And then the old-timey pilot who appears to be living out af a hangar.  What?Still, that cockpit looks like a damn fine place to be (pic #45).  Too bad it’s an automatic.

The only thing I might add is an ///M badge next to the Zagato “Z”…

To me its the weakest link in this design. I think simpler and cleaner would have been better here.

I don’t think the Zagato is perfect, but it has that aggressive look that I think is greatly lacking in the 6. I do think the 4dr 6 is very handsome however, but the 6 would have been better like a larger version of this Zagato car. 

I am huge fan up until they went all CRX on the rear. I’m not sure if they were trying to be more modern in looks or feared it would be too similar to some of the other Italian offerings. There is only so many ways to make a high speed GT cars rear…

For a concept, it sure looks close to production. 

Wife’s Countryman had to be towed the other day (thermostat), so I left her with my MINI GP and broke out my 70k M5, even though it’s been raining.  So much fun to slide the tail around with no electronics to get in the way.  It is from a different era, even the e34 feels modern, while this seems vintage in a good way.  By the numbers this car doesn’t make much sense anymore, but by the seat of the pants there is still nothing like it, and once it’s moving I can still blow past almost anything on the highway.  With just a chip, cam gear and exhaust it’s over 300hp, and without the self-leveling suspension, replaced at Dinan with a stage 3 suspension, is under 3000 lbs.  BTW I live and bought the car near Philadelphia with 36k 13 years ago, and did the most sensible thing you can do with a low mileage classic.  Drove it to California a month later, for the stop at Dinan while I was on the way to the Monterey Historics and Pebble Beach.