Originally Posted by M-individual

I asked my dealer the same question in addition to when will the car be available, what engines are we talking about, any pictures available yet (nice try I guess but didn't work), ... .

He came back with an intersting yet honest answer: He told me that the purpose of the X6 is for BMW to have a Porsche Cayenne (Turbo) killer in its ranks. Therefore, the X6 will come with a boosted V8 and/or the V10 from the M5/M6. In other words, the X6 will lean more towards the M product.

Since I already have an M6 and since we are looking for a set of wheels for the Mrs. and the kids he advised the X5 4.8i which provides plenty of room and enough power to play around if you want to. He also told me that the X6 will have far less room than the X5.

What really made us go for the X5 was the waiting time for the X6 and still a lot of things uncertain (the majority of the specs).

Having said all this, I do believe that the X6 will be a success but you can't compare it to the X5 in terms of profit and volume. If the X6 will be leaning towards an M product you are looking at € 120k to € 130k bringing it close to the € 145k I had to come up with for my M6 and €20k to €30k more than the fully loaded X5 I ordered now.

Exciting times with all these new models launched. BMW keeps us busy and I kind of like that.