<![CDATA[Another interesting old BMW from this year’s Cars on the Common in Harpenden.]]>Another interesting old BMW from this year’s Cars on the Common in Harpenden. The low-volume Z1 was launched in 1989 and introduced the ‘Z’ naming convention for BMW convertibles (see Z3, Z4, Z8). Innovations included doors that opened by sinking into the sills, multilink rear suspension and plastic body panels.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b864dd05-52f6-45cb-a3ce-c24c9efc62a6/another-interesting-old-bmw-from-this-year-s-cars-on-the-common-in-harpenden.RSS for NodeMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:11:13 GMTMon, 07 Sep 2026 10:47:29 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Another interesting old BMW from this year’s Cars on the Common in Harpenden. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:42:50 GMT]]>@baz @davidwilkins that would be where I am getting confused.

A Z3 seems a bit ordinary for James but perhaps that's his idea of low profile

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/DazzlingDamo/statuses/117230283654905264https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/DazzlingDamo/statuses/117230283654905264Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:42:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another interesting old BMW from this year’s Cars on the Common in Harpenden. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:08:48 GMT]]>@DazzlingDamo @davidwilkins Looks like the answer is no. The first BMW in a Bond film was a Z3 in 1995’s GoldenEye. The Z1 was 1989-91.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/baz/statuses/117229913929171027https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/baz/statuses/117229913929171027Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:08:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another interesting old BMW from this year’s Cars on the Common in Harpenden. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:41:33 GMT]]>@davidwilkins Was a Z1 a Bond car during their brief flirtation with BMW?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/DazzlingDamo/statuses/117229570882274272https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/DazzlingDamo/statuses/117229570882274272Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:41:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another interesting old BMW from this year’s Cars on the Common in Harpenden. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:50:02 GMT]]>@davidwilkins Ooo, I missed that one there

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weird.autos/users/scudderfish/statuses/117229368259875141https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weird.autos/users/scudderfish/statuses/117229368259875141Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:50:02 GMT