6 Series BMW 6-Series Coupe Road Tests & Reviews thread

[K-A]

Thanks to that I have this car back on my radar when I'm at the crossroads between what to do when my Lease is up (buy out my car or go elsewhere). Your comments about it feeling so huge and hard to place around town are concerning in that I was following a 6er Vert today, and man does that thing just look HUGE, like a boat (the Vert's look much fatter for whatever reason). When I sit in it, the interior feels very sumptuous but HUGE. I feel like the car gives an impression of enormous mass even more than its technical size suggests (You mentioned the S-Class, which I feel visually does a better job at disguising its even higher mass, maybe it's the Sedan VS Coupe thing). I've heard how it drive similarly (huge, almost wafty for a sports coupe), but your comments on how by simply switching it to "Sport", it feels like a 3-Series. THAT is impressive.

Considering it is a tweaked 5-Series, would you say that it feels like a 5-Series basically, or did they engineer it to feel noticeably different. When you drive it, does it *feel more expensive*? I too would never pay new price on it, but slightly used with a CPO tag and things start to get very enticing.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Your comments about it feeling so huge and hard to place around town are concerning

I wouldn't be concerned one bit if I was driving this car in America. I've driven a lot there and what you imagine to be a narrow road is like a three lane highway in Europe. I very much doubt you would have any issues.

Considering it is a tweaked 5-Series, would you say that it feels like a 5-Series basically, or did they engineer it to feel noticeably different. When you drive it, does it *feel more expensive*?

I'd have to drive it back to back with a 5 Series to give a definitive verdict on it, but I know that before you even start the engine it feels quite a bit different to a 5er. The driving position is much lower in the 6. Handling wise, I'm sure the lower centre of gravity will mean it outshines the 5 Series quite a bit. It does feel like a different car, but 20,000 GBP different? I don't think so.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Oh, the car had the active steering too. Very strange at first but once you get used to it it does make the car feel very agile. I don't believe I've driven a 5 Series with it.

 

[Giannis]

Matthew, did you try to push the car to its handling limits?

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Matthew, did you try to push the car to its handling limits?

Maybe to 90% at one point. But it encourages you to rely on it's huge waves of torque rather than taking a bend at lightning speeds.

 

[klier]

I wouldn't be concerned one bit if I was driving this car in America. I've driven a lot there and what you imagine to be a narrow road is like a three lane highway in Europe.

So very true.

Considering it is a tweaked 5-Series...

You keep on repeating this, and it only shows you have yet to drive the 6er.
Like Betty said, it feels like a completely different car. Which it is. We don't say all the time that a 5er is a tweaker 7er either. Or the 3er a tweaked 1er. Or the Z4 a tweaked 3er.

 

[K-A]

That was my question, in that how much different it drives than the 5-Series. It is a tweaked 5-Series, by definition. It rides on a tweaked 5-Series platform.... which rides on a tweaked 7-Series platform, etc. They're all tweaking's of each other, essentially. This isn't my take on it, it's based off of the fact that they ride and are developed on tweaked formats of each other.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Like Betty said, it feels like a completely different car. Which it is.

No it's NOT a "completely different" car. Whether it feels like one or not is a different matter.

That was my question, in that how much different it drives than the 5-Series. It is a tweaked 5-Series, by definition. It rides on a tweaked 5-Series platform.... which rides on a tweaked 7-Series platform, etc.

I'd have to drive a 5 Series and 6 Series back to back to judge. No only was it the first time I've driven the 6 Series, it was the first time I'd driven a car with the 313 twin-turbo diesel. I'd have to drive a similarly engined 5 Series to compare. And not just the engine. I'd have to drive a 5er with the rear wheel steer option too (I have driven lots with adaptive drive).

 

[Human]

Great write-up and insightful read, thanks Matthew

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Great write-up and insightful read, thanks Matthew

You're welcome, Naas.

 

[FC123]

What a thoroughly perfect looking car - It looks amazing in that shot.

 

[chonkoa]

Thanks for sharing Betty.

 

[Human]

BMW M6 Coupe
We get behind the wheel of the storming new M6 supercoupe​

Rating:

We’ve already taken the new BMW M6 Convertible for a blast in California, and now we’ve hit the track in the M6 Coupe. So does the addition of a gorgeous, curved carbon-fibre roof make all the difference?
The 552bhp Coupe is fitted with the same 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 and seven-speed DCT transmission as the Convertible, but the car weighs 130kg less. Given the chance to stretch its legs at the track, it’s quickly clear how much better this car is to drive than its convertible sibling.
With less weight to lug around, and using the optional carbon-ceramic brakes fitted to our test car, the Coupe goes and stops with monumental force.
The low-down thrust from the turbo V8 is incredible; the M6 feels closer to a rumbling US muscle car than its highly strung V10 predecessor. It also means the newcomer is just as happy rolling round town in a high gear as it is lapping a track in anger.
When we drove the soft-top, we were left slightly disappointed by the lack of an exhaust note, and it’s quieter still in the Coupe. We’d expect, and welcome, more volume from an M car.
There’s nothing muted about the way the M6 drives, though. Once you’ve settled on one of the hundreds of possible combinations for the steering resistance, throttle response, traction control, gearshifts and suspension feel (we found Sport mode for everything worked perfectly on the road), it’s simply a matter of pointing the car at a corner, feeling the limits of the grip and blasting out the other side. It’s not subtle, but is very effective.
Of course, if you turn off all the electronic assistance systems, there’s a hooligan waiting to be unleashed, too.​

Read more:http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/285082/bmw_m6_coupe.html#ixzz1yVejHTMg

 

[Deckhook]

In that colour it's epic looking.

 

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[Betty Swollocks]

I've been driving this beauty for the last two days. About to embark on a TransEuropean blast, but I'll let you know what it's like in due course.

BMW 640i

 

[W201]

Will be interesting to read how 40i compares to 40d.

 

[Rolf]

Very nice car Betty, how does this cars engine and performance compare to your M135i?

 

[klier]

BMW on demand?

 

[martinbo]

BMW on demand?

Or rather Betty being demanding?