What you saw was a Z3 Coupe. Many writers have compared it to the MGB-GT.
Actually, I think one magazine implied that the designer was inspired by
the MGB-GT. But we know which one is better looking...
Rocky Frisco had this to say:
>John Walker wrote:
>>
>> First of all I believe that what you meant to say was the Z3.
>> The M3 is a sport sedan, not a roadster and would not be a
>> proper comparison.
>
>Saw a bright red some-kind-of BMW, day before yesterday, here in Tulsa.
>Looked like a Z3 but with a semi-stationwagon fastback body. I found it
>to be very ugly. I rather like the bodystyle of the Z3, but not as much
>as I like the Miata or MGF. This +4 or coupe or whatever this was
>reminded me of the Jag XKE coupes, which I hated. Not that it looked
>similar, but that both treatments ruined the lines of what I thought was
>not a bad design at all to start with.
>
>I took some pictures, but will have to wait until the roll is used to
>get them processed and scanned.
>
>-Rock
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'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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