grocery shopping or long stayover trip. The German could need to take a lesson from Mazda how a middle compartment that keep the top down yet provide a usable trunk could also produce an elegant roadster that the MX-5 earn itself to be the best selling roadster in the world for the past 20-decades!
