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Is my Z4 an MSport or not?

Post by Lee2603 » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:08 am

Hello ,

I hope someone can clarify this for me, I have recently purchased my Z4 and I am more than happy with it , I posted a couple of pictures yesterday on a FB group (I have included the pictures below), and today a pretty unpleasant individual has been trolling me telling that it isn't an M sport car?.... it's a 2010 sdrive 23i M sport 2.5 petrol..... well that at least what it's says on the log book!.... well this guy seems to think that they stopped making these in 2008 , I have had a look through eBay & auto trader , there seems to be a lot of 2010' s saying m sport the same year and model as mine?....

Can anyone more knowledgeable in this than me clarify this please?

Tia

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Post by mr wilks » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:10 am

It is indeed a Msport but not a "///M" division car that the stripes & badge suggests :wink: it does seem to irritate some members of the public who frequent the online world :oops: probably annoy a good few on here too :P
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Post by Lee2603 » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:31 am

Thanks for your reply
..... clearly it annoyed the bell end on the FB group!

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Post by cj10jeeper » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:33 am

As above and not commenting on your car, but a part of badge engineering that BMW started a few years back adding a few bits of trim, steering wheel and similar, to standard models and adding kudos with M decals and badges. Has nothing to do with the ///M performance division
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Post by Zoomer » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:42 am

I like the look :thumbsup:
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Post by EssexZed » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:43 am

I predict a lot of comments regards this from ///M owners on this forum! The E89 (second generation of the Z4 of which your car is one) was never given any treatment by BMW's fabled M division and no true ///M model was ever produced. BMW have helped to confuse the uninitiated by (some say) cynically exploiting the cache of ///M models in producing M Sport models of the E89 that amount to not much more than cosmetic changes in an attempt to make it look more sporty. The company did stick ///M badges on M Sport versions, further adding to confusion. They never put a badge on the grille though so I'd do yourself a favour and take that off, same if one has been stuck on the boot as well.

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Post by MACK » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:22 am

To be honest the troll will be some jealous little pick. You could try calling him out on what he drives but no doubt he will just run down to the nearest dealership with a high end sports car and take a picture of himself in it and try to pass it off as his. :rofl:
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Post by firebobby » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:32 am

Welcome to the forum, nice looking Zed. My car has Msport suspension and an M dashboard :rofl:
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Post by Marlon » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:40 am

Welcome to the forum, I love the white body, red interior and black alloy look :thumbsup:
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Post by Lee2603 » Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:02 am

Loving the positive comments!!! :D

Mack , I wasn't going to enter into an argument with him , he is a troll
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It does have the M badge on the boot as well.

I think the red looks pretty cool too !!

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Post by mr wilks » Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:04 am

Is it on Eibachs or H&Rs ? Looks lower than standard Mspec :?
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Post by Lee2603 » Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:29 am

I believe it's been lowered 3mm , this is what I was told upon purchasing it.

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Post by GBZ4 » Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:01 pm

Smart looking M Sport, I do like the Black and White look :driving:
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Post by Pastry » Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:38 pm

firebobby wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:32 am Welcome to the forum, nice looking Zed. My car has an M dashboard :rofl:
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Post by jabber » Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:07 pm

Welcome to the forum I personally don't like the stripes sills but each to their own and owners should be able to put whatever they like on their cars. In my youth I once put an E type badge on my anglia estate well it was a 105e!
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