The BMW Z1 was the first of the Z series. It came with unique sliding doors and removable plastic body panels in the 1990s, and it came at the right time. It was the year Mazda rolled out the MX-5 ...

The 1980s were good years for BMW. This was the yuppie decade, when E30s ruled and M cars blossomed. This was even when the company finally got its V12 engine project off the ground, having sat in ...

Manufactured between 1989 and 1991, the Z1 is the first roadster in a short series of Zs. Often dismissed as a hairdresser’s car, the E30-based model is one of the first BMWs to flaunt multi-link rear ...

There are cars with scissor, butterfly and gullwing doors, and then there’s the BMW Z1. Way ahead of its time in some regards, a bit behind the times in others, how do we feel about it 30 years after ...

Back in 1985, BMW decided to let a team of talented designers and engineers run free in a sort of avant-garde "think tank," known as BMW Technik, located several miles from the company headquarters in ...