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      01-12-2010, 03:23 AM   #45
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The X6 is one of the ugliest BMW ever made. I hate it so much that I look away every time I see it on the road. And im not kidding.
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Not sure what BMW's intention was on the X6. Looks wise it is quite stunning. Performance wise as a SUV? Complete fail.
And wrong timing for BMW to release X6, last year when economy is fragile, and fuel price was stable at a high price. As well as the public is more aware of MPG more than AWD and HP/Torque...They dive for the overrated Prius instead
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i really like the X6, but BMW made it wrong, its not a SUV, its not a off road vehicle by any means and never was. its simple a cross over performance thing (i still dont know how to categorize that car) buts its a road car and i think its a GT SUV cross over.

its totally fair for jeremy to do this because im sure that there are a good amount of people in europe that want a car that is good in all weather. especialy snow and if the x6 cant do it people should know
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      01-12-2010, 11:02 AM   #48
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on an AWD vehicle putting the car in park would lock the front wheels too though. In the video it didn't.

Notice how he said 'no locking differentials'
That includes no locking center differential.

Which in BMW's case is a simple transfer case, not a classic differential.

Which means that the front wheels are 'limp', unless the ECU tells the transfer case to engage the front.
Only the rear wheels are connected to the transmission all of the time - which is why the rear doesn't turn when he's in park.

BMW's AWD implementation isn't what I would call, off-road-oriented.
It's more for the basic soccer mom - afraid to drive up a shallow grade when she heard on the radio that 'there is ice out there'.

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P.S. Those hills were not that steep... I've gone up way steeper (and sloppier/wetter/slipperier) hills in a crappy 20 year old F150 4x4 with neigh bald tyres.

I will agree, though, that the LR was going faster before the hill.

The tyres are sandard equipment. If the car can't off-road "as-equipped", it's got no business being advertised as any 'utility' vehicle.

It's an "SUV-Styled Sedan".
But we all already knew this.
This video only pokes fun at the concept of building a car to "do X" but to "look like Y". Which IMHO is a perfectly fine way to design a car. Give people what they want.

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      01-12-2010, 04:55 PM   #49
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lol that was a pretty funny episode, the X6 is utterly useless no wonder why i only see 1 every month IF THAT!!!
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      01-12-2010, 07:42 PM   #50
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Why would Clarkson hate the X6 so much
Didn't he just demonstrate why?
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Just watched this last night. Goofy report. Clarkson tried to climb a hill & run in snow with summer performance tires.... yea, that'll work. If he put on winter tires or hell, even all season, I'm sure it'd be an entirely different story. It was designed as an on-road vehicle anyhow. And while I can't comment on the road feel, the thing scoots around corners like no other SUV/SAV and has no less room than a standard coupe.

Stupid review, not stupid car.
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Stupid review, not stupid car.
Nope, still a stupid car as well as a stupid review.
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