The Z4 GT3 competed in Europe since 2011 and in the U.S.

starting in 2014.

While the production version of the BMW Z4 has a six-cylinder engine, the GT3 car was powered by a 4.4 litre, eight-cylinder engine derived from the BMW M3 GTS, which produced approximately 508bhp.

In its first year of racing, the car proved competitive in the FIA GT3 European Championship as well as not only emerging victorious from the Dubai 24 Hour endurance event, but also heading to second place from a low 49th position at the 2011 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps event by the Need For Speed Team Schubert.

With drivers such as Nelson Piquet Jr.

competing in the GT3, BMW saw great success before, in 2016, the GT3 Z4 program was replaced by the M6.

The race cars were built at the cost of some £135,000 and have since exchanged hands for circa £120,000 even after the M6 replacement have taken their place.

What a shame that BMW never saw fit to make a production version of the GT3, the Z4 GT3 looked incredib...