BMW Z6/8/10 caught testing!

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Spy photographers caught an unusual BMW test mule in transit from the company test track to BMW headquarters in Munich. Given the size and the wheelbase in play here, this is very likely to be the first serious test bed for the next-generation Z8 — BMW's upcoming Mercedes SL fighter. It's not known if the car will be called Z6, Z8, or Z10.


BMW has used this disturbingly unique mule construction method before, circling the Nürburgring about 18-months-ago in another, larger, high-performance-bread-van-looking concoction. That mule was most likely an early testbed for the X6, which has recently come to fruition as a real vehicle clearly in BMW's new model pipeline.


Despite their rough, agricultural appearances, sources say these test mules are very advanced chassis development platforms. Different dynamic set-ups are said to be much easier to achieve than on more traditional mules, and this rough-hewn architecture reportedly allows for more convenient, and more detailed vehicle performance analysis.


If past timing holds true, we expect to see more evolved Z8 prototypes (actually approximating the proportions and design of the final car) to break cover in the next 12-to-18-months. Gallery after the jump…
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Wow, I just cant wait for a car like this from BMW! :drool:
 
Looks like the unholy union between a 2CV, a Locost 7, and a '63 Impala lowrider.
 
It LOOKS like a Divco Milk Truck drawn by a Ren and Stimpy animator.

But the hardware's what counts, rihgt?
 
Ashley.
I can see a 2CV and a Wrangler in there..:D
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I once saw on the highway a Prowler test mule that was the forward section and rear axle of a Prowler, but with a hardtop Wrangler cab where the Prowler's cockpit should have been. Godawful-looking thing, but better than that BMW up there.

I searched but I couldn't find any pictures on the web.
 
Thats not the real Beemer you chowder heads, that is a test mule, just click that link in the article and you'll see an artists impression. :rolleyes:
 
MatttheTuner
Thats not the real Beemer you chowder heads, that is a test mule, just click that link in the article and you'll see an artists impression. :rolleyes:
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Did you seriously believe that we thought it was going to look like that?

Punish yourself.
 
Credit to BMW for strangest looking mules ever.

I'll be keeping an eye on this prototype now if it's going to be fighting the SL class.
 
Even if that was what it was going to look like it would be a step up from the god awful 7 series.
 
Bangle has finally gone too far. 👎
 
Vroom-vroom! Vroom-vroom!

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http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/madmax3/buggies.html
 

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