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Why you should buy this car: Odd vehicles fascinate you. You're open-minded and prepared to accept that a big, tall, heavy SUV can out-drive many a sports car. You always wanted a Lamborghini LM002 but are locked into a world of lease agreements. Your heart says sports car but your head says, "You live at the end of a dirt road in mountains that are snowbound nine months out of the year." Your own personal project car hell is creating the ultimate Dakar racer. Why you shouldn't: You think that lightness and simplicity are the be all and end all of automotive greatness. SUVs offend you. You need an SUV for off-roading and hauling manure. You have small children. The thought of $5 a gallon gas sends you into deep depression. galleryPost('x6review3', 6, 'BMW X6 Interior Details'); galleryPost('x6review2', 6, 'BMW X6 Exterior Details'); galleryPost('2009BMWX6', 6, 'BMW X6'); Suitability Parameters: Speed Merchants: Yes Fashion...
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Exterior Design: *** Like many parts of the BMW X6 , its looks are promising yet flawed. Doing a great job of disguising its bulk — the X6 is huge, that lip on the rear hatch is taller than an F-150's tailgate and the pictured wheels are 20-inchers — they're nevertheless awkward in some places — the huge rear end — and disappointingly conservative in others — the boring front. It's an extremely color sensitive shape; white showing off its surfaces best while the burgundy version is just boring. Interior Design: ** In short: conservative and impractical. By opting for a CLS-style rear console BMW unnecessarily reduced the X6's people capacity to four, but haven't made the interior special enough to justify its lack of space. It's also very color and spec sensitive; the dash looks great covered in dark leather, but the beige plastic found in base versions is just plain tacky. The rear window, big on the outside, looks like little more...
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var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/First_Review_of_new_BMW_X6_the_weirdest_BMW_ever'; The 2009 BMW X6 isn't great on a racetrack. This thought occurs during my third lap when I realize — the throttle wide open, exiting a corner at 100mph — this may not be the best sports car out there. My next thought is "But this is a 4,993lbs SUV." And that's the point where you realize what we have here is something entirely new. galleryPost('2009BMWX6', 6, 'Exclusive First Review - 2009 BMW X6'); BMW calls the X6 a Sports Activity Coupe. That seems preposterous given both their constant assertion that their best selling SUVs, the X3 and X5 , be reffered to as SAVs and the X6's four doors, which is 2 more than the unofficial definition of a coupe allows. The BMW X6 is based on that X5, its main difference, aside from the obvious low roof, swoopy bodywork and huge ass, is firm suspension and the addition of Dynamic Performance Control. It's...
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Boy, put up one set of pics from somebody and they automatically think you want some more. The grocery store BMW X6 wasn't enough fame for David W, now he's sent us pics of the a whole gaggle of them outside the BMW factory. Why they're being led by a Z4 is anyones guess, perhaps they're practicing following a pace car for all the races they'll be in. Maybe it's a dealer ride and drive, validation of one of BMW's 74 types of precision, who knows, but they sure seem to be running them all over the place. In attendance you'll see what looks like the zippy 5.0 liter V8 model lurking around near the gate too. Mmmm, speedy grocery getter. galleryPost('x6parade', 6, 'The BMW X6 March'); x6parade
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Reader David W. captured some very nice shots of the recently unveiled 2009 BMW X6 in what we can only assume is its native environment - a grocery store parking lot. Is it bad we're already making fun of BMW's latest and greatest market blurring offering? Sure it's destined for innumerable trips to the salon and the Coach boutique at the hands of trophy wives everywhere, but shouldn't we give it at least a moment to shine? The tall car/sleek suvvie is still wearing its manufacturer plates, so don't get your designer hand bags out and run to get your own copy just yet. galleryPost('groceryx6', 6, '2009 BMW X6 Drawn to Grocery Like Moth to Flame');
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