TheBMW Z8is aroadsterproduced byGermanautomakerBMWfrom 1999 to 2003. It was given the E52 BMW model code.
The Z8 was the production variant of the 1997 Z07concept car. The car design was the effort of a design team led byChris Bangle. The exterior was designed byHenrik Fiskerand the interior byScott Lempert.[2]The Z07 originally was designed as a styling exercise intended to evoke and celebrate the 1956-'59BMW 507and to celebrate the millennium change. The Z07 caused a sensation at the '97Tokyo Auto Show. The overwhelming popularity of the concept spurred BMW's decision to produce a limited production model called the Z8. 5,703 Z8s were built, 3,160 in ECE and 2,543 in US.
The Z8 was featured in the James Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough".
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