2023 BMW Z4 price and specs

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The BMW Z4 has received a minor update, with a tweaked look, new colour and wheel designs, and revised feature lists – plus unchanged pricing.

  • 2023 BMW Z4 pricing and specifications
  • Updated range offers two variants
  • Mild styling tweaks, spec upgrades
  • Priced from $90,900 before on-road costs, unchanged

The 2023 BMW Z4 is due in Australian showrooms early next year, priced from $90,900 plus on-road costs.

Revealed yesterday, the updated 2023 Z4 – which serves as the mid-life facelift for BMW’s roadster – introduces mild design changes and standard specification tweaks, but no upgrades to interior technology, safety or engines.

Two models will be available in Australia, the four-cylinder sDrive20i and inline six-cylinder M40i, both with M Sport packages as standard, and eight-speed automatic transmissions.

The mid-grade sDrive30i four-cylinder was quietly axed from the pre-update range earlier this year – and will not return for the ‘facelift’. It has also been discontinued in the UK.

Prices start from $90,900 plus on-road costs for the sDrive20i, or $133,900 plus on-road costs for the M40i – unchanged from the outgoing range.

New for 2023 is the revised exterior appearance, three new metallic paint colours (M Portimao Blue, Thundernight and Skyscraper Grey), a new 19-inch black wheel design, and for the M40i, metallic paint.

Two option packages are available on 2023 vehicles: M Sport Plus for both models – which now includes black headlight inserts – and the Precision Package for the sDrive20i.

Powering the sDrive20i is a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with 145kW and 320Nm, paired to an eight-speed automatic transmission and rear-wheel drive for a 6.6-second 0-100km/h time, and combined fuel economy claim of 6.5 litres per 100km.

The M40i upgrades to a 3.0-litre turbocharged inline six-cylinder developing 285kW and 500Nm, connected to the same eight-speed auto and rear-drive layout for a 4.1-second 0-100km/h dash.

The 2023 BMW Z4 range is due in Australia in the first quarter of next year (January to March).

2023 BMW Z4 Australian pricing

  • Z4 sDrive20i – $90,900
  • Z4 M40i – $133,900

Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.

2023 BMW Z4 sDrive20i standard features:

  • 18-inch alloy wheels
  • Launch control
  • M Sport package
  • LED headlights with auto high beam
  • 10.25-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, digital radio, satellite navigation and a reversing camera
  • 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster
  • Power-adjustable seats with heating and memory
  • Vernasca leather or Vernasca leather/Alcantara upholstery
  • Dual-zone climate control
  • Push-button start
  • 10-speaker sound system
  • Rain-sensing wipers
  • Power-folding heated side mirrors with auto dimming, auto dipping in reverse
  • Autonomous emergency braking
  • Lane departure warning
  • Blind-spot monitoring
  • Rear cross-traffic alert
  • Traffic sign recognition
  • Automatic parking
  • Front and rear parking sensors

2023 BMW Z4 M40i adds (over sDrive20i):

  • Metallic paint (newly standard)
  • 19-inch alloy wheels
  • M Sport performance brakes
  • Adaptive suspension
  • M Sport limited-slip rear differential
  • 12-speaker Harman Kardon surround sound system
  • Adaptive LED headlights
  • Head-up display
  • Proximity key entry
  • Adaptive cruise control
  • Ambient interior lighting
  • Black mirror caps
  • Lumbar adjustment for driver and passenger

The optional M Sport Plus Package, available on sDrive20i ($3500) and M40i ($2500), adds:

  • 19-inch two-tone alloy wheels
  • M Sport brakes with blue or red calipers (20i only; already standard on M40i)
  • Tyre pressure monitoring
  • Adaptive suspension (20i only; already standard on M40i)
  • M tri-colour seat belts
  • Shadow Line high-gloss trim package, which covers:
    • Front kidney grilles, headlight inserts and exhaust outlets
    • M40i only: front bumper inserts and rollover bars
  • M40i only: body-coloured mirror caps (replacing black)
  • M High-Gloss Shadow Line with extended contents, feat. the following in Black High-Gloss:

sDrive20i buyers can pay an additional $500 to get one of two alternate 19-inch wheel designs (799M two-tone, and 772M black matte)

The optional $3600 Precision Package, available on sDrive20i, adds:

  • Adaptive LED headlights
  • 12-speaker Harman Kardon surround sound system
  • Ambient interior lighting
  • Driver and passenger lumbar adjustment
  • Heated steering wheel

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