Posted by Admin on
May 17, 2009
Feast your eyes on the new BMW X5 M and BMW X6 M, both powered by BMW’s brand-new 555 HP 4.4-liter V8 M engines, and are the first all-wheel-drive models in the history of the BMW M series.
Both the new BMW X6 M and BMW X5 M, debuted at the New York Auto Show, are powered by a newly-developed 4.4-liter V8 M engine delivering 555 HP at 6,000 rpm a whopping 500 lb-ft of torque from 1,500 to 5,650 rpm. The new M engine is the first with a pulse-tuned exhaust manifold encompassing both rows of cylinders combined with high-performance twin-scroll twin turbo technology.
All that twin turbo goodness helps both of these SUV-type-things accelerate from 0-to-60 MPH in 4.5 seconds. But the real story here is from a handling standpoint, as both vehicles, with careful tuning of their xDrive systems, are the first BMW M vehicles with all-wheel-drive capability.
Read the full press release and view the full galleries after the jump.
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Posted by Admin on
May 9, 2008
Those stiff upper lip, always so proper, chaps from across the pond got a bit of an awakening recently. As it turns out, a quite flexible man drops his trousers and bares his ass for a speed camera on the A1171 Dudley Lane in Cramlington. And who knew, the police aren’t too happy about the matter. His behaviour is being labelled as “dangerous and offensive” by road safety campaigners. The police will most likely be contacting the owner of the vehicle and may take action against the man for public order offenses and failure to wear a seatbelt.
We’re still amazed that the guy could stand up, pull down his pants and turn around while riding shotgun in a moving BMW X5 all in time for the camera.
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Posted by Admin on
April 22, 2008
A journalist for the Toronto Star newspaper got a chance to see what combining a brand new 2008 BMW X6 with a deer looks like in an impromptu test of the Bimmer’s safety features after colliding nearly head-on with a deer. Oops.
Though you might believe the X6 is very similar to the X5, style-wise it’s anything but. With a strange coupe roofline grafted onto some four-door body that looks plump and overbuilt, the X6 almost appears car-like, but with some steroid-injected look to its fenders, and gargantuan 19-inch run-flat tires, scream “truck.”
Off the line the X6 reached 100 km/h in just 5.4 seconds, and quickly pushed past 160 km/h, and with the four-channel ABS ventilated disc brakes (348 mm front and 345 mm rear) it scrubbed the speed down to 60 km/h in moments.
Pricing for the BMW X6 models has yet to be announced, but a BMW executive suggested that while the X6 will be priced above the X5, it wouldn’t be by much. Currently, the 2008 BMW X5 base starts at $61,900 and the V8-powered version starts at $73,500.
Hmm, all i can say is: Oh dear. That’ll cost a buck to fix.
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