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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
Sorry that I got your feathers ruffled. Yes it's a BMW forum, but it doesn't mean we need to drink the Kool-aid, or ignore the advancement of the art from other manufacturers. A world full of only BMW cars would be tragic. It’s a forum – a place to share ideas…
I'd call the Mazda Miata a milestone car (with respect to roadsters), one that was in the planning stages by 1982 and in full-rate production in 1990; it re-birthed the classic 2-seat roadster market, worldwide.
Outside of the detail design elements, the Z1's rear axle looks pretty much like every other BMW rear axle and not anything like the E90's. Funny how the Z3 used the E30 rear axle - known for its compact yet functional design.
It's nice to say "Everything was probably done before", but the Pontiac Fiero was truly an introduction of a new mass-production automotive construction method. It (the Fiero automated spaceframe manufacturing process) was quite an endeavor for its time and was studied heavily by both business and production disciplines during its development.
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Suspension
The rear suspension, called the Z Axle, was specially designed for the Z1.[7] It was one of the first BMWs to feature a multi-link design. In the 1990s, the Z-axle would be used on a variety of BMW Group vehicles, including the E36 BMW 3-Series and the R40 Rover 75.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Z1
http://www.autozine.org/technical_sc...spension21.htm
If you talk about rear axles from BMW please do your homework!
