Hotted-up BMW X6 prototype spotted in Brooklyn - Next M?
You can see all sorts of things in Manhattan's boroughs, but camouflaged automaker mules aren't common. At least BMW's crazy whirl-filled disguise stands a chance of escaping notice in the hustle and bustle. GMInsideNews forum member GeneralMischief didn't walk by this extra-sinister X6 without realizing that something wicked is going on. Cameraphone shots of the exterior are all we have to go on at this point, but the conspicuous location of camo – on the front and rear fascias and on the front quarter panels - hints that an X6-M is in store.
The X6 XDrive 50i already has an M-division feel about it, with a 400 horsepower turbo V8 wallop and accompanying raucous exhaust note. Our imaginations reel with the thought of the M5's spectacular V10 finding its way into the X6's engine bay, but that's probably not going to happen. Most likely is a boost tweak for more power, revised suspension tuning, and more aggressive – yet still understated – bodywork. When it's a BMW wearing M badges, it's safe to assume power delivery akin to a solid rocket booster, backed up by handling that will make the X6's avoirdupois dance more gracefully than it already does. Maybe they will find a way to fix the V8's flinty ride while they're at it.
Gallery: X6 M-version
[Source: GMInsideNews Photos: GeneralMischief]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Hamud 2:35PM (2/16/2009)
At least they covered the BMW logo, so no one could identify the car...
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Joe 2:37PM (2/16/2009)
Top secret mule? Or maybe that could just be an X6 with horrible, unfinished bodywork.
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Kitko 3:19PM (2/16/2009)
I've already forgotten how ugly this car was and bang, here it is.... again.
bigford87129 2:44PM (2/16/2009)
Looks great, I'm excited to see what powers it.
On a side note, Brooklyn and Manhattan are two of The Five Boroughs and therefore Manhattan has no boroughs of its own. Maybe AB should stick to autos and not bother with geography.
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Carmine 6:46PM (2/16/2009)
if you didn't say it, i would have... as a born and bred brooklynite.
BosGav 3:01PM (2/16/2009)
Let's see, we'll take a BMW and jack it up, THEN lower it again in a bid to make a high performance version of a jacked-up car.
Or look at it this way: we'll make a BMW truck. Then we'll make a car version of the truck. Then we'll make a high-performance version of the car made from a truck.
Does anyone else find this ludicrous?
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zamafir 3:15PM (2/16/2009)
Not any more, at the rate people are buying these I'm not longer faulting BMW and now faulting their customers :).
Brandon 3:17PM (2/16/2009)
Lol for real... I though I was behind on info about my own hometown... I was thinking, they finally broke Manhattan up, eh?
JF 6:25PM (2/16/2009)
BosGav,
+1000
carguy 3:04PM (2/16/2009)
What BosGav said +1
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300C 3:08PM (2/16/2009)
What BosGav said +2
oldraven 3:06PM (2/16/2009)
Will they call it the MX6? The BMW Probe?
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Suddhodana 3:08PM (2/16/2009)
Forget the X6M and the turbo V8. We should put the Ecoboost V6 in it, it will kill everything on its way!!!!111
Oh wait, the Ecoboost is not even available yet :(
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Mazda FTW! 3:17PM (2/16/2009)
Since everything in the BMW lineup is now starting to look exactly the same: a large sized rounded object with a hatch...BMW's new tagline -> The Ultimate Driving Blob
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Marc 3:22PM (2/16/2009)
Where are all the gas hog bashers that come out when Ford or Gm brings out a new suv,cuv,or truck. Guess that term doesnt apply to the europeans.
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kevin 3:52PM (2/16/2009)
No one is BMW a free pass for building this gas hog; it's just that most people would agree that fuel consumption is the LEAST offensive aspect of this ugly thing.
ferrarihire 3:24PM (2/16/2009)
Can't believe somone would design something like this :(
Perhaps it looks better in the flesh ??
We never get away with anything out of the ordinary, infact our customers will generally only take a Ferrari if its Rosso!
www.northernferrarihire.com
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Torrent 3:31PM (2/16/2009)
"perhaps it looks better in the flesh?"
NO.
JD 3:38PM (2/16/2009)
These X6s look better in person.
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Brent Malesich 4:22PM (2/16/2009)
no, they do not.