FAO [TW] Fox BMW COMMIT HERESY?????

Cosimo · 27 Jan 2012 at 09:30

More from BMW M POWER:

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http://www.m-power.com/_open/b/varlink1.jsp?lang=en&x=2624

http://www.m-power.com/_open/b/varlink1.jsp?id=2707&lang=en

http://www.m-power.com/_open/b/varlink1.jsp?lang=en&x=2653

NathWraith · 27 Jan 2012 at 09:46

LiE said:
3 turbos.. definitely won't want to run one of these without a warranty in the future.

And injectors and the auto box and the DPF

pepsilol · 27 Jan 2012 at 09:53

Makes me think that someone in BMW has a fetish for turbos.

Dogbreath · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:18

[TW]Fox;21130287 said:
Oh, well its wrong then.

Autotrader shows 121 petrol engined 6 series for sale vs. 69 diesels (up to 5 YO), which tends to back this up. Perhaps they are aspiring to the journalistic standards set by AutoExpress

jamief · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:37

rG-tom said:
"BMW is alone in offering a diesel-engined four-seat luxury coupé."

Eh?

rG-tom · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:44

jamief said:
Eh?

quote from the linked article, but who else does? Merc dont offer the CL range in Diesels,i cant think of any other diesel GT coupes either?

jamief · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:56

The E class coupe is available in 4 and 6 pot diesel. What would Audis version be? A5 probably? The A7 is saloon only I think.

Greebo · 27 Jan 2012 at 11:38

[TW]Fox;21130287 said:
Oh, well its wrong then.

Might be but BMW does sell a lot of diesels especially in some european countries as much more than 90%

The proportion of diesel-powered vehicles increased
further in 2010, accounting for 44.0% of BMW brand cars
sold worldwide. The proportion is particularly high in
Europe, exceeding 90% in a number of countries, including
Spain (90.9%), Belgium and Luxembourg (91.4%),
Italy (92.9%), France (95.0%) and Portugal (97.1%). In
Germany, the proportion of BMW brand cars powered
by diesel engines increased by 6.1 percentage points to
68.6% in 2010.

http://annual-report.bmwgroup.com/2010/gb/files/pdf/en/BMW_Group_AR2010.pdf

Dr House · 27 Jan 2012 at 11:41

It would be nice if they brought out a Tri Turbo Petrol. Or is that what the new M3 will be?

pepsilol · 27 Jan 2012 at 11:43

Am I the only one who is hoping the straight 6 N/A still hangs around ?

Muffin` · 27 Jan 2012 at 12:26

pepsilol said:
Am I the only one who is hoping the straight 6 N/A still hangs around ?

Nope

[TW]Fox · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:02

Greebo said:
Might be but BMW does sell a lot of diesels especially in some european countries as much more than 90%

http://annual-report.bmwgroup.com/2010/gb/files/pdf/en/BMW_Group_AR2010.pdf

I am well aware of the BMW diesel/petrol sales mix, I was talking specifically about the previous 6 Series. It was introduced for the 2004 model year with only petrol engines in the range. Not until the facelift in late 2007 did the 6 Series finally gain a diesel engine, so for roughly half its production time there was no diesel option therefore it was completely untrue to say that 90% of the previous models were diesels.

[TW]Fox · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:02

pepsilol said:
Am I the only one who is hoping the straight 6 N/A still hangs around ?

Oddly BMW re-introduced the 530i with the N53 272bhp straight six in July last year.

Howard · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:06

I saw a brand new 640d on the M3 yesterday. It accelerated away from the slip road past me at quite a rate. Lovely looking thing, too. Quite a change from the *chuckles* hideous design of the old one

(Sorry PeterNem

)

Dr House · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:10

Howard said:
I saw a brand new 640d on the M3 yesterday. It accelerated away from the slip road past me at quite a rate. Lovely looking thing, too. Quite a change from the *chuckles* hideous design of the old one

(Sorry PeterNem )

The new 6 is a very nice looking car, there are some good deal to be had on them at the moment.

G-MAN2004 · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:14

Howard said:
I saw a brand new 640d on the M3 yesterday. It accelerated away from the slip road past me at quite a rate. Lovely looking thing, too. Quite a change from the *chuckles* hideous design of the old one

(Sorry PeterNem )

Get out. The E63 is a stunning car (well, the M6 at least).

As for the new 6, the one thing I hate is that the front looks like a catfish with that giant mouth-shaped gap. Ruins it.

M550d... No thanks.

Howard · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:22

G-MAN2004 said:
As for the new 6, the one thing I hate is that the front looks like a catfish with that giant mouth-shaped gap. Ruins it.

Seen the back of the old one?

G-MAN2004 · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:26

Howard said:
Seen the back of the old one?

Yes, and it looks awesome.

Greebo · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:28

[TW]Fox;21132029 said:
I am well aware of the BMW diesel/petrol sales mix, I was talking specifically about the previous 6 Series. It was introduced for the 2004 model year with only petrol engines in the range. Not until the facelift in late 2007 did the 6 Series finally gain a diesel engine, so for roughly half its production time there was no diesel option therefore it was completely untrue to say that 90% of the previous models were diesels.

I appreciate that but perhaps it might be true that post facelift 90% were diesels?

Skeeter · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:34

[TW]Fox;21132034 said:
Oddly BMW re-introduced the 530i with the N53 272bhp straight six in July last year.

And how many manuals have they sold?