Not any more - The success of the SLK has spurred BMW to introduce it's "Mid" range Roadster with such a feature. It's no secret that soft-tops (like the Z4) do not sell as well as the folding hard-top rivals in some markets so BMW on the behest of marketing and consumer demand have put forward their plans to recooperate their market share in this segment. BMW will again introduce a Coupe model the folding hardtop will be lightweight steel similar to the 3er Cabrio , The reason why the car is out early is that the engineers want to completely change the perception of such a car and make it dynamically superior The car has been submitted a very challenging dynamics programme.

- when this car is replaced the Boxster will be well on it's way towards it's
3rd generation model