Nick

One seriously humbled 6 series.
What's the 0-60 spec of the new models & how many versions are there?

Catherine

I think there are 3.

630i, 650i and the rather good M6

PPPsteveo

All but M6 drivers ......surely....0-100 in 10 ...ouch...0-60 same as mine but after that......will they drive it like that?????

Nick

This one had 4 tail pipes & had a serious go from the traffic lights... I was a car length ahead after about 200m & wasn't even doing a drop clutch start.

clarence

The 650i is no slouch, 367bhp & 490Nm. Pwr is 214bhp/tonne.
If u're up against a M6, then probably the driver forgot to push the 'Sport' button.

sgcooby

Is it not a 645i?? And i thought it had about 333bhp.

john banks

You're out of date sgcooby

sgcooby

Well ive seen a 645 and a 630 but ive never seen a 650. When was that released????

nelboy75

maybe it was a boy racer in a bast##dized nova with peco bax boxes.The amount of cars on so called car modifying magazines front covers now with bits of cardboard cornflakes bodykits sellotaped on is on the increase u know!!!

sgcooby

Just checked BMW website, your right. When the hell did that happen, it must have been recently. 645 has hardly been out that long and its allready dumped for the 650 wow. Bet youd be pi$$ed off if you bought a 645 and your 50k car is now discontinued.

kilo_4que

my brothers mate has a 6 series in black, soft top with cream interior. Damn id love to have one.

O and not to mention, his M5 is on its way too. Had been on a waiting list for ages now

some people are just too wealthy

sgcooby

Obviously more money than sense. 2 BMW's omg. Thought he would have learned after owning the first one. Only kidding. M5 nice but 6 series is pish. Keep M5 but sell 6 series and get a porker. Then again why have 2 similar cars at all. M5 does everything the 6 series or the porker does he might have been better off buying some small lightweight track car or just something a bit more raw for the weekends rather than the electronic M5. Money cant buy you class apharently.

kilo_4que

Yeah i think most likely he is going to sell the 6 series. I mean he hardly gets to drive his 6 series never mind have a 6 series as well as a M5 but he will certainly has both parked together at one point.

Still having either would be a dream

clarence

The name change came about as the engine was changed from a 4.4 V8 to a 4.8 V8. The increase in capacity was needed to plug a gap between the 740i (previously 735i) and the 760i, & for the current 7er to remain competitive against the new S-class Merc.
As a result, we now have a 550i, 650i & a 750i.
It seems that nowadays the home of Muscle Cars is Germany, even a mainstream Merc C350 (or E350) has 272bhp.

Subcat001

You'd have noticed the sound if it had been an M6

Trap2Terrorist

iTrader: (3)

I'd never buy another BMW. I owned one about 5 years ago (318 IS Coupe), 2 years old when I bought it and had no end of grief for the whole time I owned it (which was only a year because I got rid ASAP).

• Intermittent faulty driver side electric window, never fixed
• Intermittent engine cut out when dipping the clutch and allowing revs to drop off - nearly killed me as no brakes or p/steering
• CRAP customer service
• Faulty inlet manifold that BMW tried to make me pay for even though they eventually agreed it was covered by warranty (£400+)
• 6" scratch on bonnet when I picked it up from service at Cooper's BMW (Reading). 3 month "fight" to get them to admit liability
• CRAP customer services

(Yes, CRAP customer services is intentionally in there twice )

BMW have an underserved reputation, IMHO, even though they sell unreliable, overpriced cars.

kilo_4que

damn man, first time ive come across someone thats been dissapointed with BMW. I had always thought of them as being very reliable and robust cars but then again experience counts for more

Trap2Terrorist

iTrader: (3)

No disrespect to to any SN BMW drivers of course

I even had grief off the salesman BEFORE I'd even bought one.

I was living in Reading at the time so went into Cooper's and spoke to their salesman. He showed me a couple of new 318IS Coupe's and a couple of new 318 Ti Compact's. I decided on a 318IS but couldn't afford a new one so he said he'd try and source an "Approved Used" one for me.

My only specific requirement was "NOT IN GREEN" (I don't like the colour green ).

2 weeks later he phoned me "I've got the perfect car for you, blah blah blah". He went through the whole spec and then told me "It's Boston Green"..!!!! I declined the car.

Anyway, soon after I found myself a red one at Cotswold BMW in Cheltenham which I was chuffed with, (at least until the troubles started ).

About a week later the guy from Cooper's rang me and when I told him I'd found one elsewhere he said "Thanks very much for wasting my time" and hung up.

Cheeky fookin ****.

Nick

I've just been checking 6 series photos on the BMW web site, it appears to have been an M6 that tried it on with me as this looks to be the only one with 4 exhaust pipes, also I recognise the rear valance which looks different to the regular 6 series cars.

The specs of the 2 cars looks pretty equal to 60mph (the road was dry), so I shouldn't really have been able to draw out a car length - especially as he got the drop on me. I'll assume either he chickened-out really quick, or he didn't have his iDrive thingy set right.

kilo_4que

should have phoned the muppet back and give him a mouth full

but i understand where ure coming from regarding the service