z8 into History Books

[motormaniac]

BMW has axed the z8

production of the z8 will cease this monthalong with the current m5 that provides it's power

[kinan.f]

Originally posted by motormaniac
BMW has axed the z8

production of the z8 will cease this monthalong with the current m5 that provides it's power

Any reson for that decision(e.g:Low sales figures....etc)?

[badboybarge]

im not suprised they cut it, imguessing they were trying out something new, it seemed like it worked so they pulled out while on top, seems like the smart thing 2 do, but i get the feeling the next few bmw models aren't gonna be as good

[motormaniac]

according to this magazine(autocar)

the writer of this article is surprised that the z8 was axed as their sales were good

5500 units

there is no comment by BMW

[Egg Nog]

Actually, they axed the production about a year ago, and since then its been the Alpina Roadster V8. I still think the Z8 was waayy better than it, since the Alpina is only available in automatic and didn't share the same fabled engine.

[motorhead]

the z8 is axed and the current e39 m5 has also ended its life - reasons - the 6 series will be the priority of bmw thus they do not want to unecesarrily spend their money on something which is going to die out anyway - the e39 m5 has its production seized because of the current e60 5 series