Friday 25th February 2005

BMW M6 breaks cover

With new pictures of the 507bhp coupé

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BMW's 507bhp M6 breaks cover for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show next week. PistonHeads published a full story about the details of this V10-powered GT coupé that covers 0-60mph in just 4.6 seconds (link below) but BMW has released new pictures to accompany it, including one of the carbon-fibre roof.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=72&t=143296

[dinkel]

No comment . . .

[kevinday]

Oh no, its got that fugly Bangle back end!

[dinkel]

I'm used to it.

This is a stunner . . .

[Marki]

thats beautiful

[John Nowak]

The back end is gorgeous.

[pzero64]

Impressive.

[Rawwr]

John Nowak said:

The back end is gorgeous.

Ding! That rear three-quarter view really is quite nice.

[Dakkon]

John Nowak said:

The back end is gorgeous.

Horses for courses I guess, think the latest batch of BMW are styked in a way that looks like the boot was a complete afterthought, looks great from the front 3/4 though.

[pmanson]

Looks good in black

[Mr Whippy]

Yup, looks good in black so you can't see the shape as much

Nah, it's growning on me... all of the new Bangle cars are (sad to say)... still, the 7 series does look crap though.

Just look at those front brakes, damn huge! Wonder if they will manage to last though... lots of people give BMW single piston sliders alot of stick for track use!

Hmmm

Dave

[nightmare]

yeah- not that it'll get much in the way of track use once the journos have got through with it!

have seen a fwe of these knocking aorund (not the M version obviously)....think its very impressive looking. I guses Bangles designs impart that to all of the cars somehow

[johnny senna]

Mr Whippy said:

Yup, looks good in black so you can't see the shape as much Nah, it's growning on me... all of the new Bangle cars are (sad to say)... still, the 7 series does look crap though. Just look at those front brakes, damn huge! Wonder if they will manage to last though... lots of people give BMW single piston sliders alot of stick for track use! Hmmm Dave

BMW have dropped the ball when it comes to brakes. They need to copy Porsche and stick some 6 pots on ASAP. Or 8 pots. Twin piston brakes on a car like this is a joke.

[fid]

johnny senna said:

BMW have dropped the ball when it comes to brakes. They need to copy Porsche and stick some 6 pots on ASAP. Or 8 pots. Twin piston brakes on a car like this is a joke.

A BMW M3 takes 2 ft further than a 911 to brake from 60 mph to rest, and 5 ft further from 80 mph to rest. That's not exactly dropping the ball, BMWs still have very powerful brakes!

[cpearson]

i m sure if the M6 really needed 6/8 pot callipers it would.(just a thought).
The M6 looks great, the Bangle design has grown on me considerably. Although i recon the M5 is somehow a bit more cool.

[havoc]

Nah, I don't like that. The boot STILL looks like an afterthought, and the front lights do nothing for the overall design - no aggression at the front-end (compare to most uber-performance cars, where when you see one in your rear-view mirror, you WANT to get out of the way!)

If the facelift sorts the lights (a-la 7-series) and the boot, it'll actually be quite attractive...but still no XKR (old or new) or Maser 4200! Although the dynamics WILL be superior, I'd imagine.

[britten_mark]

I'll have the original and the change please.

[manek]

havoc said:

Nah, I don't like that. The boot STILL looks like an afterthought, and the front lights do nothing for the overall design - no aggression at the front-end (compare to most uber-performance cars, where when you see one in your rear-view mirror, you WANT to get out of the way!) If the facelift sorts the lights (a-la 7-series) and the boot, it'll actually be quite attractive...but still no XKR (old or new) or Maser 4200! Although the dynamics WILL be superior, I'd imagine.

Have to say that my experience of driving a 645Ci for a week recently surprised me. People do notice it, and they do get out of the way sharpish. And the M6 looks little different from the 645Ci at the front...

[FestivAli]

Looks pleasant enough, though being an 'M' car, I believe that BMW should have made the front slightly more aggressive, to distinguish it from a regular 6 series. That said, I quite like the shape of the 6, even the boot, but I'd stick with a 645ci in Orient blue or a tungsten grey.

[ninjaboy]

cpearson said:

i m sure if the M6 really needed 6/8 pot callipers it would.(just a thought). The M6 looks great, the Bangle design has grown on me considerably. Although i recon the M5 is somehow a bit more cool.

alot of superbikes had six pot brakes a few years back, radial 4 pots are more the norm now many pistons helps but well designed calipers can help and save weight

[-DeaDLocK-]

fid said:

A BMW M3 takes 2 ft further than a 911 to brake from 60 mph to rest, and 5 ft further from 80 mph to rest. That's not exactly dropping the ball, BMWs still have very powerful brakes!

Isn't the problem with the E46 M3's brakes not so much the actual braking performance, but how long they last? My mate used to drive one "enthusthiastically" late at night, and after about three or four 140mph to zero stops the brakes would fade tremendously and it would be game over for the night.

God forbid taking those things onto a track - and no, in such a car where performance is the focus saying the "car wasn't designed for that and so the brakes don't need to resist fade that well" doesn't hold water for me.

And as they always say - fixed multi-pot calipers are the engineer's choice, sliding calipers are the accountant's choice. Show me a genuine supercar (BMW-aside) or any track car that comes with sliding calipers.