Talk:BMW Z1

message: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists the BMW Z1 (1988-1991) in the "show or display" category, reserved for cases where
"it would be difficult or impossible to bring the vehicle into compliance with the Federal motor vehicle safety standards. This provision is intended to facilitate the importation of historically or technologically significant vehicles that were never certified by their manufacturer for sale in the United States."
See 
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ShowDisplay/sdlist06202005.html
and
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ShowDisplay/howtosd072003.html
This quote is from BMW World:
"The doors of the Z1 are unique. The doors drop down into the car's sills (or rockers), and as they drop the windows lower. The "open air" cockpit was considered unsafe in the USA, and the Z1 was not allowed to be imported for many years." 
See http://www.bmwworld.com/models/z1.htm
I wonder if without the U.S. market the Z1 could have survived anyway.
Answer from owner : Yes it did survive for 3 production years which is about 36 months more it was planned. The Z1 was never planned to be a production car. When BMW decided to run a small production they wanted to keep the numbers under 10,000 units. At the end they made between 8012 and 8036 and all sold fairly well. 
Aldo L 18:40, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Z1 illegal in the U.S.A. because of doors? 

message: Can anyone more familiar with this article please take a look at the following bullet point in the Reference section and adjust as appropriate? I am not sure what is exactly what is trying to be done with this. Thanks
* Mueller, Thomas G.; BMW |  DIE GROSSE BMW Z1 CHRONIK Erstauflage | publisher = www.edition-weiss-blau.de | year = 2002 |
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