BMW X6 Reviews Specs Price Photos and Performance
For many, the BMW X6 does not make sense. In fact, BMW has a big SUV, the X5, and it also has sports cars, coupes, and everything. What's the point of making an SUV with "coupe" body, dimensions as generous as performance and off-road fitness less than the ability to ride very fast at the Nurburgring? There seems to be no reason, but if we enter the field of emotion, the X6 makes perfect sense, especially in this evaluated version, the xDrive50i with M Sports package.
Incidentally, do not call the SUV X6, it wants to be called SAV (Sports Activity Vehicle). It's chicer and more suited to the extravagant look of the car, which has won renewed lines on the 2015 line, designed to provide greater aerodynamic flow to the model. There are also rear-view mirrors and spoiler in carbon fiber, as well as a small upgrade in the front grille. Small, punctual changes, enough for the X6 to keep sighing wherever it goes. And, as if that were not enough, this M Sports version adds even more exciting 20 "wheels.
But just open the hood to see what really takes the breath: a huge V8 4.4 biturbo gasoline, which delivers a power of 450 hp @ 5,500-6,000 rpm and a maximum torque of 66.3 kgfm @ 2,000-4,500 rpm. Such force is distributed on all four wheels (favored by the rear wheels) and orchestrated by an eight-speed ZF transmission. Such a setting allows the 2,245 kg monster to accelerate from 0-100 km / h in 4.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 250 km / h. And the performance figures cannot accurately describe the incredible feel of accelerating the X6.
Except that before feeling the puncture caused by the V8 in the viscera, the driver will shelter comfortably in a leather seat with wide electrical adjustments. The driving position is as low as possible for such a tall car, and the steering column has the widest telescopic (electric) setting I have ever seen. The interior is so cozy that you can not immediately see the dimensions of the VAS, and the multimedia capabilities aboard abusing the power of seduction: Bang & amp; Olufsen, 10 "front screen and two 9.2" rear monitors and independent DVDs in the front and rear. Add this to the quality interior space for all passengers and the first soundproofing.
And nobody will enjoy more of the technical qualities of the car than the commander. There is a digital cluster that changes your information according to driving mode (Eco Pro, Comfort, Sport and Sport +), GPS with real-time traffic, head-up display, automatic braking system, night vision system (BMW Night Drive) and Dynamic Spot Light (LED) headlamps that automatically direct a high light beam to boards, pedestrians, animals, or anything that could damage the integrity of the X6. In addition, there is a feature that makes the steering wheel vibrate if the driver invades the road dividers. It's definitely one of those cars that requires a lot of "pilot" effort to do some bullshit.
Maneuvering a 4.91m-long, 1.99m-wide car and 2.93m of car wheels in tight garages may seem complicated, and it does, but the X6 will do anything to make life easier. In the central display, the car uses the cameras around the body to generate an image as if the car was being shot from above by a drone and, together with the parking sensors from all corners, makes any driver newly approved in the Beacon test maneuver (almost) as well as a Las Vegas valet. And for those who do not rely so much on technologies, the mirrors are large and lower tilt-down to facilitate the maneuvers made the old-fashioned, and only the visibility by the rear port is poor, a fault of the SAV body.
Using the X6 in the city is as flashy as strolling in the mall holding hands with a Panicat. The car is too bulky for the ever narrower streets of our metropolis, but that does not bother the tranquility felt by running with the crossover. In Eco Pro mode, the gearshift shifts rapidly and the start-stop puts the 450 hp to sleep at the traffic lights and long stops. With the BMW Adaptative Drive, the car's computers analyze and regulate the performance of the anti-roll bar and shock absorbers at all times, so that even the crispest streets do not cause excessive discomfort to X6 passengers, even with a profile so low. The measured consumption was around 6.5 km / l of gasoline. The more horses, the more food.
Already on the road, the behavior of the car is still higher than you might expect. In Comfort mode, the X6 flows smoothly in any situation, and in Eco Pro mode, regenerative brakes accumulate energy for the battery and, with the foot off the accelerator at cruising speed, the gearbox disengages from the engine and Coasting mode the car follow "on the stick", saving fuel and abusing the Cx of 0.32 to go further by spending as little as possible. I managed to make up to 10.8 km / l of smooth gasoline, good for a 4.4-cylinder 8-cylinder engine, but who said that you can always ride smoothly with this car?
It is sinking the foot for an acceleration or resumption and not believing what is happening. The whole body is glued against the seat, the gears are changed quickly and if the Sports mode is activated, with each gear change an overflow is heard, simulating a backfire. Those who see from outside do not believe that something so big accelerates so much, and keeping the attention to the radars is mandatory not to accumulate fines. The ventilated discs on all four wheels make the car brakes as brutally as it accelerates, and if it were not for the tire weights fighting the asphalt on the brake pads, you would not know how incredible those metal pizzas are inside the wheels. If it were not for ABS, the tires would be square.
By the way, what tires? These Pirelli P Zero 275/40 (front) and 315/35 (rear) that equip the car, and cause it to devote curves on the road with a spectacular fitness for a car with 1.70 m height and two tons of weight. Remember the BMW Adaptative Drive? Then, by putting the Sports mode into action, the car gains steering and rigid suspensions and, with the help of the rear-actuated torque-vectoring system, the car presents sensational cornering neutrality, even if the Sport + mode and traction controls) is engaged. Although this is a 4 × 4 car, with excessive abuse the rear flaps, and neither need to be an English journalist to control the getaway as a genius.
But anyway, how much does this joke cost? No one knows. As informed by the Press Office of BMW, there are very few BMW X6 xDrive50i available in Brazil, that is, it is a car as rare as seductive. If we take into consideration the price of the simpler version xDrive35i, which costs $ 417,950, we can put a few tens of thousands more in the final price of xDrive50i. Is it worth it? It depends, because there are things that are smaller and more discreet, cheaper and as fun as (or more) but, as we said up there, the X6 is the result of emotion, and emotion sometimes drives us to do things without meaning.
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