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The BMW Z8 is a convertible sports car automobile produced by BMW from 1999 to 2003The Z8 originated from a prototype designated Z07 showcased at the Tokyo Auto Show in 1997. The car was originally designed as a styling exercise to show how the BMW 507 of the 1950s might have evolved had it remained in the product line.
The overwhelming popularity of the prototype show-car led to the decision to put the car into limited production, to be designated Z8. The car was featured in the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough in late 1999. About 5000 Z8s were built, with about half of them exported to the USA.
The $130,000 car has an all aluminum chassis and body and includes a 5.0 litre(4941cc), 400 horsepower (300 kW) 32 valve V8 built by the BMW Motorsports subsidiary. Performance specs touted a 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) time of 4.7 s, which was later tested at 4.2 seconds by "Motor Trend" magazine. "Car and Driver" magazine also tested the car and found that it outperformed the benchmark Ferrari 360 Modena in the main three performance categories: acceleration, handling and braking. For the 2003 model year, the Z8 model was changed to the Alpina V8 Roadster. It came with a 4.8-liter V8 engine, and unlike the original M5-powered 6-speed Z8, the Alpina comes with a 5-speed automatic transmission. The Z8 held BMW production car performance records for several years.
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