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Solved - NEH 1297: BMW Z3 Coupe Concept by BMW Designworks USA
« on: September 28, 2011, 07:52:07 AM »
What's this and who built it?
For 1 point.
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Re: NEH 1297
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2011, 05:43:11 AM »
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Re: NEH 1297
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2011, 06:00:32 AM »
Looks like a design sketch for a BMW 1-series Coupé (E82) ...
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Re: NEH 1297
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2011, 09:00:47 AM »
Karmann related?
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Re: NEH 1297
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2011, 09:40:31 AM »
Quote from: Delorean on October 05, 2011, 06:00:32 AM
Looks like a design sketch for a BMW 1-series Coupé (E82) ...

You're at the bottom of the right tree to bark up..

Quote from: del78 on October 05, 2011, 09:00:47 AM
Karmann related?

Not Karmann-related though.
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Re: NEH 1297
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2011, 10:11:44 AM »
Got it! It's a design study for a BMW 2-series done by BMW Designworks USA in 1995.

I like it; it's got a hint of 'BMW 508 with the hardtop' viewed from the side ...
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Re: NEH 1297
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2011, 11:00:18 AM »
Quote from: Delorean on October 05, 2011, 10:11:44 AM
Got it! It's a design study for a BMW 2-series done by BMW Designworks USA in 1995. I like it; it's got a hint of 'BMW 508 with the hardtop' viewed from the side ...

Your solution differs slightly from mine, so I tried Googling exactly what you wrote and got...  nothing!  No pictures of this car at all.  So you did very well indeed to find it..

So that I can check out your answer thoroughly can you point me to where you found it please?

Thanks
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Re: NEH 1297
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2011, 11:39:39 AM »
I typed a few things into Google and found indeed ... nothing (like you said). Now, Google always makes suggestions while you are typing, so when I was typing 'BMW Design', I saw that Google suggested 'BMW Designworks USA'. I've heard of that company before and I did take a look at their site (you never know). I've searched the site a bit and found the other pictures of the car in your puzzle ...
The numberplate reads M-DW-225 on the sketch, so I took a bit of a gamble with this and assumed this stands for M-Devision, Design Works, 2-series and 2.5 engine ... And since BMW has been talking about bringing out a 2-series (that's no secret) in the future, I put 2 and 2 together and assumed this was a design study for a future 2-series ...

I did'nt use Google Image Search, I always try to find puzzles the honest way ...
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Re: NEH 1297
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2011, 05:03:22 AM »
Fair enough.
I actually had it as a Z3 Coupe Concept but oddly they don't give it a name on their website; it just seems to be a general coupe concept.

So since they don't call it a 2 series I'll stick with what I had.

1 point to you anyway.  Well done.
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