Details Emerge on 500 Horse BMW M6 Convertible

BMW said its highly anticipated, 500-horsepower 2007 M6 convertible will arrive in the United States this fall with a sticker price of $105,095, including shipping charges.

The price includes an exclusive one-day M driver training course at the BMW Performance Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The 2+2 M6 is powered by a 5.0-liter V10 engine with a redline in excess of 8000 rpm. The V10 is linked to a standard seven-speed sequential M gearbox with Drivelogic, which provides six shift modes for manual and five for the automatic mode. BMW said the M6 convertible goes from zero to 60 mph in about 4.5 seconds and has an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph.

Because the driver may not need all of the power of the V10 in all situations, the M6 convertible has a P400 setting that is automatically activated when the engine is first started and offers 400 hp. To call up the full 500 horses, the driver punches the power button. A P500 sport mode is also available for what BMW describes as "more dynamic response."
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jeffy210 - 10/11/2006 12:07:09 PM

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"The soft top on the M6 convertible is made up of three layers and can be raised or lowered while the car is traveling up to 20 mph."

You know, this poses an interesting question. If the car is mobile while the top is being raised or lowered, will it limit the car to 20mph until the operation is complete?

What would happen (besides being really dumb) if the top was halfway and the driver attempted to excede 20mph. I'm interested in the technology behind that.

Diablo_LT - 10/11/2006 12:52:03 PM

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Man... how stupid do u have to be to ask this kind of question... u 13 or what? there ain't no man like u working for germans with butt assumptions like these, them got it covered long time ago... do a little more research.

Rupert - 10/11/2006 12:58:12 PM

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i think it is a perfectly valid question.
how does it work?

Rupert - 10/11/2006 3:29:53 PM

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mdalle, the 630 apparently handles a heck of a lot better than the 650, weighs 200kg LESS.
i like cars that have a good image that you can get with the smaller engines, like the 630, sl350, 730i and such. if you can buy an s320cdi, spec it up and debadged it, why not? i don't need to go 0-60 in under 6 seconds in a limo. it's not like the 630 or sl350 is that slow anyway. and with a bimmer I6, that sounds plenty good enough for me.
this of course doesn't stop me wanting an sl55 or M6.

S4cabriofox - 10/11/2006 8:15:15 PM

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Would you really trade a 500hp über-sedan for a 760Li, wiht 60 less horses and 400 more pounds?

I mean, the 760 is a fabulous car, but it's no M5. It's really something to say you have both the new M5 and M6.

Rupert - 10/12/2006 1:36:00 PM

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a8 w12? maybe.
or bentley continental gt flying spur, but it looks a bit odd.

RCboy18 - 10/18/2006 1:40:08 AM

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of course there has to be a row a multi-million dollar yaughts in the bachground...