New York: BMW pulls sheet off X6 M
BMW X6 M – Click above for high-res image gallery
Here at the New York Auto Show today, BMW is publicly showing the new X6 M for the first time, resplendent in red. For all the questions that were raised about the X6's own reason for being a year ago when it debuted, the same questions are even more boosted with the X6 M. The standard 400-hp 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 has been boosted to a massive 555 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque. Does it make any more sense? Certainly no more so than any other 500-hp vehicle, but that's not what the X6 M is about. As BMW points out, M is about an expression of joy. Aside from the acceleration, we didn't find the standard X6 all that joyful. We'll have to wait until we get the X6 M on a track in July to see if nearly 40 percent more power can address that. We're just hoping the next M5 gets this engine.
Gallery: New York 2009: BMW X6 M Live
Photos Copyright ©2009 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Kumail 5:32PM (4/08/2009)
ZDX > X6
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izorro 5:36PM (4/08/2009)
Agreed
chconline 6:17PM (4/08/2009)
+2. I actually kinda like the ZDX... not that I would actually buy one though haha.
garlinski 10:53PM (4/08/2009)
I'm just not that into it.
zamafir 5:34PM (4/08/2009)
Who do I pay to put the sheets back on?
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Mazda FTW! 7:59PM (4/08/2009)
Heck I'm pretty sure once the show opens to the public some lady with kids is gonna do it for free while shouting "someone think of the children!!!"
PJ 9:42PM (4/08/2009)
"BMW pulls sheet off X6 M"
... and hands it to audience to barf in.
AlmightyPants 5:34PM (4/08/2009)
I guess this one grows higher on the ugly tree than the regular X6, more branches to hit on the way down.
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koikoikoi 5:36PM (4/08/2009)
Everything > current Acura & BMW styling
The car industry, why you do this? Why?
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mkevin88 6:17PM (4/08/2009)
word
mkevin88 6:18PM (4/08/2009)
actually i dont mind a lot of the bmw design, i just hate the 5 series, x6, and the 3 series convertible....acura makes me cry before i go to sleep
Luis 8:43AM (4/09/2009)
You guys don't seem to understand the appeal of "look at me" styling. An X6 drives by and people notice. The same will happen with the ZDX. When people think, that's an Acura? Or that's a BMW? Wow, I'd get noticed in one of those!
IK 5:35PM (4/08/2009)
is there a reason why they used those wheels for the x6m and x5m? I know that bmw has much much better wheels than that already available for the regular x5 and x6
and I'm waiting for a pic of these cars in the nicer paint hues. (who's idea was it to release the cars in such flamboyant colours??)
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Mr. Smith 5:36PM (4/08/2009)
Finally! I couldn't wait for a faster X6. Now they'll drive by fast enough for others not to notice the ugliness.
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yosh 5:37PM (4/08/2009)
This is the sexiest cuv that I've laid my eyes on. I wasn't a big fan until I saw it in real life and now it comes in M flavour. Now if only I had the money for this 555 bhp beast.
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Taglane 5:41PM (4/08/2009)
cuv?
Great, another term for the X6.
yosh 5:48PM (4/08/2009)
call it what you want, but it's always going to be a crossover.
Taglane 5:57PM (4/08/2009)
I call it an SUV. BMW calls it a Coupe. Coupes have two doors. You call it a crossover. I thought a Crossover was car based?
I don't know!!
chconline 6:16PM (4/08/2009)
Um... you're being sarcastic? The X6 looks worse in real life than in pictures...
DAlps 6:38PM (4/08/2009)
totally agree with u. From photos the x6 made me shrug my shoulders... though when I saw it in person at the BMW dealership it quickly grew on me.
I usually end up digging a lot of "love it or hate it" styling and am glad that some manufacturers are ballsy enough to actually put into production a car that looks somewhat different from the norm.