While the world put its feet up over the extended Christmas break (
BMW slipped out a couple of ‘behind the scenes’ videos of the Z4’s development.
One video introduces the exterior designer of the latest BMW roadster - Juliane Blasi - and reveals her thoughts on the new model’s lines. The other features BMW chassis and electrical engineers explaining some of the technical work that has been part of the new car’s evolution.
If you can stick the latter, there’s a bit of footage of the new Z4’s folding hardtop in action – albeit while removed from the car itself. Alternatively you could wait for footage of the real thing following next week’s global launch, likely to be one of the few real highlights of a depleted 2009 Detroit Auto show.