BMW X6 Spotted . . .
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http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...50i_sport.html
The bad news is that it's hard to escape the conclusion that despite all this performance potential, the 6-series is simply not a car that encourages you to hustle it in the first place. If you consider the raw ingredients - that mighty V8 engine, the rear-wheel drive and the BMW pedigree - it should result in a truly compelling driving machine, but somehow it doesn't. It's hard to fathom why. Perhaps it's because the 6-series has morphed into BMW's flagship techno-wagon, to the point where that vital spark of driver appeal that has kept BMW owners coming back for more has been overlooked.
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...-bmw-650i.html
If the BMW is about cruising, then it has all the cards: a great stereo, a navigation system, automatic climate control, stability control, and a host of special brake-related programs from wet-weather clearing strategies to something called comfort stop, which alleviates that sudden snap stop practiced by bad drivers. For fast, daylong cruising, the 650i is in a league of its own. Want to do 1000 miles today? Go right ahead.
But it feels a tad heavy on California’s goat tracks, even if it negotiates them gracefully. We had reports of unexpected understeer from one driver and sudden snap oversteer from another. It’s probably their own fault for misinterpreting the corners, but a lack of immediacy and clarity in the car’s controls is undoubtedly a co-conspirator.
The only 2 reviews from any non BMW mag.
The bad news is that it's hard to escape the conclusion that despite all this performance potential, the 6-series is simply not a car that encourages you to hustle it in the first place. If you consider the raw ingredients - that mighty V8 engine, the rear-wheel drive and the BMW pedigree - it should result in a truly compelling driving machine, but somehow it doesn't. It's hard to fathom why. Perhaps it's because the 6-series has morphed into BMW's flagship techno-wagon, to the point where that vital spark of driver appeal that has kept BMW owners coming back for more has been overlooked.
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...-bmw-650i.html
If the BMW is about cruising, then it has all the cards: a great stereo, a navigation system, automatic climate control, stability control, and a host of special brake-related programs from wet-weather clearing strategies to something called comfort stop, which alleviates that sudden snap stop practiced by bad drivers. For fast, daylong cruising, the 650i is in a league of its own. Want to do 1000 miles today? Go right ahead.
But it feels a tad heavy on California’s goat tracks, even if it negotiates them gracefully. We had reports of unexpected understeer from one driver and sudden snap oversteer from another. It’s probably their own fault for misinterpreting the corners, but a lack of immediacy and clarity in the car’s controls is undoubtedly a co-conspirator.
The only 2 reviews from any non BMW mag.
Good reviews.. bad review. it's all opinon...
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...xus_gs430.html
"All those electronics cloak the fundamentally excellent chassis dynamics under such an impenetrable safety net that I simply have no desire to drive the GS430 ever again." It might save me if I'm about to have the big accident (we haven't mentioned the ten airbags, or 'pillows' in Lexus speak) but an owner will probably die of boredom before this ever arrives. Business as usual at Lexus then.
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...xus_sc430.html
"Add a few corners and bumps into the equation and the SC430 loses all composure. The wheel begins to writhe in your hands and undulations unsettle its balance. Making swift progress is hard work; you are often left trying to hang onto it rather than drive it, as it lurches uncomfortably from one bend to another"
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...xus_gs430.html
"All those electronics cloak the fundamentally excellent chassis dynamics under such an impenetrable safety net that I simply have no desire to drive the GS430 ever again." It might save me if I'm about to have the big accident (we haven't mentioned the ten airbags, or 'pillows' in Lexus speak) but an owner will probably die of boredom before this ever arrives. Business as usual at Lexus then.
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...xus_sc430.html
"Add a few corners and bumps into the equation and the SC430 loses all composure. The wheel begins to writhe in your hands and undulations unsettle its balance. Making swift progress is hard work; you are often left trying to hang onto it rather than drive it, as it lurches uncomfortably from one bend to another"
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Good reviews.. bad review. it's all opinon...
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...xus_gs430.html
"All those electronics cloak the fundamentally excellent chassis dynamics under such an impenetrable safety net that I simply have no desire to drive the GS430 ever again." It might save me if I'm about to have the big accident (we haven't mentioned the ten airbags, or 'pillows' in Lexus speak) but an owner will probably die of boredom before this ever arrives. Business as usual at Lexus then.
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...xus_sc430.html
"Add a few corners and bumps into the equation and the SC430 loses all composure. The wheel begins to writhe in your hands and undulations unsettle its balance. Making swift progress is hard work; you are often left trying to hang onto it rather than drive it, as it lurches uncomfortably from one bend to another"
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...xus_gs430.html
"All those electronics cloak the fundamentally excellent chassis dynamics under such an impenetrable safety net that I simply have no desire to drive the GS430 ever again." It might save me if I'm about to have the big accident (we haven't mentioned the ten airbags, or 'pillows' in Lexus speak) but an owner will probably die of boredom before this ever arrives. Business as usual at Lexus then.
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...xus_sc430.html
"Add a few corners and bumps into the equation and the SC430 loses all composure. The wheel begins to writhe in your hands and undulations unsettle its balance. Making swift progress is hard work; you are often left trying to hang onto it rather than drive it, as it lurches uncomfortably from one bend to another"
Its cool though, beat on your BMW chest.
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Here is more to laugh at. Getting its (645) *** handed to it by a Jag XK and 911
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFhtX...elated&search=
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NX5WOrcE8
"its like watching your dad try to dance"
"its boring"
May picks the 911
Clarkson and Hammond pick the Jag XKR
Seats uncomfortable, driving position rubbish, ride is appaling, sat nav is useless. Manual, clutch is unmanageable. Stig did get it a good time at the track (they didn't show that part)
Hammond thinks it looks good. Clarkson thinks it was designed by someone that died during drawing it.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFhtX...elated&search=
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NX5WOrcE8
"its like watching your dad try to dance"
"its boring"
May picks the 911
Clarkson and Hammond pick the Jag XKR
Seats uncomfortable, driving position rubbish, ride is appaling, sat nav is useless. Manual, clutch is unmanageable. Stig did get it a good time at the track (they didn't show that part)
Hammond thinks it looks good. Clarkson thinks it was designed by someone that died during drawing it.
Last edited by LexFather; Jan 21, 2007 at 05:59 PM.
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And so Gene doesn't have to even respond
SC 430, absolute rubbish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhhSHyMjlYE
SC 430, absolute rubbish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhhSHyMjlYE
Here is more to laugh at. Getting its (645) *** handed to it by a Jag XK and 911
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFhtX...elated&search=
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NX5WOrcE8
"its like watching your dad try to dance"
"its boring"
May picks the 911
Clarkson and Hammond pick the Jag XKR
Seats uncomfortable, driving position rubbish, ride is appaling, sat nav is useless. Manual, clutch is unmanageable. Stig did get it a good time at the track (they didn't show that part)
Hammond thinks it looks good. Clarkson thinks it was designed by someone that died during drawing it.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFhtX...elated&search=
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NX5WOrcE8
"its like watching your dad try to dance"
"its boring"
May picks the 911
Clarkson and Hammond pick the Jag XKR
Seats uncomfortable, driving position rubbish, ride is appaling, sat nav is useless. Manual, clutch is unmanageable. Stig did get it a good time at the track (they didn't show that part)
Hammond thinks it looks good. Clarkson thinks it was designed by someone that died during drawing it.
Here is a 6 series performing at the ring. Remember, 650 w/sport package handles the same. Sloppy handler??
http://bilder.autobild.de/video/200412_bmw_m6_l.avi
http://bilder.autobild.de/video/200412_bmw_m6_l.avi
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