The BMW Z1 was the first of the Z series. It came with unique sliding doors and removable plastic body panels in the 1990s, and it came at the right time. It was the year Mazda rolled out the MX-5 ...

Already in development, Mazda's MX-5 Miata was positioning itself as the spiritual successor to such legendary roadsters as the MGB and Triumph's TR7 and Spitfire. Seeing this, BMW wanted a piece of ...

Not only was the Z1 the debut Z Series roadster, it was also the first, and up until now only, BMW to come with sliding doors. At some point during the car’s half-decade-long development, someone at ...

Back in 1985, BMW decided to let a team of talented designers and engineers run free in a sort of avant-garde "think tank," known as BMW Technik, located several miles from the company headquarters in ...

Manufactured between 1989 and 1991, the Z1 is the first roadster in a short series of Zs. Often dismissed as a hairdresser’s car, the E30-based model is one of the first BMWs to flaunt multi-link rear ...

The Z1 was BMW's high-tech roadster that featured futuristic doors that rolled into the sills and body panels that could be swapped out by owners. Produced between 1988 and 1991, just 8,000 of the ...

Finding a box-fresh, zero-mile example of a modern classic like the BMW Z1 sounds like a dream come true. But what about about finding one that is so unused it has FEWER than zero miles? It sounds ...

For all the innovations that were offered by the BMW Z1, the roadster remains relatively unknown North America. The plastic-bodied model had a number of tricks up its sleeve, including drop-down doors ...