2015 BMW X6 M Review - Paid in Full - 2015 BMW X6 M 4.4-liter, twin turbo V -8 with direct injection and variable valve control (567...
14 city / 19 highway / 16 combined (EPA Note, MPG)
16.8 mpg combined, 60 percent highway, 40 percent asshat (observed MPG)
tested options: Driver Assistance more - $ 1.00; Executive Package - $ 4.500; . Enhanced Bluetooth and smartphone - $ 500
Base price:
$ 103,050 w / $ 950 destination charge
As Price Tested:
$ 109,950 w / $ 950 destination fee of
for most people who find themselves overwhelmed by the choice between fast and large: Salud, you made somewhere. For the few people who make fun of these physical costs: pay your taxes, please. You use the road more than the rest of us.
Imagine, if you can, a Venn diagram of two relatively equal circles representing the decision of a traditional buyer between two cars that, everything else being equal, represent the physical problem of mass and its direct effect on the speed. Two independent sets of realities - the speed and size - converge rarely in the physical world, unless these sets are red Castrol, Bavarian blue and of course, purple, I guess
I this because. BMW X6 M looks good, a little vain. On paper, the big SUV does not shout it wants to be taken off-road (tooth and the 21-inch wheels!) It does not seem like he wants to go that fast. After all, 5,185 pounds is big enough to have its own weather system.
The curve to the speed of light, Albert Einstein taught us, gets steeper exponentially upward because moving any mass near the speed of light requires much more energy, but I'm not sure that Einstein never watched 4.4 liter BMW turbo V-8 twin scroll bump under the hood X6 M.
Powertrain
mill, which is new in spite of having the same displacement as the old engine delivers 567 horsepower and 550 lb-ft of torque, an increase of 12 horsepower and 53 pound-feet of the latest generation. The soft symphony of turbos and rockets pounding two pistons and a half-ton machines up to 60 mph in about four seconds. Yikes.
Married to August 1 traditional automatic transmission, the X6 M swaps teeth fast enough to keep up with its motor angry. The decision to use a normal torque converter instead of a dual-clutch transmission makes sense for two reasons: first, take off is much smoother in the traditional automatic; and secondly, there is virtually no benefit to shave milliseconds in a car that does not belong to the track anyway.
Yes, I saw and heard the "can", but massive horse shoes X6 M and hulking mass of 5000 pounds, it really thinks "should". Chewing by wide, 325 millimeters of rubber X6 M at the back is no fun; you defying physics to catch the pack, not mastering the machine
Since BMW has begun to implement its M badges -. and likely M mechanicals - SUVs in the States in 09, more than 20,000 examples have rolled off the lots and streets. It is almost trite, but it is fast for a series of cars that cost six figures to start - the X6 M starts at $ 103,050. The X6 M company as Cayenne Turbo Porsche coming SVR Range Rover, unnamed SUV ahead of Maserati, and Grand Cherokee SRT8 Jeep (and probably Trackhawk) all play in the category of super-sized performance SUV for close to fact-no difference of $ 100,000.
X6 M will play ball with them, if only because his engine is considered as one of the engineering marvels of the known universe.
Exterior
All these new competitors has forced BMW hand to remake the X6 M a little faster than it wanted, I guess.
You could be forgiven for confusion second generation look quite similar to the first. the car this year is slightly longer, wider and higher than the outgoing generation, and wheelbase of 115.5 inches is the same. From the side, the two cars are almost identical - except for the larger wheels, shoes that were 20 inches last time. This year X6 M sports an updated front fascia with a classier grille and sharper snout. In back, the rear haunches were overestimated and is stocky, quad pipes in the back turns quiet riot engine to the outside world. The wider arcs, the deeper chin and allusion shouty pipes to passersby that incredibly wide tires confirm: the X6 M is a totally different beast altogether
If you are looking for something practical, it is not. . If you are looking for something that is completely different on the road -. Well, here is your steed
If you asked me what was different from the last generation without much time to prepare, I would say the rear quarter is the only new thing on the surface. A week later, I still feel the same way. Oh, and the grid, I guess.
Interior
Inside the X6 M is the best that the cars of BMW upper echelons can provide. soft leather, comfortable seats and all the power is what we expect from a German luxury car manufacturer, but oh my god is it expensive. As a BMW owner, divergent materials the company uses in their cars sadden me, but I understand why it happens.
There are no long descent was unequivocal in a BMW entry and the most expensive model. Today, the difference between entry level 320i and X6 M is the difference between the Four Seasons and an air mattress in the garage of your grandmother. The interior of the X6 M is beautiful, and it absolutely needs to be.
rear legroom and headroom is down slightly from the last generation, but anyone who buys the X6 M in search of practice should be scissor-kicking by reality: its space rear loading is comically small and there are people that you could afford to hire to transport your children to the grocery store and pick up your dry cleaning. If you need :. Rear legroom is down to 35.6 inches and cargo space is rated at 26.6 cubic feet
Our tester added ventilated seats, which did not work, a connected smartphone harnesses , which was too small, and a touchpad for navigation infotainment system, which could not read my childish handwriting.
Did I mention how god as the powertrain is?
Infotainment
did I mention how god as the powertrain is?
(In reality, the high resolution screen of 10.2 inches BMW is infinitely strong and sensitive. I prefer Mercedes navigation menu and newly found compartmentalized approach of Audi infotainment, but the BMW system no slouch. redundant buttons around its clickwheel are easy to remember and useful when you push the car in a mountainous area at 60 mph.)
drive
Behind the wheel, the X6 M is a gradual improvement on the car of the last generation. BMW said half a second was shaved its 0-60 time and braking power was increased by size trays rotors with more stopping power than the breath of the morning, but that's a minor detail. greater improvement of the X6 M, for me, is in its comfortability -. or you know, when there are other people in the car
The three transmission modes, three steering modes, three modes of strangulation and three damping modes all have a framework " pal it easy, "which adjusts the car in a normal routine. This is useful when you want a petrol station without stopping at it (we saw 16 mpg in hard driving, 19 mpg when we softened), and when you have kids in the car.
Get It On an open road and dial the car past "easy" and you'll see how wild it can be. The X6 M is just as fun to drive as you imagine commanded more than 550 horses would be. Rocketing to the speed and maneuver around the car sinuous stuff is more fun than choosing your younger brother, and the X6 M is flatter in corners that Kansas accent. You can not not love this car.
But you can not test very well. Despite his ability to hide his weight, the BMW X6 M always exceeds your capacity and will never reveal his secret. And it's secret is that it's fast, but it is very large and can bite back in a big way
I like the X6 M exists. I have only fast or wide turns alternately, but I recognize that some of you need both at the same time, I say, to nearly $ 110,000 as tested, you are more than welcome. You are very well there in the middle
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