The X6 M and X6 M are everything their predecessors were, but with more pace, more noise, more profligacy and more belligerence. Picture: SUPPLIED
The X5M was an acceptable, amusing oddity once, and then the field it roamed alone began filling up with like-minded machinery from Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Audi, plus its own X6M stablemate. And then Lamborghini, Bentley and even Rolls-Royce turned up, too.Still, you have to admire what BMW’s M division has accomplished in turning these things into their fastest ever SUVs and in forcing to much mass to move so very quickly.
They simply take each generation of X5 or X6, then stuff it full of the basic engine and powertrain from the latest M5 and then stiffen the rest of the car up to match. Then they work on the interior to bring it up to what’s expected at the new price point. That’s about 37kW more than the outgoing X6M and X5M had, and puts it 55kW up on the Cayenne Coupe Turbo and 18kW up on the already-impressive Audi RS Q8.
It feels more aggressive, as well as looking it, and its ride quality seems multiples firmer than its brother. It’s not just in the way it refuses to buckle for bumps, either, but in the throttle response and even in the way its steering wheel helms the front end.
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