Monga tanena kale, BMW ikukonzekera kusefukira pamsika ndi mtundu wake woyipa kwambiri pazaka ziwiri zokha. M'munda wa malingaliro a sportier, kuwonjezera pa i8 Spyder, potsiriza tidzakumana ndi wolowa m'malo wa Z4 roadster, zomwe, mosiyana ndi zomwe munthu angayembekezere, sizidzatchedwa BMW Z5. Mawu ochokera kwa Ludwig Willisch.
Poyankhulana ndi AutoGuide, woyang'anira misika yaku America ku BMW adatsimikizira kuti ili silikhala dzina la roadster yatsopano ya mtundu waku Bavaria:
"Padzakhala galimoto yamasewera, inde, koma sikhala Z5. Izi ndi zomwe wina adazipanga. " […] Mtundu watsopanowo udzatchedwa Z ... mwina 4″
Wolowa m'malo mwa BMW Z4, yomwe tsopano ikufika kumapeto kwa moyo wake, idzakhala zotsatira za mgwirizano pakati pa BMW ndi Toyota, choncho idzagawana nsanja ndi Supra yotsatira.
Mfundo zazikuluzikulu, poganizira zithunzi za akazitape zomwe zakhala zikudziwika, Z4 yatsopano idzataya chivundikiro chachitsulo, kubwereranso ku hood yachikale.
Ponena za tsatanetsatane waukadaulo, zimadziwika kuti pamizere sikisi silinda chiwembu chidzakhala chosankha pamitundu yambiri ya injini. Kuthekera kophatikiza injini ya haibridi ndi/kapena ma wheel-wheel drive xDrive kumakhalabe kotseguka, monganso ma 6-speed manual transmission. Titha kungodikirira nkhani zambiri kuchokera ku Bavaria.