Offroad King. BMW X6 M
The steering wheel is awesome
Tell me, what do you think the X 6 M is capable of going offroad?
This X6 has the X-Drive plus-System. These electronic assistance systems lead you to
the point that even cars like the X6 which has almost no independent suspension
can go off-road. This X-Drive system is going pretty well. But I think that the combination
with 19 inches wide- base tires is not the best idea to go off-road.
Let´s see how it works.The ramp angle is ok. This works.
Now we do it the other side around- let´s go uphill. The rear slope angle is ok. ....
The reason: wide- base tires,icy street mean no traction. Now we try it a little bit faster.
Due to the electronic systems it works. I am positive surprised.
So I am quite surprised that it worked so well. A little bit faster and you get uphill.
And even more when these are good winter tires a little track off-road works well.
So you can say with good tires you can go uphill pretty good.
You have two worlds in one car. On the Autobahn you can go 275 kilometers per hour
It is a super sports car. Speed, acceleration power everything is really good.
And this car also should be good all-terrain? Not everything is possible.
So it will never be a big one all-terrain. He is not a jack of all trades device.
But due to the electronic systems he can a lot.
He has front and rear aprons, side skirts.
These all are elements that are badly affected when going off-road.
The color: I personally like the color a lot. It´s one of my favorites colors at BMW. But going off-road?
It´s one of my favorites colors at BMW.
But going off-road?
At least it is a color.
There is a Hill Descent Control we can try.
I drive to the edge and let it drive autonomous.
The BMW X 6 is adjusting is late due to the snow but good.
Once you put the feet away from accelerator and brake he takes the command of driving.
But that is a feature you don´t really needall-terrain.
Not really. It is for the ones who don´t really know what to do all-terrain.
Are there a lot of them?
There are some quite often. But that is a thing of experience. All- terrain is like
everything a matter of practice.
Now we have the problem that he is adjusting so much that we cannot go uphill.
That is the disadvantage of the electronic assistance system.
Now he stops.
With pure mechanical systems you stay on the accelerator.
You take the slip and the last meters you achieve with wheels pin.
I think BMWs steering wheels are next to the ones of Porsche the best.
You really feel something in your hand. It is powerful there is no slipping back and it has a good surface feel.
What is your conclusion of the car?
It is a lot of fun 550 horse power. It has almost 5 liters of cubic capacity.
It has a really good steering wheel- that´s a lot of fun.
But the definition SUV makes no sense for me.
The right expression is driving machine. This
driving machine has a lot of power that has big advantages for the road. And due to the
electronic assistance systems it is managing also something off-road.
He will never be a SUV. His direct brother the BMW X 5 is much better all-terrain. It
is a completely different concept. Furthermore the M- package is a definition of sports car.
It is driving machine with a good fighting weight and a good sound.
It is quite awesome but not for a everyday car...