10-29-2014, 06:37 PM | #23 |
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10-29-2014, 06:42 PM | #26 |
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Note it's a new Steptronic unit.Should be as fast as the DCT. I kinda like the automatic cos the DCT sounds like a broken clutch at low speed.Owners would know it.
Finally a 4-wheel drive M! This will be a future feature in the M and M-Perf lineup. |
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10-29-2014, 06:42 PM | #27 |
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kinda sad that it no longer shares an engine with the M5. I was hoping for same M5 engine just with 600hp and better mileage.
Smaller displacement will invariably mean slightly more turbo-lag. unless they performed magic. The m5 already had way too much lag. Still i guess this might just be my next car. A selling point for the new M5 (old x5m) over audis was that it had more displacement. This engine just looks like an RS7/S8 engine clone… |
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10-29-2014, 06:46 PM | #31 |
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Bravo BMW, nice job on both vehicles. Disappointed about the auto tranny, DCT would have been a game changer in the SUV world. But still two fantastic looking and extremely capable performance machines.
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10-29-2014, 06:48 PM | #33 |
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Beginning of the end for DCT? These new ZF8s (and the new GM 8spd, now in the Stingray) are seeing a lot of high performance duty.
Also- this is just a tuned version of the regular 50i engine, right? Curious to hear (from someone who has driven both) the difference in performance between this and a 5.0i with M Sport and DHP (and a tune). Last edited by Roundown; 10-29-2014 at 07:03 PM.. |
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10-29-2014, 06:49 PM | #34 | |
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10-29-2014, 06:59 PM | #36 |
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Love the fact that they have the M-DCT shifter, ZF-8 Step notwithstanding. I wouldn't knock the Step before trying since it probably better suits the character of these brutes than the DCT. I thought I would have preferred the X5 but in M guise the X6 looks miles ahead, aesthetically. The rear of the '5 brings to mind the back view of a crouching pet on the public road about to drop a thing you'd be obligated to pick up and trash. Other than that, both look very well done. The seats in particular, and the interior generally, are spectacular!
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10-29-2014, 07:00 PM | #37 |
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Subtle ext changes but love the specs!
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10-29-2014, 07:06 PM | #38 | |
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10-29-2014, 07:15 PM | #40 |
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Love the colors!
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10-29-2014, 07:19 PM | #42 |
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I'm hoping the brakes will be retrofitable on to my current X5M. Hmmm... |
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