BMW Z1

[the Bailey]

saw an episode of wheeler dealers featuring this car.  seems prettyy cool and innovated. how come it never made it to the states?  was it prior to the miata? r at the same time??

[cruzziguzzi]

Another weirdly synchronous threads. I rolled by one of my wife's estate sales a couple days ago and saw a die-cast model of a Z-1 and blew it off as some odd prototype. This thread made me look it up and I find it was a real car.

Makes me think of an Isuzu or nutty Geo from the 80's.

[egschade]

Makes me think of an Isuzu or nutty Geo from the 80's.

Had an Isuzu Impulse Turbo with the Lotus suspension. The thing was a bit of an odd-ball but it went like stink, handled well and was one of the most reliable, fun cars I've ever owned.

[Daniel Kalal]

My Stelvio was parked next to this Z1 on the ferry between Corsica and Toulon, France.  No; I've never seen one in the U.S.  Frankly, looking at this one in the ferry, the style hasn't held up very well over the years.

[LowRyter]

Had an Isuzu Impulse Turbo with the Lotus suspension. The thing was a bit of an odd-ball but it went like stink, handled well and was one of the most reliable, fun cars I've ever owned.

wow.  I bet that would be one of the few collector cars of that type & vintage.  Any of them not turned to rust.

[Turin]

I saw the same episode. Fugly little thing. According to Wikipedia they didn't make many.