Smit Oletha review | The BMW Z4 restomod that thinks it's a Z8

Restomods don't get much more glamorous than the Smit Vehicle Engineering Oletha. Developed by two engineer brothers, Kaess and Willem Smit, the Oletha is a BMW Z4 underneath, with an impossibly beautiful carbon fibre body that looks like the Z8 coupe BMW never made.

Under the bonnet is something just as special - a 4.4-litre BMW V8, very similar to the old M3 GTS's, making 448bhp at some 8200rpm.

This car is a prototype but Smit would like to build a few dozen Olethas, priced around £365,000 ($450,000).

Join Matt Prior as he tests the Oletha prototype. Take in the sights but, as importantly, the sounds, too.

Want more restomod videos?

How about an Alfaholics GTA-R meeting a JIA Jensen Interceptor R and a Tuthill Porsche 911? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rA-HK501OQ

Or something more BMW Z4-shaped? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXzlzAyNezc

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