6 Series BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe First Drives/Reviews

[Merc1]

I took the pic of one of them, and the other pic is small and obviously some generic digital cam from a dealer (of the 6 GC pics I posted), the bare metal *definitely* jumps out at you, and is a blatant eyesore when merely sitting in the car, broad daylight, night, etc. It's noticeable.

Seems like on the Coupe it's not really an issue since the doors go further back, therefore only the people in the back would be able to see it. On the GC, the doors are shorter, so the metal is right there in your face. Also, perhaps the Coupes have less metal showing or closer gaps, etc. Due to that, I personally have never noticed it on the 2 Doors.

From the back seat of the coupe you don't see anything either.

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[K-A]

From the back seat of the coupe you don't see anything either.

M

With that and what NSL said, looks like this is a GC only problem, and the Coupe is exempt (fortunately for it).

Just to chime in, when all the BMW fans were bitching about the visible door frame on the A-class, and I posted a picture showing the same thing on our previous X5, they all dissappeared. Good on you KA for sticking to your guns and driving the point home! lol.

No prob my man! The A-Class got panned for pages by BMW fans indeed.

 

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2013 BMW 650i Gran Coupe M-Sport Start Up, Exhaust, and In Depth Review

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[-=Hot|Ice=-]

M6 Gran Coupe revealed. I like the wheels.

 

[chonkoa]

Saw the GC 650xi at the dealership, the sticker price made me laugh:$132K. The rear leaves me with lots of questions, it lacks harmony IMHO.
Certainly not for me due to the lack of space for a spare tyre.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Looks like the market is determining the price of the 6er GC.

This is an GBP 84,000 car on sale for GBP 53,000. Ouch!!

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/6-series/6-series-gran-diesel-coupe-640d-m-sport-4dr-auto/763306

Ex-demo, sure, but there are many more examples.

GBP 59,000

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/6-series/6-series-gran-diesel-coupe-640d-m-sport-4dr-auto/841084

GBP 57,850

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/6-series/6-series-gran-diesel-coupe-640d-m-sport-4dr-auto/837466

GB 54,850

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/6-series/6-series-gran-diesel-coupe-640d-m-sport-4dr-auto/595076


Just like I said from the start. One of these second hand with a few thousand miles on the clock, so barely even run in, is the bargain of the century. We're talking a 35% discount after three months!!

 

[klier]

^ and here we go again......

With that and what NSL said, looks like this is a GC only problem, and the Coupe is exempt (fortunately for it).

Actually, I did some investigating myself, and this 'problem' is pretty much on every Bimmer......definitely not just the 6er. 1er, 3er and 5er have it too, at least. The others probably too...

 

[Betty Swollocks]

^ and here we go again......

Sorry it's too upsetting for you.

The talk before was all predictions without any actual real-life data because the car was too new. But here is the evidence in all its glory. The market views the 6er GC as being too expensive and is in fact an A7/CLS competitor, NOT a Panamera competitor.

Some real bargains to be had. I'd be onto one of these like a shot if I had room to park one of these behemoths. There's nothing else to touch it for this price. GBP 53,000 that is. Better make sure they're not rusting though!

 

[K-A]

Looks like the market is determining the price of the 6er GC.

This is an GBP 84,000 car on sale for GBP 53,000. Ouch!!

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/6-series/6-series-gran-diesel-coupe-640d-m-sport-4dr-auto/763306

Ex-demo, sure, but there are many more examples.

GBP 59,000

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/6-series/6-series-gran-diesel-coupe-640d-m-sport-4dr-auto/841084

GBP 57,850

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/6-series/6-series-gran-diesel-coupe-640d-m-sport-4dr-auto/837466

GB 54,850

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/6-series/6-series-gran-diesel-coupe-640d-m-sport-4dr-auto/595076


Just like I said from the start. One of these second hand with a few thousand miles on the clock, so barely even run in, is the bargain of the century. We're talking a 35% discount after three months!!

Dayamn! In the U.S the 6-Series resale is about the worst I've ever seen. I found some Coupes/Verts in the $50's already. If all goes as planned, I have a Lease takover going through on my E-Class within the next month, and I plan to maybe take advantage of these.... You heard it here first.

IMO what's happening is the market is finding a fair value for it, and once it gets there (hopefully for owners and current buyers) the value will stabilize.

Klier: Damn, I had no idea all of them had that. Very unfortunate. Though for whatever reason, it looks extra crudely garish on the 6 GC. I don't know why BMW would let that slip as it looks so unrefined, but if it was on my car, fortunately nothing some vinyl wrap couldn't calm down.

 

[klier]

Sorry it's too upsetting for you.

Haha, no, it makes me happy to think that some people who otherwise couldn't afford one, will be getting one now

BTW, what's with all this rust talk? I somehow missed that...

 

[chonkoa]

Hush hush you two, the BMW fan boys might go ballistic.
I have and will always maintain the point that the 6GC is overpriced.

 

[Mark]

Next time at the BMW dealer I'll check this in the flesh.

As promised, I finally got around to visit the BMW dealer (Microfilter change for the 6er) and I saw it! It's a shame that this tiny thing that seems too much like a design flaw or something they forgot upon final design approval shows up clearly on any light colored cars. The one I saw was a silver one. Doors closed shut, the sheet metal (from the interior door, not the outside sheet metal, of course) is there to be seen uncluttered. Hope BMW touches up this for their 2013 late production and on. Otherwise, my advice to prospective buyers would be, choose an exterior dark color (won't show ), or just add another strip of rubber insulation there on each of the 4 doors. It won't cause any harm, if anything it will make the cabin even more insulated from the outside (even though it really doesn't need this).
Regardless, it is still a drop dead gorgeous car. Someone in the market for i.e. a Maserati Quattroporte or Porsche Panamera, or loaded Mercedes-Benz CLS should definitely check this one out.

As for myself, I spent my time in the showroom checking another category of cars this time around

 

[Human]

BMW M6 Gran Coupé first drive review


Stylish four-door alternative to the M5 saloon joins the BMW M ranks

What is it?

BMW M5 not stylish enough? Try the BMW M6 Gran Coupé. That’s the message BMW’s M division is sending out with its latest model – the third in what is now an extended range of M6 models, following on from the second-generation coupé and first-generation convertible launched last year.
The recipe is familiar: the M6 Gran Coupé receives the same twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre V8 petrol engine and seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox first unveiled in the fifth-generation M5.
Power is up by 108bhp and torque extends by 22lb ft over the less heavily tuned twin-turbo 4.4-litre V8 used by the fastest of the standard 6-series Gran Coupé models already on sale in the UK, the 650i.
In terms of conception, there’s little separating the M6 Gran Coupé and the latest M5, which will shortly receive a mild facelift as part of changes to the 5-series line-up. Both boast a four-door, saloon-style body, although the former is considerably lower and, arguably, better looking.
BMW says the wheelbase measurements are different, but at 2970mm versus 2965mm it’s a close run thing. And while the former boasts just four seats, the latter gets a more practical five seat layout as standard.
What is it like?

Despite weighing 5kg more at 1875kg and running the same 3.15:1 final drive, BMW claims the M6 Gran Coupé is actually faster to 62mph than the M5, but only by 0.1sec at 4.2sec. Top speed is nominally limited to 155mph. However, buyers can have it extended to 190mph as part of an optional driver’s package. And who wouldn’t.
A full throttle autobahn run at its launch on the outskirts of Munich last week revealed this latest M-car has no trouble reaching such dizzying heights of performance when the conditions permit.
Spectacularly muscular on-boost qualities of engine combine with tremendously effective straight line stability to provide the driver with great confidence at over double the UK speed limit and make it a formidable high-speed cruiser. There’s also sufficient compliancy within the suspension, even in its most aggressive Sport-plus mode, to ensure comfort levels remain.
For a car that stretches to over five metres in length, this latest M-car is also impressively agile on more challenging roads. It steers accurately, albeit without a great deal of feedback. In Sport and Sport plus modes the damping is sufficiently firm to ensure taut body control when you’re carrying big speed through corners.
The chassis, which is largely shared with the M5, is quite fluent in its actions, providing a degree of delicacy to the handling that is rare in this segment. It also possesses great throttle response and, thanks to the inclusion of an electronically operated M-differential, immense traction for a rear-wheel-drive car with such potent reserves.
To appease buyers in the US – which BMW M boss Friedrich Nitschke predicts will be its biggest market, the M6 Gran Coupé receives slightly more comfort-orientated chassis settings than the M5, including less aggressive electronic mapping for the throttle, steering and gearbox.
When the conditions call for more moderate speeds, you can choose to alter the intrinsic character of the M6 Gran Coupé by switching it in to comfort mode, in which the mapping of the engine, gearbox, steering and damping are placed in an altogether more relaxed state.
So configured, it proves effortless, refined and, for a car flaunting the legendary M-badge, remarkably compliant – more so than the M5, in fact. The only thing that disturbs the calm is the uncomfortable drone of the exhaust on constant throttle loads at middling revs.
Should I buy one?

The breadth of the BMW M6 Gran Coupé’s abilities are extraordinary and will no doubt appeal to many seeking everyday usability.
But for traditionalists the more practical M5 will surely remain the BMW performance car of choice, even if ultimately proves less comfortable.
BMW M6 Gran Coupé
Price £97,490; 0-62mph 4.2sec; Top speed 190mph; Economy 28.5mpg (combined); CO2 232g/km; Kerb weight 1875kg; Engine V8, 4395cc, twin-turbo, petrol; Power 552bhp at 6000rpm; Torque 502lb ft at 1500rpm; Gearbox 7spd dual-clutch automatic

SOURCE: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/bmw/6-series-gran-coupe/first-drives/bmw-m6-gran-coupé-first-drive-review

 

[Merc1]

I love it!

M

 

[Cashmere]

I would like to see a constructive review of this against the M5.

 

[Human]

I would like to see a constructive review of this against the M5.

Shootout! We should get hold of Harris.

 

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[GreyCoupe]

This is what the 5 should be....

 

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