[Small Cap Trader]

Originally Posted by boss2k

Good point else i hope its not stuck entering production

Finally some movement. Did yours update as well?

Status: Exterior body assembly begins

[tracer bullet]

I'm still at Production Begins, been there a while. I've got a VIN and all that so it's real but just not seeming to move very quickly. I'll have to be patient.

It would be interesting to visit the plant. See the production line and so on but also see how many they build a day and how many orders they have. I'm sure there's not a zillion new orders or anything but if they build low volumes like 30 a day or something then almost any increase is huge.

[boss2k]

Originally Posted by Small Cap Trader

Finally some movement. Did yours update as well?

Status: Exterior body assembly begins

Yes yipee, yours and mine are moving exactly the same way, getting built together lol

[blue135]

Slow getting my VIN. Already in paint shop. Does a June delivery look possible?

Am I correct that no 'ZED' package cars have made it to US, yet? Loved to see pictures,

[Rcasa20]

Can someone share when they received their first email from BMWNA in the process? Was it day after allocation? Day of? Thanks!

[BmwIowa]

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

I'm still at Production Begins, been there a while. I've got a VIN and all that so it's real but just not seeming to move very quickly. I'll have to be patient.

It would be interesting to visit the plant. See the production line and so on but also see how many they build a day and how many orders they have. I'm sure there's not a zillion new orders or anything but if they build low volumes like 30 a day or something then almost any increase is huge.

FYI..>BMW USA announced 1st Qtr Sales Figures. 403 Z4 sales 1st Qtr 2024 vs 398 1st Qtr 2023...so not many

[boss2k]

Originally Posted by Rcasa20

Can someone share when they received their first email from BMWNA in the process? Was it day after allocation? Day of? Thanks!

Never got one but my car is in production

[MisanoblueZ4]

Originally Posted by BmwIowa

FYI..>BMW USA announced 1st Qtr Sales Figures. 403 Z4 sales 1st Qtr 2024 vs 398 1st Qtr 2023...so not many

More sales is always good! Manual bump will probably be reflected in Q2 figures.

[tracer bullet]

Originally Posted by BmwIowa

FYI..>BMW USA announced 1st Qtr Sales Figures. 403 Z4 sales 1st Qtr 2024 vs 398 1st Qtr 2023...so not many

Cool. I thought I saw more like 1500 but maybe those were annual numbers.

400 over 3 months and let's say 5 days a week is... like 6 Z4's a day. Wow, even fewer than I thought.

I'd also be curious to know if they intermix Z4's and Supra's, switch over from one to the other every so often, if they batch paint colors...

[M6BEL]

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

Cool. I thought I saw more like 1500 but maybe those were annual numbers.

400 over 3 months and let's say 5 days a week is... like 6 Z4's a day. Wow, even fewer than I thought.

You do realise (I hope) that the Z4 is also sold outside the US and are all manufactured in the same plant in Austria. So actual daily production is higher. I have seen figures - if my old memory is not mistaken - between 4k and 5k of Z4’s per year. That would give around 20 daily.

[tracer bullet]

Originally Posted by M6BEL

You do realise (I hope) that the Z4 is also sold outside the US and are all manufactured in the same plant in Austria. So actual daily production is higher. I have seen figures - if my old memory is not mistaken - between 4k and 5k of Z4’s per year. That would give around 20 daily.

Yes, good point. I totally know that they are sold all over, the part I missed above was that the sales numbers mentioned were specifically for BMW USA, not BMW global. I missed the USA part.

Now that you pointed that out, I wonder if perhaps my earlier thoughts of 1500 cars a quarter was for global sales. I'll share if I find the data.

***edit***

https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/bmw-z4-sales-figures/

Are European sales really so high? If so, on a good year it could be something like 10k cars per year or so with US, Canada, and Europe combined. Call that 40 a day.

[M6BEL]

In my hometown (14k people) a wild guess would be that there are at least two or three G29’s driving around. So I see them often.

And you proved that my memory stating 4k to 5k was wrong (and old). 10k per year is probably a closer figure.

[Thucp]

Originally Posted by 823BMW

Now that I have my build number and looking in detail at My BMW Garage, it has a Carbon Fiber Rear Spoiler listed. I haven’t seen that on the photos or the configurator but will certainly take it! Anyone have additional info?

Did you ever figure out what the carbon fiber rear spoiler is?

[Radius9876]

My dealer says I'm second on their list for when they get an allocation. I told them I wanted to order as soon as it was announced in December and gave a $1k deposit.
The anticipation is killing me, kind of like being a little kid at Christmas.

[tracer bullet]

Originally Posted by Radius9876

My dealer says I'm second on their list for when they get an allocation. I told them I wanted to order as soon as it was announced in December and gave a $1k deposit.

I did something similar but was 1st on the list. They sort of made the list after I convinced them to check that the car would be real.

You might consider calling other dealerships in your area, or anywhere that you might have friends or family that could put you up for the night if you were to fly somewhere to get the car. Nothing to lose by trying. You might get lucky and someone's got an allocation with no takers.

There's also a post in this section of the forum with a car available. I think it's far enough along that you'd need to take what they asked to have built, but if I remember right it's a Thundernight / Magma red and basically loaded.

[Ex_Stig]

While waiting for my oil service I walked over to talk with my sales guy. He said, what I think has already been shared here…

Only 30 Z4 allocations have been released so far. Of those, only 8 are being shown as available (not customer ordered). He also mentioned that the delay we had at the port in Europe was due to logistical issues due to shipping concerns around the Middle East due to the political unrest.

Looks like ours should be here around the middle of May.

[Westside Guy]

Originally Posted by Radius9876

My dealer says I'm second on their list for when they get an allocation. I told them I wanted to order as soon as it was announced in December and gave a $1k deposit.
The anticipation is killing me, kind of like being a little kid at Christmas.

Out of curiosity, who is your dealer?

[tracer bullet]

Originally Posted by Ex_Stig

Only 30 Z4 allocations have been released so far. Of those, only 8 are being shown as available (not customer ordered). He also mentioned that the delay we had at the port in Europe was due to logistical issues due to shipping concerns around the Middle East due to the political unrest.

Oh. wow. 30 total for 2025's? Or 2025 manuals? Probably 2025's and then you can choose the transmission type. If so then me getting one in MN, 1 of 50 states of 30 allocations and not a place many convertibles are ordered, is sort of a rare thing indeed.

[Ex_Stig]

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

Oh. wow. 30 total for 2025's? Or 2025 manuals? Probably 2025's and then you can choose the transmission type. If so then me getting one in MN, 1 of 50 states of 30 allocations and not a place many convertibles are ordered, is sort of a rare thing indeed.

30 ‘25 units so far. I don’t think it’s possible to sort by gearbox since that’s just an option on the car. But, I’d guess that the majority of the 30 so far are probably automatics.

I’m sure (or hoping) that production increases as we go.

[Radius9876]

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

I did something similar but was 1st on the list. They sort of made the list after I convinced them to check that the car would be real.

You might consider calling other dealerships in your area, or anywhere that you might have friends or family that could put you up for the night if you were to fly somewhere to get the car. Nothing to lose by trying. You might get lucky and someone's got an allocation with no takers.

There's also a post in this section of the forum with a car available. I think it's far enough along that you'd need to take what they asked to have built, but if I remember right it's a Thundernight / Magma red and basically loaded.

I'm wanting one with the Frozen deep green / cognac and in upstate NY.

You've inspired me to start contacting other dealerships in nearby cities to see if anyone may have one, but So far no luck. Fingers crossed.

[Westside Guy]

Originally Posted by Radius9876

I'm wanting one with the Frozen deep green / cognac and in upstate NY.

You've inspired me to start contacting other dealerships in nearby cities to see if anyone may have one, but So far no luck. Fingers crossed.

It is a shame that the BMW USA website limits us to a 100 mile radius when doing new car searches while the MINI USA site allows nationwide searches for new car inventory. 👎🏻

[tracer bullet]

Interesting, I never tried it. For CPO stuff when I was considering a last gen M2 you can do nationwide.

I guess you could grab a zip code from every major city. Or find a list of dealerships and type in their zip codes, perhaps one that's not in a major city would be a candidate.

Tedious work of course. Depends how badly you want one!