By Chris Haak

My work has me spending almost two hours per day on the roads of northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania, where a considerable number of wealthy people live.  As a car buff, I’m often dazzled by some of the impressive iron that I see.  I regularly see a Porsche 911 GT3, Maserati GranTurismo, Tesla Roadster, a Ferrari F430, and an Aston Martin DBS during my time on the road.  Some of the more rare vehicles I’ve seen include a Gemballa Porsche and an Audi R8 5.2 FSI (V10).  All interesting cars, to be sure, and all cars I’d love to have in the Autosavant long-term fleet.

Just last week, I spotted one I hadn’t seen before – a BMW Z8.  I forgot how much I liked the understated style of the Z8, which curiously was created during Chris Bangle era of BMW design, but was a car that pre-dated Bangle’s controversial E65 7 Series of 2002.  The Z8 looks not unlike a larger, tweaked version of the Z3 roadster, which makes sense, considering the cars were products of the same basic timeframe in BMW’s history.

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