RE: PH Blog: has Zagato finally lost it?
Discussion
I prefer the first Z4, but then I love the looks of the Fiat Coupe.
A route home meant passing a Z4 Coupe parked at the kerbside so you could get a good view from many angles. Sadly it's been replaced by a new one that seems to be a metal roofed convertible not a fastback coupe.
The Zagatos that aren't include the Pug RCZ, the Crossfire and the Fiat Coupe?
A route home meant passing a Z4 Coupe parked at the kerbside so you could get a good view from many angles. Sadly it's been replaced by a new one that seems to be a metal roofed convertible not a fastback coupe.
The Zagatos that aren't include the Pug RCZ, the Crossfire and the Fiat Coupe?
pretty? no. but arresting, interesting & unlike anything on the market at the time? damn sure.
same with the Z4 coupe, yeah i know i'm an owner so i'm just bigging up my own car but a seriosly think it's a stunning looking car. it's the perfect size for a little coupe with a big engine. i actually think the styling details of the previous Z4 were up there with the best cars bmw have ever designed, particularly the Z swage line in the front wing & the way that the crease line flows from the headlamp/front wing corner & carries right through to the rear arch:
as some have said it's got to be hard for a coach builder to improve on modern designs but they should really be doing better than Zagato has with the bmw coupe concept.
carinaman said:
I prefer the first Z4, but then I love the looks of the Fiat Coupe.
A route home meant passing a Z4 Coupe parked at the kerbside so you could get a good view from many angles. Sadly it's been replaced by a new one that seems to be a metal roofed convertible not a fastback coupe.
The Zagatos that aren't include the Pug RCZ, the Crossfire and the Fiat Coupe?
Wasn't the Fiat Coupe designed by Pininfarina?A route home meant passing a Z4 Coupe parked at the kerbside so you could get a good view from many angles. Sadly it's been replaced by a new one that seems to be a metal roofed convertible not a fastback coupe.
The Zagatos that aren't include the Pug RCZ, the Crossfire and the Fiat Coupe?
DanDC5 said:
carinaman said:
I prefer the first Z4, but then I love the looks of the Fiat Coupe.
A route home meant passing a Z4 Coupe parked at the kerbside so you could get a good view from many angles. Sadly it's been replaced by a new one that seems to be a metal roofed convertible not a fastback coupe.
The Zagatos that aren't include the Pug RCZ, the Crossfire and the Fiat Coupe?
Wasn't the Fiat Coupe designed by Pininfarina?A route home meant passing a Z4 Coupe parked at the kerbside so you could get a good view from many angles. Sadly it's been replaced by a new one that seems to be a metal roofed convertible not a fastback coupe.
The Zagatos that aren't include the Pug RCZ, the Crossfire and the Fiat Coupe?
The largest image, headlining this article reminds me of those cloth covered BMWs that were on the magazine covers a couple of years ago.
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trashbat said:
Apropos of not a lot, I've never understood all the comments about Bangle & the Fiat Coupe. His BMW work was controversial, but the Coupe is hardly a marmite car. Who doesn't like it?
Me. It is all wrong. The proportions are off, which means the lines don't really flow and some of the detailing is iffy.Look at it, really properly look and forget all the nonsense that has been written. The front overhang is way out of proportion for the rest of the body. The glasshouse is too upright and there's a funny kink in the shoulder line. Somehow I suspect the limitations of the Fiat Tipo underpinnings were too much to ever produce a good-looking coupé. Trying to make something low, sleek and pretty out of a tall, dumpy and essentially practical car was never going to work. It has some nice parts (tail lamps, boot, filler cap) but doesn't work as a whole.
Launching in to Zagato for going downhill, but liking the SZ... That is an impressive piece of contortion, Mr. Harris.
I have to agree that the Zagato approach works better on some cars than on others, though. To my mind, this is an example where it comes together very nicely:
p.s. it is heretical to mention Pininfarina in the same breath..
I have to agree that the Zagato approach works better on some cars than on others, though. To my mind, this is an example where it comes together very nicely:
p.s. it is heretical to mention Pininfarina in the same breath..
tell me about it, but she wanted it & if it makes her happy then who am i to argue?!It's better from this angle:
http://worldsnewcars.com/2012/2012-bmw-zagato-coup...
Looks a bit muscle car like though the angle of the headlamps doesn't seem ideal to my eyes, though less in your face and aggressive than recent Audis.
http://worldsnewcars.com/2012/2012-bmw-zagato-coup...
Looks a bit muscle car like though the angle of the headlamps doesn't seem ideal to my eyes, though less in your face and aggressive than recent Audis.
If you don't like Zagato's, lighten up, they are not on every streetcorner, every page of every car mag, or just about every flippin' tweet of a certain car journo, like, say, a 911.
Talking about a car that looks like a frog raped by a pig and still manages to be visually uninteresting though...
Talking about a car that looks like a frog raped by a pig and still manages to be visually uninteresting though...
Looking at that Evo pic. that silver coloured tailgate strip with ZAGATO on in it seems a bit heavy handed. They could have done it without the strip and have the BMW badge mounted over a Zagato Z etched into the vertical tailgate glazing?
Edited by carinaman on Thursday 31st May 17:48
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