2011 BMW X6 M.

2011 BMW X6 M, an AW Drivers Log Car Review. EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: Each time I see and drive this BMW X6 M, I seriously wonder just who the audience is. Really? A $95,000 sled that weighs in at 5,300 pounds and looks, like, well--let's just say it kind of makes a camel look good.
No question, this M version is fast. The twin-turbo V8 delivers power as smoothly as any powerplant on the market today. But with tires as wide as drag slicks, the X6 M tramlined on the road so bad that I got tired from constantly adjusting the steering to keep this between the ditches.
Yes, it still drives like a BMW--a very big, very heavy and semiquick BMW. But really, who needs or wants a car like this? What is the appeal here? I'm pretty sure I'm not the target audience.
When you look up "compromise" in the dictionary, I wouldn't be surprised to see a photo of this. There are way too many compromises. This car is too heavy to be really quick and too small to really act as an SUV.
ROAD TEST EDITOR NATALIE NEFF: A sports-activity vehicle? Seriously? And this thing costs almost $100,000. Just think of what you could buy for that kind of coin!
Sure, 555 hp is compelling stuff. Really compelling. Like 0-to-60-mph-in-holy-crap-four-and-a-half-seconds kind of compelling. And playing with all of that propulsion is infectious. It's a challenge keeping the right foot properly leashed when all it wants to do is be that person driving way too stupidly fast for the ambient conditions.
Also, yes, the X6 M is noteworthy for its use of a torque-vectoring rear differential. When I drove the beast at Road Atlanta last year, I almost couldn't believe how well the 5,300-pound monstrosity managed to replicate the driving dynamics of a much smaller, lighter BMW. It ate up the track and spit it out again. Fantastic.
And yet this is where the über car geeks get it way, way wrong. Just because it drives awesomely doesn't necessarily mean it's an awesome car.
The whole concept of a coupelike SUV drives me crazy. Why would you buy an SUV only to chop half of the cargo area off? What's the point? To my mind, you buy an X5 M or you just buy a sedan.
What also rankles me is that everyone agrees with me that this thing is, at its core, stupid, but because it drives great, they forgive it. Seriously, guys, driving this vehicle will not make you look cool.
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