i 2dr Rear-Wheel Drive Convertible
2012 BMW 650

2012 650 Photos
Least Expensive Model Now The Best 2012 BMW 6 Series Coupe - Click above for high-res image gallery We tried the open version back in January and, despite a couple of BMW's "I'm a niche car" choices for the model that are open to debate, largely enjoyed the 6 Series Convertible. Despite a serious keys-in-hand base price of $91,375 for the skybox 650i, the 6 Series is perhaps the best overall package in this small segment of near-millionaire large convertibles and coupes (i.e. sub Bentley/Aston Martin). Just considering sheer finish and accommodation for four real-sized adults, this new 2+2 BMW fairly well beats the Jaguar XK, Audi S5, and Mercedes E-Class Coupe – with or without a metal roof. The Cadillac CTS Coupe lineup suffers by comparison in the total package, though its discount pricing will convince some, and none of the premium Japanese brands currently offer anything even close in ambition to this latest 6 Series. Having just alluded to a few iffy choices by BMW, the first thing we have to talk about with this third generation 6 Series is its face, which is one only a mother could love. It's particularly disturbing because we really do like most everything else about the design, and the hardtop tested here is a much more holistic thing than the slightly odd looking convertible. In profile, the coupe's proportions are great, and that view – along with a variety of angles from the rear three-quarter school – is its best look. Start walking around to the front, though, and that honker just lands like poop on a princess. We've been told and retold that the discrepant front end with its schnozzola double kidneys and heavily recessed lights was a solution concocted to satisfy global pedestrian impact regulations. BMW designers have basically told us that this new 6 Series was selected by company authorities spanning the Atlantic as the first major new model designed to live up to all of these regulations. Or maybe they just felt picked on and needed an ear to bend. Well... did we mention yet that it looks great in profile and from the back? And it's built to run like Secretariat – if Secretariat also had a super sophisticated suspension available. The front is just out of whack with itself and with the rest of the design, looking like a variety of Japanese and American treatments from years past. To be fair, it's certainly not as though this car replaces a model that had no aesthetic challenges of its own. For most folks, the outgoing Bangle/van Hooydonk E63 and E64 6 Series still looks like a bundle of design schools took to fighting each other with rulers. On visuals alone, the smaller Jaguar XK and Audi S5 crush the last 6 Series and shame at least the face of this new car, and many would include the CTS coupe alongside the Jag and Audi in such a statement. Enough already. We have some shining and delightful …
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Least Expensive Model Now The Best 2012 BMW 6 Series Coupe - Click above for high-res image gallery We tried the open version back in January and, despite a couple of BMW's "I'm a niche car" choices for the model that are open to debate, largely enjoyed the 6 Series Convertible. Despite a serious keys-in-hand base price of $91,375 for the skybox 650i, the 6 Series is perhaps the best overall package in this small segment of near-millionaire large convertibles and coupes (i.e. sub Bentley/Aston Martin). Just considering sheer finish and accommodation for four real-sized adults, this new 2+2 BMW fairly well beats the Jaguar XK, Audi S5, and Mercedes E-Class Coupe – with or without a metal roof. The Cadillac CTS Coupe lineup suffers by comparison in the total package, though its discount pricing will convince some, and none of the premium Japanese brands currently offer anything even close in ambition to this latest 6 Series. Having just alluded to a few iffy choices by BMW, the first thing we have to talk about with this third generation 6 Series is its face, which is one only a mother could love. It's particularly disturbing because we really do like most everything else about the design, and the hardtop tested here is a much more holistic thing than the slightly odd looking convertible. In profile, the coupe's proportions are great, and that view – along with a variety of angles from the rear three-quarter school – is its best look. Start walking around to the front, though, and that honker just lands like poop on a princess. We've been told and retold that the discrepant front end with its schnozzola double kidneys and heavily recessed lights was a solution concocted to satisfy global pedestrian impact regulations. BMW designers have basically told us that this new 6 Series was selected by company authorities spanning the Atlantic as the first major new model designed to live up to all of these regulations. Or maybe they just felt picked on and needed an ear to bend. Well... did we mention yet that it looks great in profile and from the back? And it's built to run like Secretariat – if Secretariat also had a super sophisticated suspension available. The front is just out of whack with itself and with the rest of the design, looking like a variety of Japanese and American treatments from years past. To be fair, it's certainly not as though this car replaces a model that had no aesthetic challenges of its own. For most folks, the outgoing Bangle/van Hooydonk E63 and E64 6 Series still looks like a bundle of design schools took to fighting each other with rulers. On visuals alone, the smaller Jaguar XK and Audi S5 crush the last 6 Series and shame at least the face of this new car, and many would include the CTS coupe alongside the Jag and Audi in such a statement. Enough already. We have some shining and delightful …
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$90,500 MSRP / Window Sticker Price
Engine 4.4L V-8
MPG 15 City / 22 Hwy
Seating 4 Passengers
Transmission 6-spd man w/OD
Power 400 @ 5500 rpm
Drivetrain rear-wheel
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