BMW Z4: Design, Development and Production How BMW Creates the Ultimate Driving Machines - Hardcover

Lightfoot, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0975498401 ISBN 13: 9780975498408

Verlag: Gibbs M. Smith Inc, 2004

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BMW Z4: Design, Development and Production is the story of the creation of the Z4 from the first concept in the summer of 1998 until the delivery of customer cars in October 2002. David Lightfoot had exclusive access to the designers, engineers, and production personnel involved in the Z4, and provides an exciting behind-the-scenes look into the process. Never before has the story been told of how BMW brings together creative people and world renowned technical resources to deliver dream machines to its devoted clientele.

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"My honest congratulations on your Z4 book. It describes perfectly the way the car progressed from the first sketches through the heat of South Africa and the cold of North Finland to garages of, as we are keen to anticipate, proud customers all over the world."
--Martin Kolk, Project Z4 General Manager of Processes and Communications, BMW AG
"Your book was a fascinating insight into the complex process to design, engineer and build a modern sports car. It also generated a connection between the details of that story and the emotional response that says, "I have to have one of these!"
--Rob Mitchell, Manager, Corporate Communications, BMW of North America, LLC
"Our team is very proud to have been involved in the design of the BMW Z4. I'm excited that David Lightfoot has written this book about the design, development and production process at BMW that gave birth to this fabulous car." --Adrian van Hooydonk, President, BMW Group DesignworksUSA
The Z4 is the most exciting new BMW in years: a classic roadster in its proportions but anything but classic in the innovative shape of its exterior. It is truly the first roadster of the 21st century. And beneath that exciting skin is state-of-the-art BMW technology.
BMW Z4: Design, Development and Production is the story of the creation of the Z4 from the first concept in the summer of 1998 until the delivery of customer cars in October 2002. The author was given exclusive access to the designers, engineers and production personnel involved in the Z4 in order to provide a behind the scenes look into the creative process.
But this book is more. BMW is the world's hottest car company. This book provides the first insight into how BMW creates the Ultimate Driving Machine . Never before has the story been told of how BMW brings together creative people and world renowned technical resources to deliver dream machines to its devoted clientele.
Whether you own a Z4, wished you owned a Z4 or are just interested in how BMW creates its wonderful machines, BMW Z4: Design, Development and Production provides the inside story. Enjoy the ride.

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• Verlag: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0975498401
• ISBN 13: 9780975498408
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 140