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BMW Z8 is one of the rare supercars of the BMW line.
It was made from 1999 to 2003, and you can see it
featured in the James Bond movie The World is
Not Enough, which came out in theaters in 1999.
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| At a
cost of $130,000 the BMW Z8 had to have something
more than the everyday BMW. It turned out to have
lots of those things, such as a 5.0 L 400 horsepower
32 valve V8 S62 engine and an all aluminum body
for the lightest weight possible. The 0 to 60 time
was around 4.7 seconds. In a test by Car and Driver
magazine, the Z8 outperformed the Ferrari 360 Modena
in the only three main performance categories: acceleration,
braking, and handling. Even at its lofty price,
the Z8 was still much cheaper than the 360 Modena,
making it a bargain Ferrari-beater. A special model
for the final year, 2003, was called the Alpina
Z8. It had a 5 speed Steptronic transmission, which
is technically an automatic, instead of the standard
6 speed manual that came with previous Z8's. Although
used Z8's are rare, they do occassionally pop up
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