BMW X6 V8 Twin Turbo Spied Testing at BMW Performance Center

really??? please release the specs/performances/reliability reports since you have the inside scoop!!!

— r15mohd (View Profile)

Posted on 4/1/2008 10:32:12 AM | | Votes: -8   

ohh btw, sarcasm owns juu!!!

— r15mohd (View Profile)

Posted on 4/1/2008 10:32:36 AM | | Votes: -9   

R15 ... TT V8 will produce 400 hp and 450 lbs of torque. BMW is claiming 0 to 60 in 5.3 seconds which means that it should be at 5 or just under in actual testing.

— BMW4me4ever (View Profile)

Posted on 4/1/2008 11:23:37 AM | | Votes: 7   

It better look ALOT better in person. The V8 has a nice rumble to it for sure and the driving dynamics should be outstanding. When you refer to the new AWD system, is that their interpretation of the torque vectoring system the Acura MDX already uses?

— golfer38 (View Profile)

Posted on 4/1/2008 1:25:27 PM | | Votes: 1   

a couple of weeks ago a BMW regional rep had his X6 xDrive35i at the dealer by me. He wouldn't let anyone even inside it (including the people working there), but I took a bunch of pictures (which I probably wasn't supposed to do but oh well). Black exterior, cream interior, sport package w/ 20"'s -- it looked freaking awesome. I had seen the X6 in Detroit and thought it looked great, but this was the first black one I'd seen in person and it was just sweet as hell. It just looks so aggressive. That thing is going to turn heads like crazy out on the street.

— JRobUSC (View Profile)

Posted on 4/1/2008 1:58:34 PM | | Votes: 4   

Golfer38,

BMW one ups Acura, heres Car and Drivers take.

The X6 will serve as the introductory vehicle for a new technology BMW calls Dynamic Performace Control (DPC) which is a further development of the company's xDrive all-wheel-drive system. Similar in concept to Acura's Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD), DPC apportions engagement of the rear wheels from side to side based on need, and like the Acura system, it can rotate the outside wheel faster than the inside wheel in hard cornering, thus improving cornering speed.
Unlike the Acura system, need is determined on the basis of yaw instead of wheelspin, and DPC operates by clutches, so engagement is constant rather than throttle-dependent. Together with BMW's various stability and traction control systems, DPC seems to make the X6 exceptionally stable on low-adhesion surfaces and also seems to give the vehicle nearly neutral handling, although understeer will prevail at the limit.

— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 4/1/2008 3:42:00 PM | | Votes: 3   

Audi had better put out a new generation of quattro soon.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 4/2/2008 12:58:25 AM | | Votes: 1   

mitsubishi has had this in lancer evolution since evolution IV and it`s called AYC(active yaw control) .

— abcd (View Profile)

Posted on 4/2/2008 6:07:40 AM | | Votes: 1   

Except they left out the fact that the Acura system can be proactive not just reactive to a situation. The SH AWD system will gather imput from more than just throttle, ie. torque between the road and the tires, steering wheel imput (it uses the drive by wire system to monitor data), etc. If you look at the results from the May 07 issue of CarandDriver, you'll see just how effective the SH AWD is compared to other competitors including the BMW X5. .86g to .80g on the skid pad.

— golfer38 (View Profile)

Posted on 4/2/2008 12:13:53 PM | | Votes: 0