Unique – and now more exceptional than ever: the new BMW X6.
Munich.
The BMW X6 is the world’s first ever Sports Activity Coupé, still a
unique combination of sporty dynamics and supreme versatility and with
further enhanced appeal from spring 2012. Selective modifications in
design and innovative equipment features hone the profile of the new BMW
X6 as a distinctive model within the premium segment of all-wheel-drive
automobiles. Its exceptional standing and ongoing popularity is due to
both its highly expressive design, combing the athletic and elegant
lines of a coupé with the supremacy of a BMW X model, and the
fascinating driving experience provided by powerful petrol and diesel
engines fitted with BMW TwinPower Turbo Technology and the intelligent
all-wheel-drive system xDrive, including Dynamic Performance Control.
Since
its market launch, more than 150,000 of the Sporty Activity Coupé were
sold within approximately three years. This far exceeded the original
plans. And the continuing high level of demand for the BMW X6 on the
worldwide automobile markets is impressive confirmation of the unusual
vehicle concept of the Sports Activity Coupé.
Striking accentuations at the front and rear, adaptive LED headlamps as a new option.
Precisely
modified details in the front view give the new BMW X6 an appearance
characterised by exclusive athleticism and supremacy. The standard fog
lights are now set in matt finish surrounds in the upper area of the
outer air inlets. Their higher and more lateral position emphasises the
width of the vehicle. The striking three-dimensional modelling of the
frame and newly designed bars, angled in the lower section, make the BMW
kidney grille stand out especially conspicuously within the vehicle
front section. The angle of the grille bars is flush with the bottom of
the headlamp units, thereby creating an additional horizontal line which
likewise highlights the wide track and stable road-holding of the new
BMW X6.
As
an alternative to the standard bi-xenon light, the new BMW X6 is the
first vehicle in its segment to be fitted optionally with adaptive LED
headlamps. Their bright white light ensures optimum visibility, while
their high-quality appearance represents a new interpretation of the
brand’s hallmark twin circular headlamps. The three-dimensionally shaped
luminous rings of the adaptive LED headlamps are strikingly levelled
off both at the top and bottom and are overlaid at the upper edge by an
LED-fed accent light. The light sources for low and high beam light are
LED units positioned on a horizontal bar at its centre, feeding their
light into the reflectors in front. In the new BMW X6 M, adaptive LED
headlights are fitted as standard.
With
its newly designed rear lights with LED technology, the powerfully
shaped rear section of the new BMW X6 also features more intense
styling. The rear lights are now two LED-fed light banks which create
the brand’s hallmark night design as a harmoniously glowing light mass.
The fact that they are horizontally aligned and stretch far out to the
sides emphasises both the width of the vehicle and the flowing
transition between the side section and rear.
Attractive supplements to the program of external paint finishes, light alloy wheel and leather trim.
The
program of external paint finishes for the new BMW X6 consists of two
non-metallic and eight metallic colours, including Marrakech Brown
metallic, Orion Silver metallic and Midnight Blue metallic. The standard
equipment range of the new BMW X6 also includes 19-inch light alloy
wheels. In the 8-cylinder model BMW X6 xDrive 50i these now feature a
new double spoke design in bi-colour. The selection of light alloy
wheels available as an option is supplemented with a 20-inch version in
Y-spoke, bi-colour design. An optional feature for the BMW X6 is an
engine compartment lid with strikingly shaped powerdome which
additionally highlights the powerful appearance of the Sports Activity
Coupé (not available in Germany).
The
standard leather trim Nevada is now also available in the colour
Vermilion Red. The exclusive nappa leather option with extended features
now includes a choice between the colours Black and Ebony White. The
new BMW X6 is offered as standard as a four-seater model. A three-seater
rear bench is optionally available. The luggage compartment volume of
the Sports Activity Coupé is 570 litres and can be extended to up to
1,450 litres by folding down the rear backrests.
As
an additional option, the M Sport Edition is offered for the new BMW X6
in Germany. This attractive equipment package includes 20-inch M light
alloy wheels in double spoke design and bi-colour finish with mixed
tyres, adaptive LED headlamps, BMW Individual high-gloss Shadow Line,
black surrounds for the fog lights and M door sill cover strips. The
striking accentuations for the exterior are supplemented with a sporty
interior ambience. Features here include the sports seats with
electrical adjustment and memory function, M-specific Alcantara/Nappa
leather combination in black with M-style welt and contrast stitching, M
leather steering wheel with shift paddles, M driver footrest, stainless
steel pedals, interior strips in Aluminium Flywheel black and the BMW
Individual roof liner in anthracite.
The new BMW X6: dynamic, supreme, efficient, innovative.
With
the market launch of the new BMW X6, the combination of supreme
appearance, agile driving properties and hallmark brand efficiency so
characteristic of the Sports Activity Coupé is raised to a new level.
The petrol and diesel engines with BMW TwinPower Turbo Technology
available for the BMW X6 deliver impressive pulling power and exemplary
low fuel consumption figures. The V8 engine of the BMW X6 xDrive50i
delivers 300 kW/407 bhp, while in the BMW X6 xDrive35i an in-line
6-cylinder petrol engine with 225 kW/306 bhp ensures supreme athletic
performance. The in-line 6-cylinder diesel engines of the models BMW X6
xDrive40d and BMW X6 xDrive30d mobilise 225 kW/306 bhp and 180 kW/245
bhp respectively. Both offer not only impressively sporty power delivery
but also emission figures based on the EU test cycle of 7.5 litres per
100 kilometres for the BMW X6 xDrive40d and 7.4 litres for the BMW X6
xDrive30d.
For
further reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) in the exhaust gas, the BMW
X6 xDrive30d can also be fitted with optional BMW BluePerformance
Technology as of spring 2012. Here, in addition to the standard
components of diesel particulate filter and oxidation catalytic
converter, the AdBlue system is used, with urea injection and an NOX
catalyst storage which eliminates sulphur dioxide as well as nitrogen
oxides. This means that the vehicle already meets the requirements for
the EU6 emission standard which comes into effect from 2014.
An
additional model version based on the new BMW X6 also lines up for the
start at the same as the market launch of the latter. The BMW M
Performance Automobile BMW X6 M50d sets a new benchmark for pulling
power and efficiency with a newly developed 280 kW/381 bhp in-line
6-cylinder diesel engine. Its unique triple turbocharging gives the
world’s most powerful standard in-line 6-cylinder diesel engine a thrust
which sets in early on and is maintained right through to the high
engine speed range. Its maximum torque is 740 Newton metres. One of the
factors contributing to its exceptional efficiency – especially in
relation to its output – is the new version of the common rail direct
injection, whose piezo injectors apply a maximum pressure of 2,200 bar.
With an acceleration rate of 5.3 seconds for the sprint from zero to 100
km/h, the BMW X6 M50d even outdoes 8-cylinder models, while its average
fuel consumption in the EU test cycle is still only 7.7 litres per 100
kilometres. Its drivetrain, suspension technology and aerodynamic
properties have been harmonised with the precision so characteristic of
M.
As
an additional product offer from BMW M GmbH, the specialists for
high-performance sports cars, the BMW X6M with its V8 engine delivering
408 kW/555 bhp also benefits from detailed refinements in the area of
design and equipment. The BMW X6 M is fitted with a 6-speed M Sport
automatic transmission, also highlighting its individual status with
such features as separately developed suspension technology.
In
all other models, engine power is transferred by means of a standard
8-speed sports transmission including shift paddles at the steering
wheel. Dynamic Performance Control is a standard feature in all versions
of the BMW X6 as an element of the intelligent all-wheel drive system
xDrive. This gives greater precision to the electronically controlled
power distribution so as to optimise driving stability, traction and
dynamic performance. It particularly comes to bear when taking bends in
sporty style. Even as the car enters the bend, xDrive feeds additional
power to the rear wheels so as to support an agile turn-in response. By
means of continuously variable distribution of drive torque between the
rear wheels, Dynamic Performance Control also optimises tracking
stability under high transverse acceleration forces as well as traction
when accelerating out of a bend. For additional enhancement of agility
and supremacy, the systems Active Steering (not available for the BMW X6
M50d and the BMW X6 M) and Adaptive Drive (as standard in the BMW X6
M50d and the BMW X6 M) are offered with electronically controlled
dampers and roll stabilisation.
The
progressive character of the new BMW X6 is also underscored by the
extensive range of driver assistance systems and mobility services from
BMW ConnectedDrive. In addition to BMW Head-Up-Display, features
available for the Sports Activity Coupé include the systems Lane
Departure Warning (not for the BMW X6 M50d and the BMW X6 M), Speed
Limit Info, Side View and Rear View camera with Top View. The new BMW X6
is also optimised by means of intelligent networking with the
integration of smartphones and music players in the vehicle and the use
of innovative infotainment functions.
Source: BMW
