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 First Drive:   Based on the X5 SUV, the new four-door, four-passenger X6 Sports Activity Coupe "goes like stink...and will have you either applauding the company's creative vision or scratching your head," says Senior Editor, Paul Williams. More:Read the article | View the photos | All The First Drives
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2008, 10:54:04 pm » |
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That is one awkward looking BMW. It reminds me of the Outback Sedan. |
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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2008, 12:21:52 am » |
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To those who've been clamoring for a 5-series hatchback on stilts, your car has arrived.  |
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« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2008, 12:33:50 am » |
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I am going to hold any comments on the X6 until I have seen/driven one. I can't say I'm crazy about the looks, particularily the rear end. What I could hope for is to see that new TT 4.4L V8 show up in the 2010 5 Series. That would be an interesting car, IMO.  |
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2011 BMW X3 35i Vermillion Red, MSport
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Mitlov
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« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2008, 01:27:26 am » |
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To those who've been clamoring for a really expensive, really fast AMC Eagle, your car has arrived. Fixed  The X6 is the ultimate form-over-function vehicle. Those engines are great...but would be even greater in a more-useful X5 or a better-handling 5-series. |
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« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2008, 07:21:00 am » |
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To those who've been clamoring for a really expensive, really fast AMC Eagle, your car has arrived. Fixed The X6 is the ultimate form-over-function vehicle. Those engines are great...but would be even greater in a more-useful X5 or a better-handling 5-series. But this will sell because 1. Yuppies will say "Oh its a BMW!" 2. Yuppies will say "I don't want people to think I'm driving an SUV!" 3. Yuppies will say "Great! I can goon everyone off the road with this! And its tall!" |
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« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2008, 08:32:29 am » |
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I would have liked to be a fly on the wall at the focus groups that wanted this thing.
BMW have coupes in 3 sizes( 4 if you count the Z4M) . Sedans in 3 sizes( 4 if you count the Euro 1-er). SUVs in two sizes. Convertibles in 3 sizes.
Why would such a small car company want this thing which is not one or t'other? Introducing it at a time when the affluent part of the middle classes is short of money as well. |
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« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2008, 08:57:13 am » |
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I guess everybody wants to have a chance at being first at something.  Personally, I think its hideous and a dumb idea but clearly I'm not the target market. I didn't see any pricing in the article though....how much will that V8 cost? I'm sure the replacement rubber (21 inches  ) could easily finance a 2 month vacation for me. |
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How is it possible that after electricity has traveled through hundreds of miles of power line then hundreds of feet (or yards) of romex in our home, that changing the last three feet of wire with something exotic, expensive (cool looking, and packaged in a pricey box) is going to make a difference?
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jcon
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« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2008, 09:00:53 am » |
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Sports Activity Coupe
Look at my sac!
Looks nice. I would prefer an X5 though. |
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« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2008, 09:04:19 am » |
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Pricing was announced.... $78k! |
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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2008, 09:16:30 am » |
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Pricing was announced.... $78k!
I imagine that is the starting price of the 35i? How much more for the 50i? |
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How is it possible that after electricity has traveled through hundreds of miles of power line then hundreds of feet (or yards) of romex in our home, that changing the last three feet of wire with something exotic, expensive (cool looking, and packaged in a pricey box) is going to make a difference?
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« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2008, 09:31:28 am » |
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« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2008, 09:35:19 am » |
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Pricing was announced.... $78k!
Wow! Ok, this brings the forthcoming Toyota Venza in play. Similar concepts. So the well-to-do yuppies and the yuppies battle it out. |
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« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2008, 10:05:26 am » |
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Pricing was announced.... $78k!
 I thought it was a silly vehicle to begin with, and for that kind of money... Wow. |
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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2008, 10:25:44 am » |
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Wow!
Ok, this brings the forthcoming Toyota Venza in play. Similar concepts. So the well-to-do yuppies and the yuppies battle it out.
I wouldn't compare them. The Venza (1) isn't the same shape (I'd say it's just a raised wagon with proper rear-seat headroom, not this four-door-raised-coupe-thing); (2) is FAR FAR FAR cheaper and less powerful (it's available with a naturally-aspirated inline-four or a N/A V6, not a twin-turbo V6 or a twin-turbo V8). I see the Venza as an Outback/Taurus X competitor. Not sure what competes with the X6. |
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"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder. What unites us is far greater than what divides us." -- John F. Kennedy, addressing Canadian Parliament.
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« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2008, 10:46:03 am » |
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I am talking up perception. Specs wise no comparision at all.
Niche vehicles, new kind of cross overs. |
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Mitlov
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« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2008, 11:01:51 am » |
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I am talking up perception. Specs wise no comparision at all.
Niche vehicles, new kind of cross overs.
True, they both took their midsizer (X5 and Highlander) and subtracted utility while adding some style but not any practical advantages. |
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"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder. What unites us is far greater than what divides us." -- John F. Kennedy, addressing Canadian Parliament.
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« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2008, 12:16:51 pm » |
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It is one of the ugliest vehicles I've seen, way to go BMW. |
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« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2008, 12:30:42 pm » |
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It is one of the ugliest vehicles I've seen, way to go BMW.
Couldn't agree more on that. Even a true BMW fanboy is disappointed. |
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« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2008, 02:48:58 pm » |
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I spotted one in the dealer lot today, and it's one gorgeous looking SUV. The rear fascia screams 8-series.
You know what, it would be even better if they could keep the styling but make it a sedan instead. Then you'd have a CLS competitor. Wow, what a great idea!
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