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Road Test of BMW X6 xDrive 40d – 2011

6 July 2011 | No Comments » | Jeroen

BMW has decided to produce a sub genre all its personal, making up the term ‘Sports Activity Coupe’ and occupied it with a single offering – the X6. When the X6 went on sale in 2008 judges exacted it was a place too far and that there was no requirement for such a machine. But the X6 came stuffing attitude, energetic capability and didn’t require anyone’s support to be what it is. For the year 2011, BMW has appended a new six-cylinder diesel engine to top X6 diesel array and called the prototype the xDrive 40d.

In terms of external design, its esthetics’s is daring, characteristic and in the figure it has a singling out road presence. The X6 shares a stand and overall proportions with its X5 sibling but every control board in its sheet metal is all its own.

At the back, broad shoulder lines cover into an advanced hatch lip and two-piece LED tail lamps. The back windscreen is set down very flat and fused with the high back deck gives the X6 an encouraged, swooping posture. There are all the practical touches of an SUV like incorporated roof railings and black plastic under surface facing but the X6’s macadam terrifying intention is indicated through broad double drain tips forcing out of the back bumper and discretionary 20-inch wheels with fat 315 rubbers at the back. In full the X6 looks like a sinister twin brother of X5.

The inside is completed to BMW’s demanding criterion with high-grade materials and perfect build excellence. The control panel is the same as on the X5 and 5-Series, it operates well and is rationally laid out, delicately chic and has instrumentation that can be easily read. Profoundly padded but at ease electric leather seats and a broad centre comfort provides the driver and the rider a featherbedding seating posture. BMW’s iDrive system assures a wide range of amusement and vehicle backgrounds through a single jog dial. It’s satisfactorily instinctive and the major display looks incredible on its 8.8-inch full colour screen.

Normally the backseat is more fascinating than the front arrangement. Merely 4 adults can take up the X6 seats in total. Backseat riders are treated to single seats with a storage plastic piece substituting the center pew. The coupe roof line has limited back end headroom for taller riders and for shorter ones the elevated window line does not allow greater side vision.

On road the X6 executes like nothing else in the region and BMW’s tending new-generation 3.0-liter diesel engine causes for a firm fit in this high-end version. It is a straight six configuration with twin-turbo charging to make sure it packs a heavyweight blow when pushed hard. Developing 225kW of power and astonishing 600Nm of torsion, which is obtainable from merely 1,500rpm, it goes off the line quickly. The smart chronological turbo organization helps the X6 40d move from standing to 100kph in 6.5 seconds but it feels even more straightaway than that figure would propose.

BMW’s latest 8-speed automatic gearbox is mated to the boosted diesel mill and is an elegant match and the diffusion is as silky as you can get from a conventional set up. With eight gears to select from the torsion engine which is laid in its strongest power band for elevated operation or shifts up early during unstrained searching. The gearbox assists the 40d bring back a 7.5l/100km fuel economy on the collective cycle. Allowing for the X6’s fanatical performance and over 2,000kg kerb weight this is an imposing and tempting utilization figure.

The price of this fomite is from$153,900 as tested $163,760

Upgraded Turbochargers to pull 724 HP out of BMW X6 M

2 August 2010 | No Comments » | Jeroen

Alsa Automotive Engineering, established in Abu Dhabi, has tuned up the BMW X6 M to an imposing 724 PS (533 kW / 714 bhp).

Mohammed Al Sayegh who is the company’s CEO, states “the over-700 horsepower figure was obtained with no modification to the engine’s displacement, unlike the 715 PS (526 kW /705 bhp) X6 M tuned by German outfit Nowack Motors.”

Al Sayegh further reported to the WCF that “[Nowack Motors] have produced that by making the car a 4.8 liter instead of keeping it at its 4.4 liter engine capacity. We are the first and only company to have successfully modified the turbo’s so that the car can run higher boost on stock engine.”

The effect is a raise in horsepower of more than 32%.  Torsion is also advanced to an upper limit of 945 Nm (697 ft-lb).  The SUV is now able to sprint from 0-100 km/h in 3.8 seconds, and on to 200 km/h in 14.6 seconds total.  Alsa Automotive arrogates a 325 km/h (202 mph) top speed.

The cost for the Alsa Automotive Engineering BMW X6 M package starts at 68,000 Arab Emirates Dirham which is equal to €15,086 or $18,514.

BMW X5 Facelift Spied with X6 Front Bumper

12 April 2009 | No Comments » | Jeroen

Picture shows the face lifted 2010 BMW X5 undergoing final testing.

X5 facelift spy photo with x6 front bumperThe present model dates back to 2007, BMW has determined to give the face lifted X5 a more insistent appearance by taking on the X6′s front bumper. Other changes in style are anticipated to include a vaguely tailored rear bumper, minor interior updates, and a possibles witch to LED taillights.

Engine alternatives will mirror that of the present X5, but the fresh twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 engine with 400 hp and 450 lb-ft of torque will substitute the old 4.8-liter V8 that gives 350 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque. Should probable owners fail to be overwhelmed by a sport-ute that can run from 0-60 mph in nearly six seconds flat, BMW will reveal a new X5 M which will show off a twin-turbo V8 that churls out a grotesque 550 hp.

BMW X6 at Detroit Autoshow

23 February 2009 | No Comments » | Jeroen

BMW went a step further, by answering unasked questions. They revealed the production model of the newest BMW X6 Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV). We don’t know what kind of sports activity the are referring to by this X6, but as far as activity goes, BMW engineers did a great job on this new model. BMW has a new ground-control system, what they call intelligent X-Drive. This distributes power between the front and the back axle, and it’s dynamic performance control system distributes the torque between the right and the left wheel as needed. Both this super tools of X-Drive are standard on the 2009 BMW X6.

Willing to pay more for you BMW X6? Well there is a different version of it as well. A Twin Turbo V8, producing 407b/hp and 450 lb-ft.

2009 BMW X6

BMW X6 2009