The Z3M Coupé divided opinion upon its launch in 1998 and has since become a cult classic within the modern collector car market.

Some, at the time, questioned BMW’s sanity for producing such a bold design that had no precedent and interestingly, no successor.

Stylistically it was a loose take on the 'shooting brake', a term normally used to describe a lengthened estate car, but adopted by coachbuilders from the 1950s to the 1980s when they added a rectangular 'glasshouse' to the back of contemporary saloons and even sports cars with varying degrees of success.

Yet, by the late 2000s, who could have predicted the similarly silhouetted Ferrari FF and the later Porsche Taycan, amongst others? With the market today seemingly awash with sporting SUVs, the Z3M Coupé was both unique and visionary at launch.

Sales were slow however, as BMW provided almost zero marketing budget to prevent direct sales competition from the more profitable E46 M3 and therefore UK-supplied Z3M Coupés are sca...