playdoh43

I dont know what BMW is thinking... but
it will probably make them a lot of money and easily outsell the rx8

fahrfegneugen

Germans don't know crap about marketing and brand image, just look at Volkswagen and the Phaeton or the Taureg, which can be priced at $50k.

gnudah

it reminds me of the Infiniti SUV thingy...

Razz1

That's the funniest thing I point out to all these ********............

A SUV is a hatch back!

FloppinNachos

no, i am not a girl. I was "role-speaking" i guess you'd call it.

and the x6 looks pretty good in a classy conservative way.

To be named later

looks like an affordable Chevy or Hyundai or something like that

nvrfalter

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im with RotoRocket. but theres so many cars like this nowadays that i dont even bother being vocal about how freakin ugly they are. just thought bmw knew better than companies like hummer, ford, chevy. some of the design guys there are seriously retarded

JRichter

I don't think VW knows what it wants to be in America. There either trying to push up-market stuff (phaeton) or trying to cash in on their low end stuff (beetle). If someone in America is gonna spend 60k+ on a German sedan then they would probably look at a MB, BMW or Audi.

nt5k

Hmmm.. I think that would look good on a tshirt. But I think 'SUV is a wagon' would annoy people more..

CarAndDriver

The world doesn't need more unpractical gas guzzlers.

FloppinNachos

i wouldn't say the rx-8 is unpractical.....



or were you saying the X6 was an unpractical gas guzzler? because it's pretty much the epitome of practicality and it will be more fuel efficient than our cars.




You're an embarrassment to Car and Driver if you actually are affiliated with them.

playdoh43

^^^hahaha +1 FloppinNachos rock

Haris

It looks good for what it is.

A fat overweight pig that doesn't know if it should be an SUV or a car.

canaryrx8

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or more people whining about them either


I don't think it's that bad, I wouldn't buy one but I've seen far worse. I wonder if Alpine is going to use one for their next other worldly demo car

dozer

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saw one on the way back from a meet, WTF!!!! just UGLY....POOR bmw....downhill...

Michael

I would make sweet sweet love to the engine. It should have gone in the M5 at least

Same thing with the comparable veedub, I hate touaregs, but I'd take the V10 Diesel with 700 lb-ft @ 3000 rpm

CarAndDriver

I throw the RX-8 in the sports car category, which are generally always unpractical. But they have high performance numbers and so they generally use more gas. The 8 is actually one of the more practical RWD sports cars.

Vehicles like the X6 are just as guzzly as a more traditional shaped CUV/SUV and lose lots of cargo capacity and passenger space. Just get a wagon, minivan or traditional SUV/CUV.

canaryrx8

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Guess somebody likes it


taken from leftlane news:

The BMW X6 is undoubtedly a controversial vehicle. Many critics have labeled it an answer to a question no one asked. But, according to BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer, it's already a blockbuster success. At the company's annual general meeting, Reithofer said the first production of the X6 is already sold out.


"The new BMW X6 is best proof of the popularity of the X model range," said Reithofer. "Evidently, many customers were waiting for such a vehicle. The total 2008 production volume is already sold out." The comments were made during a speech touting the forthcoming X1, among other future vehicles.

While the X6 is "sold out" for 2008, that doesn't mean you can't still get one — it might just be hard. All the X6s are already sold to dealers, and the majority of dealers have a waiting list already. In some markets, it might be possible to find a dealer who still has an X6 available — it's just unlikely, especially in big cities.

JRichter

^ LOL, I didn't see them having too much trouble selling it as it seems X3's and X5's sell well and the three letters B-M-W are a good selling point.

People might as well get used to these types of body styles as the SUV as we've traditionally know it is pretty much dwindling down. Many consumers that want the tall and commanding presence of SUV's and won't buy sedans/wagons/estates/minivans are abandoning the huge traditional SUV's for these cross-over type cars whether the gas mileage is any better or not. Maybe they don't want to put off a gas-guzzling image and that's why they think these cross-overs fit the bill.

CarAndDriver

^ It's all marketing. It doesn't look like a boxy Explorer so it must get better gas MPG. Not always.

flip

if i had that much money to spend on a BMW... i'd get a different BMW

canaryrx8

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I think people are getting tired of driving huge, bulky, boring vehicles myself, alot of these "crossover" vehicles give you a nice compromise between car/truck without putting you asleep behind the wheel. I don't think it's so much marketing or putting off an image as it's just people looking for the next big thing, and these may or may not be it for a while.

CarAndDriver

The next big thing is often about marketing. In this case, it is.

canaryrx8

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not really, but you go on believing what you want to believe and I'll just leave it at that.

zoom44

Clearly they were thinking about this





The AMC Eagle from 1981ish. I find it funny that BMW is trying to claim they have invented something new here when clearly they havent. AMC did quite well with those coupe,sedans and wagons in the 80s- especially in the snow belt