New X6 barely disguised

[JCL]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

X6 is Sports Acitvity Coupe- aka SAC per BMW.

I am not sure where the activity comes in. Perhaps the activity is climbing up into it. No luggage space, no roof rack, not sure if a trailer hitch fits on it.....I don't mind the looks of it, apart from it appearing to have a very high CoG, but it seems like a goofy concept to me. Guess I'm not their target market.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by JCL

I am not sure where the activity comes in. Perhaps the activity is climbing up into it. No luggage space, no roof rack, not sure if a trailer hitch fits on it.....I don't mind the looks of it, apart from it appearing to have a very high CoG, but it seems like a goofy concept to me. Guess I'm not their target market.

Its basically X5 coupe. CoG is lower than X5.

[vinuneuro]

Can someone explain the concept behind the vehicle? It isn't big enough to be useful. It isn't low enough to give solid performance. Seems that now that the X5 has grown into the E70, this thing will be a sort of next-gen E53- rebranded as an SAC.

[bmw5]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

Yes, I was sleeping. I don't get paid for this. Although, my contacts did email me about these pics at 3:16 am my time. Lucky you.






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Dont get it personally.It was a joke.That is why i used the smilies.

[X5love]

I wish we were getting this front:



The headlights are LIGHTYEARS nicer. And I like how in the bumper, around the foglights, there are several horizontal bard (ala Cayenne) as opposed to only one)

[dkl]

Originally Posted by vinuneuro

Can someone explain the concept behind the vehicle? It isn't big enough to be useful. It isn't low enough to give solid performance. Seems that now that the X5 has grown into the E70, this thing will be a sort of next-gen E53- rebranded as an SAC.

Any of the Xi series in BMW's line up could have achieve the same functionality.

[xx3]

Originally Posted by dkl

Any of the Xi series in BMW's line up could have achieve the same functionality.

The same could be said for the e53 and the e83, though...

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by vinuneuro

Can someone explain the concept behind the vehicle? It isn't big enough to be useful. It isn't low enough to give solid performance. Seems that now that the X5 has grown into the E70, this thing will be a sort of next-gen E53- rebranded as an SAC.

BMW's research of market showed that people want a higher seating postion of a SUV but the performance of a car. Also their survey showed that they have two cars, an SUV for daily errands and DD, and a performance weekend car. So X6 is targeted to these group of people who can do both with one car.

X5 has grown in size with E70 and more of a family vehicle or "soccer momobile" and therefore the need for a performance car. So SAV + sporty coupe = SAC.

[xdrive]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

X5 has grown in size with E70 and more of a family vehicle or "soccer momobile" and therefore the need for a performance car. So SAV + sporty coupe = SAC.

The performance concept may be there under the hood but the looks of the car doesn't really reflect that. A bit disappointed with this design. The pic that X5love has is much better, imo.

[xnsf]

hmmm...

now it sort of reminds me of a toyota prius on steroids