Ten years ago even after copious libations, the following mess of alphabet soup would probably still rattle most car enthusiasts: BMW X6 M550D. Today certainly purists accusing BMW of selling out scoff at the notion which now seems a tick closer to reality: there will probably a turbodiesel BMW SUV in the form of the [...]
We’ve previously heard reports that Audi has plans to offer a competitor to the BMW X6. Walter de’ Silva, design boss at Audi has now confirmed that Audi has officially signed off on plans for the X6 competitor but declined to say when the car will hit dealerships. In an interview with Automotive News Europe, de’ [...]
BMW M GmbH is teasing a new model today. The teaser, titled ‘A new chapter powered M’ shows an X6 going around a nice curvy road at high-speeds. Recent rumors lead us to believe that this is the X6 M550d high-peformance diesel that we’ve been hearing about for quite some time. Check out the video after [...]
BMW of North America has announced that it is ‘modestly’ increasing prices on its vehicles starting Jan. 1, 2012. All BMW vehicles (except the 7-Series) now see a less than one percent increase. The reason? BMW says that”tough economic times a careful balance was attained between the competitive situation, inflationary conditions, and market realities.” The destination and [...]
It has just been announced by BMW that two new BMW M models will be joining the line up in Asia, the BMW Individual X5 M and BMW Individual X6 M. The new M models will have options for BMW Individual Paint, piano black, eucalyptus, or walnut trim and Merino leather, soft close functions, both [...]
BMW has announced that it is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 5-Series, 5-Series Gran Turismo, 7-Series, X5, X6 vehicles with a V8 or 12-cylinder turbocharged engine. Apparently there could be an issue with the circuit board for the electric auxiliary water pump that can overheat. “This could lead to a smoldering of the pump or [...]
$350 million dollars and 400 new jobs later, Mercedes-Benz will have its BMW X6 competitor out on the roads as soon as it enters production in 2015. A poster has been hung at the company’s Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant teasing the new model and someone on Twitter managed to capture an image and Tweet for the rest [...]
The BMW X6 is very much a niche vehicle and to try and expand the options, BMW attempted at making an “ActiveHybrid” version that veatured a small electric powertrain, only to make the X6 slightly more efficient. With a hefty and commanding price of nearly $90,000 large, it didn’t exactly quite sell well. As a [...]
Audi has been hard at work to expand their Q-SUV lineup. And with growing success in terms of sales and the already preexisting Q-lineup, Audi is planning to introduce more Q-SUVs. It first started off with the Q7, which in 2010 increased production by 37.1% due to a height in sales. The Q5 grew by [...]
We’ve held off on doing a Let’s Talk Number face-off for a while but it’s battle time again. This time we’re pinning the new 2012 Infiniti FX against the new 2012 BMW X6. Both of these crossovers have aggressive styling, lots of power and a lot of technology but this battle is all about the [...]
