Test drive BMW Z4 Roadster E85 2006 - 2009 convertible

Red demon

BMW Z4 with Litera M - this is not just a stylish relatives
 
The red word in this case has two equally fair values \u200b\u200bthat determine the color and beauty of the car. If someone says that this is not so, let him throw a stone at me. But the word demon has no attitude to the color and shape of the body, and reflects the true essence of the Rodster after refinement in M \u200b\u200bGmbH. Having bought this, you enter into a deal, then in competitions with the evil spirits that constantly provokes you to risk, makes you act aggressively, but at the same time gives an unforgettable feeling of joy. The joy of the taming of the obstinate, from the victory over their own fears, from the expansion of the boundaries of the permitted. This class is no longer suitable only in order to emphasize the degree of steepness of the owner, rolling on it to the doors of the night club. How a true man cannot behave in the manner of a sour young lady. It requires who behind the wheel of a truly masculine nature, skill and respect for himself.
 
The first and most importantly, this, of course, is the engine - the best among those having a volume of 3.0 to 3.5 liters by the definition of an international jury, every year issuing its verdict at an exhibition of engines in Stuttgart. The in-line 3.2-liter six, without any bit, gives out 343 forces and 365 nm of torque. It turns a compact double car weighing a little less than one and a half tons into a catapult, accelerating it to a speed of 100 km/h in five seconds.
 
But you listen to how he roars when he breathes with full breasts! This is the sound of a victorious anthem. Therefore, by the way, the morning heating exercise in the courtyard in the first ten seconds is able to remove the residents of nearby houses from the balance of residents - at least a pair of nearby cars will flood the vile tricks of cheap and poorly configured alarms. Here you should quickly climb inside and go away from sin.
 
Good in close!
 
When purchasing the BMW Z4 m Roadster, forget about comfort in the usual sense of the word. Take a low landing: so that a person of solid complexion or high growth penetrates into a car with an installed roof, he needs to be flexible enough and at least visit the gym. Otherwise, it will be difficult for him to turn out in half to penetrate the close opening. True, you can always pre -fold the top, reaching the button located in the lower part of the central console - no other manipulations are required from the driver. 8 seconds - and ready (for some reason the roof is laid out in 10 seconds, but it is still very fast).
 
Fell inside is another matter, here very good. The seat is elastic and in shape resembles a real racing bucket. Only it was sheathed with excellent skin and endowed with electrical adjustments. The massive central tunnel separates the driver from the passenger, it also provides additional side support. In other words, you feel thoroughly clamped in a cockpit. And the hands are most convenient to hold exactly where it is necessary - on the steering wheel. It is also regulated, but already mechanically, and represents a thick bagel that is very pleasant to the touch - leather, with a two -tone, rough strut from the inside.
 
The type of rough plastic of the front panel is diversified by large carbon inserts, also a gray-black color, as well as two chrome ovals and metal climate control handles. Everything is right: nothing, no brilliant details, should distract the eyes from the road. Even the instrument shield seemed to me some kind of toy - small arrows, small digitization. And the indicators of the fuel level and the temperature of the oil (the temperature sensor of the power unit is not provided) in general, as if drawn. It is funny that at the same time, it is worth starting the power unit, a large color monitor proudly floats out of the upper part of the torpedo to see the readings of the navigation system, on -board computer, and the operating modes of the audio system. Behind, in a small compartment at the end of the central tunnel, a DVD player is located. But - what kind of cinema, if the most exciting action is in front, on the road?
 
At least smoke, at least jump
 
Everything here - both clamping and the roar of a powerful motor, growing into a roar - provokes to use any, even shorter areas as a racing track. In order to imprint in a chair, and then, when powerful brake calipers with ventilated disks worked, it hung on seat belts. So that the blood boils from adrenaline. Of course, a normal person does not occur to the head of driving in such a car not fastened, but it is still strange that the zummer is absent. Well, and okay.
 
The beauty of the power unit from the BMW is not only in its ability to spin up to 8000 rpm, but also that with idle revolutions it guarantees a good supply of traction. Although it demonstrates the maximum of its capabilities after 4000 rpm. It is only a pity that in the city of the arrow of the tachometer, this line on the tachometer is infrequently crossing. You can, however, in their free time to stretch out at the training ground - so this weekend the owners of Emock in Dmitrov arrived. So I want - always!
 
All other mechanisms are also given in full compliance with the potential of the motor. Moderately tough, but still supple clutch with optimal stroke. A clear move of the μP lever (I would only like its strokes to be even shorter, but they do not interfere with the speed of switching). In sporting tough, without any compromises, pendants. The M -Druster is a real stool, and the Sport button that is near the KP lever, does not change anything significantly - both shaking and shaking on each bump.
 
With intensive acceleration, the rear wheels will be axle not only in the first, but also in second gear, as well as with a quick transition to the third and fourth. But how much the car is balanced! Since the rear tires are wider than the front ones, even when you touch the place with smoke from under the wheels, the feed does not seek to deploy the car, but just burns tire tread. Of course, for such experiments, you need to disable the DSC stabilization system. But then you should quite carefully handle the accelerator in vihi. I pressed it a little earlier - I got a skid. But you can easily endow the car with excessive rotation, which multiplies the pleasure of driving. The main thing is not to overdo it. Meanwhile, with the DSC turned on, in principle, there is nothing to fear - the electronic stabilization system works clearly and quickly, extinguishes the speed, selectively slow down the wheels and reduces, when necessary, the supply of fuel. But still, this collar is by no means strict, and allows a lot.
 
The most pleasant thing in the BMW Z4 M is a feeling of an absolute merger with it. You feel it with each cell, definitely at the level of reflexes, imagining what will happen in response to any effect at the next moment. In addition, Z4 M is a fairly wide car, and you actually sit closer to the rear wheels - a huge long hood in front. This circumstance, in addition to the pleasure of lateral overloads, makes it possible to fully feel the limit of the adverse properties of the tires. But what you can’t do is to foresee all the troubles on our roads. For example, it kills ruts - you have to literally jump, rebuilding at high speed from a row in a row.
 
Wednesday
 
In the metropolis, Z4 M is perceived as a small fast predator in a giant but cramped aquarium. It is clearly dangerous, although it is easy to distinguish it from afar and not try to make contact with it - by the roar, but outwardly - according to the full set of spoilers, 18 -inch original discs and four exhaust systems.
 
However, to fear that there will not be too much such predators at a price of 78,500 euros on the roads. This car is not for everyone. Soon, however, the compartment will also appear - it is already ready, and will stand on the conveyor this summer. But that's another story.
 
Text: Andrey Osipov
 

Source: "Automobile Izvestia"