The Stars of 2016 Hot Wheels Batches K & L #3. BMW Z4 M

Fun fact: The number four has appeared on the side of every version of Hot Wheels' BMW Z4 M. The 2012 First Ed. and FE Recolour both sported '4', which then became '04' for the BMW Series release in 2016 and then '44' for the 2016 Mainline release in the BMW segment.

But enough with the trivia. The usual practice at Hot Wheels is that if a car is released in the basic line, it may get a recolour. In the 2000s and early 2010s a third colour wasn't uncommon, but began to die out.  Thankfully this has had something of a resurgence this year with models like the '15 Ford Mustang GT getting three colours, and many of the cars that received Zamac treatment also getting a third colour. Two completely different versions of a car in one year though? That's rare, but is getting more and more common. In this case, after not being seen since the first two releases in 2012, the Z4 made a welcome return not only to the mainline, but also in the BMW Manufacturer set.

There's not much more to say about this one, as I probably exhausted most of it in my BMW Series post, but it is great to see it back after three years of absence alongside its 2012 debut counterpart, the M3 GT2 (maybe it's returned twice to make up for that?) and it's pretty much modification-proof due to having a metal spoiler from the very beginning.

Welcome back Z4, I hope to see you again soon...hopefully before 2019!

NB: You'll notice the black FE Recolour is absent below, as I'm yet to acquire one :(