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
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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