Met some mates for a lazy lunch today and spent an hour or so hooning around in each others motors. Got to have a run in the new M6 (didn't drive it) and the M135i.
M6 is brutal and very fast but it is miles off being worth the money I feel. It was the soft top version and it left me utterly underwhelmed and to me I see this as a bit of a pointless car in the UK. I'd take the M5 over it without question and it has issues, not least trying to lay that much power down through the rear wheels and, well, stopping. Like my F10 some of the details are very poor, such as the plastic running along the binnacle above the steering wheel, just crappy and cheap looking and some of the detailing around the centre console. As a soft top it also felt loose and unless I was living in the US or middle east I really can't see the car appealing. I simply don't see the point of so much power, so little frugality for 95% of the time and for the other 5% there are simply better cars, not least a 911.
M135i is utter genius. You boys and girls taking delivery these are lucky people, it is a brilliant little car and in real world not much slower than the M6! Sure, right sort of road and the M6 would vanish, on the roads today nah and up to 80mph there was little in it, we tried. It's rare to get into a car and feel at home within 1 mile, like I could get it to 95% after a seat adjustment but the little 1 is like that and its power delivery and speed are deceptive. The M6 felt MASSIVELY quick the 1 didn't but when behind in the M6 we were ASTONISHED to see how much pace was needed to hook back onto the 1.
Utterly brilliant little thing, I can't see anything £31K new that competes as a hot hatch and personally I think it looks OK too. I fully appreciate now why they are selling like hotcakes and the 8 speed auto suits the car well. The DCT in the M6 is rather good too to be fair and supports my view on the RS4's not being very good compared to it.
M6 is brutal and very fast but it is miles off being worth the money I feel. It was the soft top version and it left me utterly underwhelmed and to me I see this as a bit of a pointless car in the UK. I'd take the M5 over it without question and it has issues, not least trying to lay that much power down through the rear wheels and, well, stopping. Like my F10 some of the details are very poor, such as the plastic running along the binnacle above the steering wheel, just crappy and cheap looking and some of the detailing around the centre console. As a soft top it also felt loose and unless I was living in the US or middle east I really can't see the car appealing. I simply don't see the point of so much power, so little frugality for 95% of the time and for the other 5% there are simply better cars, not least a 911.
M135i is utter genius. You boys and girls taking delivery these are lucky people, it is a brilliant little car and in real world not much slower than the M6! Sure, right sort of road and the M6 would vanish, on the roads today nah and up to 80mph there was little in it, we tried. It's rare to get into a car and feel at home within 1 mile, like I could get it to 95% after a seat adjustment but the little 1 is like that and its power delivery and speed are deceptive. The M6 felt MASSIVELY quick the 1 didn't but when behind in the M6 we were ASTONISHED to see how much pace was needed to hook back onto the 1.
Utterly brilliant little thing, I can't see anything £31K new that competes as a hot hatch and personally I think it looks OK too. I fully appreciate now why they are selling like hotcakes and the 8 speed auto suits the car well. The DCT in the M6 is rather good too to be fair and supports my view on the RS4's not being very good compared to it.
