The new M6 is to get V10 500Bhp £80,000 will be BMW's most powerful car todate.

Reaches the UK in 2005 & will be priced to take on Porsche 911 Carrera, Aston Martin DB8, & new super-coupes from Mercedes & Audi. The new aspirated engine will be upped to 5.5 litres, will acknowledge BMW's F1 involvement as well as competing with rivals stratospehic power outputs without resorting to either Turbocharging or Supercharging.

6-Speed manual or Automatic gearbox , with BMW's third generation version of the SMG (Sequential Manual Gearbox) will also be on offer.

Weight is likely to be 1700kg, but expect a 0-60mph time of under 4.6secs. Top speed will be electronically limited to 155Mph, but unlimited it should be capable of over 186Mph.

Aluminium underpinings, with a combination of struts & multilink suspension at the rear. It shares it's basic geometry with the forthcoming new 5-Series due in Sept 2003, but many components will be unique to the M6. BMW's Active steering are also being modified to suit the hardened performance.

The cars more muscular appearance hints of 7-Series with Z9 Concept. Setting it apart from the standard 6-Series is a deeper front air dam with larger cooling vents, 19" Alloys, flared wheel arches, chunky side sills & lower rear valance with a diffuser-style duct, the M6 styling changes will also reduce downforce at speed.

 

1700 kg is 3744 pounds. Holy moly.

 

On other BMW news:

X5iL

BMW's new X5 is to get a longer wheelbase to accommodate 3 rows of seats. The new "X5iL" will be able to seat 7 passengers hinting at BMW's involvement to break into the MPV market. The change is likely to appear to the forthcoming X5, which will be available in short & long wheelbase models. Next year BMW will develop a variety of packaging & design concepts based on the new 1-Series, the next-generation 3-Series, & this years 5-Series.

 

Will it work? I drive that is? Supercars should be super light. They are taking the wrong approach.

 

I'll take two...

 

I don't think it has that supercar "look"... For the $$ it's gonna cost, it looks too similar to the new GTO IMO

 

that looks like a weird photochop job of a M3 and a new 7 series

 

yeah, not as good looking as i thought it would be...

 

Yea, that's fat...

But, if it is based on the M5, hopefully, the M5 will also be of similar weight.

That would be nearly 300lbs lighter than the current fatboy.

but, 3744lbs with 500hp is still fast as hell...

a bit less than 7.5lbs per pony is good, better than an SL55

 

Imagine THAT supercharged!! 650hp

 

That's a photoshopped M3 with the new 3 series coupe lower grille.

 

yeah, definitley a poor photoshop.

i sure hope no one here really believes thats a prototype pic, hell its Z4 headlights, M3 Body (bloated to Accord Coupe Shape), and the new 3 series lower grille with photoshop enlarged rims. def not believable at all.

 

I suppose that it's possible, but I don't know how reliable it would be.

If this car follows in the line of the recent M motors, it will also have a sky-high compression ratio. The E46 M3 is 11.5:1. Rumor has it that the new V10 could have a 9,000 rpm redline, I dunno that supercharging would be safe...

 

ur "sources" are becoming iffy gavriil

the specs may be correct but that pic is clearly a photochop

 

bye bye, that is a horrid photochop.

 

Minimum

 

Yeah. You can tell it is an M3 from the top buldge on the hood.

 

THe pic there is just for reference. No one knows of the exact final look of the 6 series except the people that designed it and the people who manage those people. The topic says M6 update. I know the pic is a wonnabe. It is there to give you an idea of what we are talking about. We saw a ton of 6 series spy pics as you know. So we do have a general idea of what kind of car we are talking about here. Hence the pic. Yet another wonnabe pic.

 

BMW's are getting FUGLY!

 

dam 80k pounds? how much is that in $$$? I dont think its worth over $100k though...

 

i wounder if this one is going to grenade motors like the M3.