Evaluation: Rare, attractive colors. Showing just 19 km, about 12 miles. Final year Z1. There is a 4-inch long straight crack in the bodywork to the right of the hood. Which is unfortunate, because this car looks mostly new otherwise.
Bottom Line: Unveiled at the 1987 Frankfurt show, BMW’s Z1 was and is a wild car. Its drivetrain (borrowed form the 325i) is conventional, but the removable composite body panels and camouflage-pattern seats are not, and the Z1’s signature doors are probably the most memorable feature. They retract right down into the bodywork, and you can drive with them down too for wind-up-your-sleeve motoring.
Just 8000 were produced and the model wasn’t sold here officially, but BMW fanatics have imported a decent number over the years. This one actually hasn’t been in the States long, since it sold for €105,800 ($122,400 at the time) at the Bonhams Zoute sale in Belgium less than two years ago. This result in Amelia is similarly at the very top end of Z1 values, but given the mileage and the rare color, this is a top end example.
