BMW X6 M (2015) review - CAR Magazine

? Full first drive review of BMW X6 M. ? It's the full-fat 567bhp 4. 4 V8 SUV. Hard not to snigger as Ludwig Willish, head of BMW USA, explains that this new BMW X6 M is one of the poorest M cars in the line-up. The previous X6 M (and the mechanically identical X5 M) were difficult cars to understand and to like, and it looks like history is about to repeat itself. After all, what right does a 2. 3-tonne, four-wheel-drive, four-seat faux coupe with a torque-converter auto gearbox really have being launched on an American F1 circuit. BMW clearly has confidence, bringing in ex-F1 driver Timo Glock, plus home-grown talent Bill Auberlen, to demonstrate just how wrong the preconceptions are. Specs of new 2015 BMW X6 M Certainly the noise of the 4. 4-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine, up 20bhp and 52lb ft to a faintly ludicrous 567bhp and 553lb ft, sounds convincing enough, and the X6M’s vital statistics too are compelling: 4. 2... Source: www.carmagazine.co.uk