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This BMW Z4 Coupe has a Viper V10

And it's for sale on German eBay. Credit cards at the ready

Published: 16 Sep 2016

We quite like people who fit ludicrous engines into tiny little cars. Take the Ferrari V8-engined Toyota GT86, for example. Or this Mazda MX-5. But even eight cylinders were too few for one German bloke, who when it came to replacing a BMW Z4 Coupe’s six-cylinder with something a bit more… purposeful, decided no less than ten would do. 

But it’s not BMW’s own V10 – from the old M5 – that somebody has mated with the Z4, but the 8.3-litre behemoth from a Dodge RAM SRT-10. That’s the same engine you get in a Dodge Viper. 

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The Google Translate’d eBay ad’ paints a pretty picture: “As the carriage moves, can be a word to describe very well: brutal.” Right. It says the Z4 makes 542bhp and 553lb ft. The transmission’s a Tremec six-speed manual, there’s a properly serious roll-cage and an exhaust with baffles that open at 3,800rpm. Oh, and the brakes are from an Audi R8. Its dry-weight is a smidge under 1,400kg, which given the bare interior is unsurprising. 

For sale on German eBay for the equivalent of £42k, this Franken-Z4 is just two grand south of an M2. And substantially more hairy-chested, no doubt. Worth the money?

Images via the eBay listing, which you can look at by clicking on these words

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