Ugly going fast is still ugly

[the Teuton]

http://www.fastlanedaily.com/post/11106/bmw-x6-m-spotted-in-los-angeles

The X6 M.  It's like a 500 hp turd.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Tell me how it drives just like a Toyota Venza unless it has the sport pack

[the Teuton]

Tell me how it drives just like a Toyota Venza unless it has the sport pack

It actually drives a lot like the 135i except bulbous, definitely heftier, and with bad visibility.  I didn't hate driving the X6 at all.

It was more engaging than the X5, and I liked the X5.

[sportyaccordy]

6.8i X6 M             T X-drive


iS.

[2o6]

.................


The rear, and the entire thing is just too high...........how do you see out of it? Looks amazingly dumb in person.

[omicron]

If this Progressive Analbeads Sedan was to be released as the Ssangyong X6 xDrive50iM, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

[CALL_911]

I'd rather them just make an M7. It would be less pointless than this turd.

[Raza]

I thought BMW said no M cars without manuals available.  That's why they never made an M7 or M8.

[the Teuton]

I thought BMW said no M cars without manuals available.  That's why they never made an M7 or M8.

The M8 could have and should have happened.

[CALL_911]

I thought BMW said no M cars without manuals available.  That's why they never made an M7 or M8.

That's true, but I'd be surprised if this had a manual.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

http://www.fastlanedaily.com/post/11106/bmw-x6-m-spotted-in-los-angeles

The X6 M.  It's like a 500 hp turd.

+1

[omicron]

I thought BMW said no M cars without manuals available.  That's why they never made an M7 or M8.

That sounds familiar to me, too. Then again, the E60 M5 was only ever meant to have that SMG III doohickey, and any transmission that can assume a fully-automatic mode seems like a dubious candidate for the Manuals Only club.

[Tave]

Just so we're clear--it's cool if Mercedes releases a G55 or ML55 AMG, but it's absolute heresy for BMW to do the same with their SUVs?

Alright. Carry on...

[omicron]

Just so we're clear--it's cool if Mercedes releases a G55 or ML55 AMG, but it's absolute heresy for BMW to do the same with their SUVs?

Alright. Carry on...

Tut tut. A G55 is demonstrably awesome - it is, in effect, a supercharged V8 air-raid shelter. An X6 xDrive50iM, on the other hand, is a turbocharged bidet, which looks like a broken toilet, is likely to cause great pain, and is entirely unnecessary if you've a flexible wrist and a reliable brand of toilet paper.

[Tave]

The X6 is not ugly. Pointless, irrelevant, superfluous, unnecessary, self-gratifying, insulting, chintzy, crass, uncultured, rude--perhaps.

Ugly it is not.

[CALL_911]

The X6 is not ugly. Pointless, irrelevant, superfluous, unnecessary, self-gratifying, insulting, chintzy, crass, uncultured, rude--perhaps.

Ugly it is not.

I'm a BMW troll, and I think it's hideous.

It looks really bad.

[Tave]

I'm a BMW troll,

Is that supposed to mean something?

[Vinsanity]

Just so we're clear--it's cool if Mercedes releases a G55 or ML55 AMG, but it's absolute heresy for BMW to do the same with their SUVs?

Alright. Carry on...

M-B bills the AMG division as high-powered autobahn beasts; while the overall driving experience is enhanced, the emphasis is obviously under the hood. Pretty much a modern-day German muscle car.

BMW bills their M division more as track performers with a stronger emphasis on handling, which contradicts giving the M treatment to an SUV, and the reason they didn't give it to a flagship luxury sedan. So it's pretty much according to BMW's own product strategy that this criticism comes from.

[CALL_911]

Is that supposed to mean something?

Yes.

When you're a troll, you argue in favor of the object you're trolling for, regardless of how ugly you really think it is.

[omicron]

The X6 is not ugly. Pointless, irrelevant, superfluous, unnecessary, self-gratifying, insulting, chintzy, crass, uncultured, rude--perhaps.

Ugly it is not.

Not ugly, but ungainly and superfluous, which is what I was trying to get at. Chintzy, however, is a delightful quality reserved for only the very best of Detroit's crushed velvet-clad, fake wood-panelled land yachts taking up thousands of square feet and squashing passengers together all at the same time.

[Tave]

Yes.

When you're a troll, you argue in favor of the object you're trolling for, regardless of how ugly you really think it is.

WOOOSH!

[Raza]

Just so we're clear--it's cool if Mercedes releases a G55 or ML55 AMG, but it's absolute heresy for BMW to do the same with their SUVs?

Alright. Carry on...

Nope.  It's not like that.  Those cars are just as ridiculous. 

But they're not ugly.  The X6 is hideous. 

[VroomVroom]

Don't like the X6M?

Get the X5M

X5/6 M features V8 TT engine with over 500HP - accelerating the car from 0 to 100km/h in less then 5 seconds. with a redline of 7,000rpm






Yes the X5M is getting X6 headlights

[Soup DeVille]

The bumper pattern is designed to hypnotize squirrels, rabbits and other wild mammals in an attempt to improve roadkill rates, right?

[sandertheshark]

Tut tut. A G55 is demonstrably awesome - it is, in effect, a supercharged V8 air-raid shelter. An X6 xDrive50iM, on the other hand, is a turbocharged bidet, which looks like a broken toilet, is likely to cause great pain, and is entirely unnecessary if you've a flexible wrist and a reliable brand of toilet paper.

[Raza]

The X6 is not ugly. Pointless, irrelevant, superfluous, unnecessary, self-gratifying, insulting, chintzy, crass, uncultured, rude--perhaps.

Ugly it is not.

It's very ugly.

[r0tor]

my mind can not comprehend the point of the x6... or even what the hell its suppose to be

[Raza]

my mind can not comprehend the point of the x6... or even what the hell its suppose to be

To sell more cars to blind people.

[hotrodalex]

That X5 looks cool.

[hounddog]

Nope.  It's not like that.  Those cars are just as ridiculous. 

But they're not ugly.  The X6 is hideous. 

Those cars are NOT ugly?  Now I know you are full of crappola.