2012 Best New Cars - 3rd of a Series
MEN'S HEALTH 2012 DREAM GARAGE 3
BMW Z4 sDrive28i
WHY WE WANT IT: When carmakers replace big engines with small ones, loyalists usually go into a snit about it. But when BMW slid a supercharged four-cylinder into the Z4, fans cheered. $48,700, bmw.com
TECH CHOPS: Engine size is no longer the measure of a sports car's worth. More impressive is doing more with less. Precision direct injection, electronic valve timing, and a twin-scroll supercharger keep power high and improve mpg by 15 percent.
STREET CRED:There's no performance compromise here: The Z4 shoots to 60 mph in a brisk 5.6 seconds. That's fast enough to toast most any other four-cylinder at the stoplight.
No comments:
Post a Comment