2015 BMW X5 M and X6 M review | first drive - Cars Guide
That's the best way to describe the new BMW X5M and X6M high-performance SUV twins. It's nothing short of a scientific marvel that BMW engineers have managed to transform fossil fuel into such rapid propulsion of such a large lump of metal, glass and rubber. BMW Australia sells about 200 of these most conspicuous forms of consumption to cashed up customers each year, but it reckons the SUV boom is humming along so strongly that it will eclipse this figure with these just-released new models despite... The BMW X5M, for all its sins, is the easier one of the two to explain. It's a BMW X5 family SUV that's been to cage-fighting school and learnt to have the reflexes, stamina and brutal strength of a kick-boxer. The BMW X6M (the SUV trying to disguise itself with a coupe-shaped roof – really, who is it kidding. It's 10kg lighter because BMW has chopped off the excess fat at the back (I guess this is the automotive equivalent of ripped abdominals. BMW engineers will tell you the X6M's body might be only marginally lighter but the weight distribution is superior. What BMW marketers will tell you is much more interesting. Apparently BMW created the X6 (they're twins under the skin, only the bodies are unique) because the X5 was starting to be seen as "a bit mumsy". Source: www.carsguide.com.au
