From spring of 1998, a coupé version was also ranged alongside the popular BMW Z3 Roadster. The initially rather polarising design styled with a shooting-brake body (in other words a sporty hatchback coupé) was unflatteringly referred to as a "Turnschuh" or "Clown Shoe". Today, the rare BMW Z3 Coupé is a highly coveted classic car. The coupés were only produced with six-cylinder inline engines and in each case also only with the largest engines: as the BMW Z3 Coupé 2.8 (later replaced by the BMW Z3 Coupé 3.0i) and as the M Coupé. The equipment was correspondingly upscale. Between 1998 and 2002, a total of 17,815 BMW Z3 Coupés were manufactured. Its successor, the BMW Z4 Coupé (E86), was only launched in the marketplace in 2006.