X6 Spy pics: BMW X6 Sports Activity Coupe

[EMpower]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/videos/featuresvideos/205140/bmw_x6.html

 

[kere]

Nice video. I'm not really a big fan of x3 and x5 because they look too "boxy" to me, I'll hope x6 will be different.

 

[chonkoa]

That is going to be one quick SAC judging from the video.
Can hardly wait to see the full spec of the engine.

 

[Matt]

I wonder if they were testing twin turbo V8's in that car? Looks like its going to be really fast....pretty sweet if you ask me.

 

[tatoun]

In his statement this morning at the Annual Account Press Conference, Dr Norbert Reithofer has clearrly named X6 the new model which is going to be built at Spartanburg from 2008.

 

[EnI]

In his statement this morning at the Annual Account Press Conference, Dr Norbert Reithofer has clearrly named X6 the new model which is going to be built at Spartanburg from 2008.

True.

We will continue our successful product offensive with the new products. One of the two announced new model series will be manufactured from 2008 on in our US work in Spartanburg. We are talking here about the X6.

Coming in 2008. Just like diesel engines for US market.

It was also said BMW hybrid is coming in 2009.

And I can tell you it's X6 ActiveHybrid (E72; based on E71 X6).

 

[daani]

CGI from autobild (because he was right about the X5 and M3,front) and I'd like this one

 

[klier]

Wasn't the X6 supposed to get this new '3D' grille like we are going to see on the new F01 7er?

I like this chop, but the headlights and grille look waaay too much like X5.

 

[EnI]

No, no, no!

This is not X6!

X6 will not feature X5-like fascia!

Although this CGI looks similar to the upcoming E70 X5 M-package styling kit.

X6 will have more prominent, aggressive, special & modern face.

 

[EMpower]

I would like to hear what Scott has to say. Huckfeldt guess is usually not that off.

 

[EnI]

I would like to hear what Scott has to say. Huckfeldt guess is usually not that off.

Cough ... Cough!

Have you seen his previous X6 impressions? Cough ... Cough!!!



Btw, the all front X6 prototype fascia is fake: hood, front side wings incl wheel arches, grille, front bumper, headlights. Fake! Just like the rear.

Huck saw hi-res spy photos of X6 prototypes. So he made a CGI based on those pics of X6 with fake body panels.

Yes, X6 will be somehow similar to X5 - since it uses same platform & many other parts as X5. Yet definitely the design is not such evident copy/past as Huck is predicting.

 

[conan_55]

Btw, the all front X6 prototype fascia is fake: hood, front side wings incl wheel arches, grille, front bumper, headlights. Fake! Just like the rear.

Ah! Exactly what I guessed. The mule is so much different than what Scott said (which is much, much more accurate).

 

[EMpower]

BMW says one of two new models it will make from 2008 will be built in US

(Updating with US plant background, China plans)

MUNICH (AFX) - Bayerische Motoren Werke AG chief executive Norbert Reithofer said one of the two new model models it will make in 2008 and beyond will be produced at its US plant in Spartanburg.

Reithofer told reporters the car model in question is the X6.He said production levels at Spartanburg in South Carolina are expected to be at more than 200,000 units per year in the medium term.

The Spartanburg plant currently produces the X5 SUV and the Z4 car.

Chief Financial Officer Stefan Krause said at the annual results news conference the company has already hedged more than 50 pct of its risk exposure to US dollar exchange rate changes for this year, while hedging less for the Japanese yen. He did not provide further details.

Commenting on China, Reithofer said BMW would expand manufacturing capacity in China earlier than planned, but did not disclose a specific date.

BMW says one of two new models it will make from 2008 will be built in US UPDATE - Forbes.com
http://www.egmcartech.com/2007/03/14/bmw-confirms-x6-production-in-spartanburg/

 

[Deutsch]

I'm thinking the X6's closest rival will the be Infiniti FX. So I'd expect it to be closest to that car in concept as well.

 

[audi_rudy]

If the X6 turns out like the idea of the FX then i would be very happy. I really like the idea of the FX a sporty suv type car. OMG i really cannot wait for the X6

 

[siko]

Hey Tine... any word on target pricing? More or less compared to the X5?

 

[EMpower]

This pic of X6 looks funny.
BMW X6 coming in 2008 - Secret New Cars - Carmagazine.co.uk


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[PanterroR]

Not bad chop, but the car definitely won't look like that. This is only a stretched X5 with 3er coupe front lights...