2013 BMW M6 Review
2013 BMW M6 REVIEW
What’s Hot: Great style, brilliant drivetrain and dynamics.
What’s Not: Tiny back seats, slightly disconnected feel.
X-Factor: A genuine GT - that’s easily good enough for the racetrack.
Vehicle Style: V8, twin-turbo, two-door coupe/convertible
Price: $292,500 (coupe), $308,500 (convertible) plus on-roads
Fuel Economy claimed: 10.3L/100km | tested: 16.5L/100km
OVERVIEW
Finally, it looks good.
Yes, the previous BMW 6 Series wasn’t what you’d call eye-candy. But the latest 6er (the F12/13) is superbly penned and proportioned.
In M6 guise it’s particularly attractive. Front to back, it looks ‘the business’... and sounds it. When the M6 clears its throat through its chrome quad-tipped M-Spec exhaust, the neighbourhood knows about it.
But making an M6 is more than just whacking a stonking engine into the 6 Series and fiddling with the suspension.
The roof is now carbon-fibre, the fenders are plastic, and doors and bonnet are aluminium. Shedding mass high up lowers the M6’s centre of gravity.
But does the package work? BMW put us on a plane to Abu Dhabi to demonstrate the M6’s abilities, both on road and on track. Here’s how it rates.
INTERIOR | RATING: 4/5
Quality: The 6 Series is an excellent base to work from, with impressive cabin materials and soft leather seats and trimmings.
The swooping centre console flows beautifully from the dash, right through the middle of the car, but it’s wide, so it occupies a lot of space.
With sumptuous contrasted leather and stitching, the M6 is a classy place to be.
Comfort: Let’s start with the bad: the back seats are not worth the leather they’re trimmed in.
No adult can fit (headroom and kneeroom are absent), and kids up to the age of seven have to be in a booster (which also won’t fit). That leaves a narrow margin - kids from eight to 12-years-old - who can conceivably be accommodated there.
Now, onto the good: the front seats are among the best and most comfortable you’ll find. The range of movement (including width) is so comprehensive that anyone, of any shape, will find the perfect driving position.
With outside temperatures in the UAE sitting consistently in the mid-40s, the climate control had its work cut out, but even in the fabric-roofed Convertible, it provided cool comfort.
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