The 2009 BMW Z4 is a fun li'l coupe but, like all blood-pumping wannabe Teutons, we've been pining for an M version. It ain't happening, but the Detroit Auto Show-bound 2010 BMW Z4 sDrive35is is pretty damn close.

The 2010 BMW Z4 greeted us with its sharky grin this morning, inviting us to peer through the BMW execs with our lens and snap the first live photos of the revised roadster.

Not wanting to take the usual art car route by decorating the car itself, artist Robin Rhode installed a set of paint squirters on a 2010 BMW Z4 and set it in motion upon canvas.

It’s time to say goodbye to one of the smoothest, most driver-friendly engines of all time: the E46 M3’s 3.2-liter straight-six. We’re paying our respects Jalopnik-style with a mega-gallery of straight-sex.

Yesterday's leaked brochure scans were just the prelude to the official reveal last night of the hardtop-only 2009 BMW Z4. Full details and the huge 63-photo mega-gallery below.

What look to be brochure scans of the shark-nosed 2010 BMW Z4 have hit the web courtesy of BMW Blog, and it looks consistent with previous leaks.

Yesterday, we saw the 2010 BMW Z4 from the front 3/4. Now, thanks to a leaked catalog rendering, we can see it from the rear. Visible for the first time are its folding hardtop and shapely haunches. The more we see of the new BMW Z4, the more we like it. [via BMWBlog]

Here is the first picture of the 2010 BMW Z4 hard-top convertible completely uncovered. It was spotted by a forum user over at Zpost.com while being used in a scene for Michael Douglas’s upcoming thriller Solitary Man. We're thrilled.