Test drive BMW X6 E71 2008 - 2009 SUV

Test drive BMW X6: Gourmet dish

Under the hood of the test BMW X6 there is a top gasoline unit V8 Biturbo with a volume of 4.4 liters, issuing 408 hp. and 600 nm of torque, available in a wide range from 1750 to 4500 rpm.
The development of the global auto industry is associated not only with new technologies with which they increase power, improve engine efficiency and come up with new options to increase the comfort and convenience of the driver and passengers. To conquer the sophisticated motorist, automakers are forced to constantly surprise and come up with something new, both in the field of design and in the field of technology.
In the fall of 2007, the light saw the prototype of the new BMW X6 crossover. However, representatives of the Bavarian brand dubbed it in their own - Sports Activity Coupe. In fact, this phrase can be translated as a sports compartment for an active lifestyle, although in fact X6 is nothing more than a slightly altered shell of the BMW X5 crossover. A year later, within the framework of the International Motorshow in Detroit, the world premiere of the serial version of the BMW X6 took place.
Probably, no model in the entire history of BMW caused so many controversial opinions. After the premiere about the appearance of the novelty, entire debate unfolded. The controversial silhouette resembling a dinosaur from the Mesozoic era, and the overloaded hunchbacked back - honestly, for the first time when I saw the BMW X6, I was not impressed either. However, in addition to creating a new revolutionary appearance, the designers faced a difficult task, namely, to distinguish between the two Cooplatform models X5 and X6 so as not to create competition within the company. As a result, after a test drive, my attitude to the appearance of X-Sest has changed. After trying to consider Bavarz precisely as Sports Activity Coupe, you understand that this car is characterized by the type of body invented by him. So, damn it, why not?
The smooth line of the roof, short body overhangs, a large wheelbase, pronounced wheel arches and huge discs emphasize the power and belonging of this instance to Bavarian engines. Built on the BMW X5 platform 85 mm below, 22 mm longer and 48 mm wider than its donor. When both crossovers stand nearby, their conceptual differences are visible to the naked look: BMW X5 is a solid, premium crossover with an aggressive appearance. Against the backdrop of the X -Fifth BMW X6 - a typical pumped athlete, spending a day in the gym.
In the salon, X6 is completely identical to its donor, unless the rear sofa is divided into two separate places with a partition with cup holders and compartments for trifles. Otherwise, excellent finishes, expensive skin and a lot of various decor options, ranging from aluminum and ending with piano varnish. The front chairs are traditionally for the BMW Ergonomic Ergonomics, an excellent profile, developed lateral support and a lot of electrical regulations, including the possibility of adjusting the upper back and side support rollers.
Otherwise, the same dashboard with excellent informativeness and amber backlighting of the controls. On the central console, the information display of the Idrive system, as well as the audio control unit and the climatic installation. Between the front seats there is already a traditional electronic automatic transmission selector and Idrive washer, with which you can control the climate control functions, the settings of the car and the navigation system.
On the back sofa, well -defiled places for a pair of passengers, at the disposal of which there are a convenient armrest and heating of the seats. Depending on the level of equipment there, you can equip a multimedia system and an additional climate control unit. Tall passengers are doomed to propagate a sloping roof, which is an unchanged attribute of the concept of compartment. And there are as many places for legs as it seems. Due to the very littered fifth door, the view back significantly suffers, so the rear view camera is not luxury, but a vital necessity.
The luggage space is 570 liters. Not much. But it is unlikely that the potential owners of the BMW X6 put the trunk size in priority factors when choosing a car. Moreover, if necessary, you can fold the separate back of the rear sofa, thereby increasing the luggage compartment to 1450 liters.
Under the hood of the test BMW X6 there is a top gasoline unit V8 Biturbo with a volume of 4.4 liters, issuing 408 hp. and 600 nm of torque, available in a wide range from 1750 to 4500 rpm. With such a luggage, the crossover-wrappers shoots no worse than a bullet at any speed and speed. A six -speed automatic transmission clearly captures the signals of the electronic brain and immediately includes the desired transmission. In addition, automation can be controlled using switches on the steering wheel, but using them is not very convenient. If you go to Sport mode, then the ZF machine instantly jumps into one, but two steps down.
 
The optional system of active steering adapts the transfer number depending on the speed of movement. As a result, only two revolutions are enough in the parking lot from the stop to the stop. At speed, the transfer number increases, and the steering wheel is poured with a pleasant effort. The chassis on the test X6 was also active. The ADAPTIVE DRIVE system with electronic shock absorbers and stabilizers will constantly monitor many external factors and, if necessary, settles the collar. As a result, on the arc BMW X6, it stands on a straight line, and when turning the turn, passengers feel only lateral acceleration. There is no crane and at all! However, a similar option is already familiar to us about the BMW X5 crossover.
The all-wheel drive system for Bavarian crossovers is also the same: an electronically controlled XDRive coupling with a vast distribution of torque under normal conditions distributes the moment between the front and the rear axles in a ratio of 40:60. If necessary, the handout will distribute the drive moment to where it will be most effective.
The highlight of the BMW X6 is the active rear differential DPC (Dynamic Performance Control), the essence of which is that when it is partial blocking, you can direct a larger torque to one of the wheels. A very useful function: for example, when the DPC rotation passes, it will add a moment to the outer rear wheel, thereby screwing the car into a turn.
 
Without a doubt, in Russia BMW X6 is primarily an image car. Bright and extraordinary appearance made this cave-consumer a fashionable accessory. But, among other things, the X-sixth is still one of the few cars that can a little more than just everything. And this is his main advantage. The statistics of sales will be more interesting if the light sees the BMW X5 with similar turbocharged engines and active rear differential. Indeed, from the point of view of practicality, X6 puts X6 on the shoulder blades. In this case, in favor of the latter there will be only an extraordinary design. And this, you see, not densely!
Ruslan Galimov
 
A feature of the 4.4 -liter V8 with double boost Twin Turbo is that exhaust collectors, turbochargers and catalytic neutralizers are installed not on the sides of the cylinder block (as usual), but on top of its collapse. Such a layout made it possible to make extremely short inlet channels. As a result, the spent gases do not have time to cool and enter the turbines hot, which automatically reduces energy loss. In addition, the exhaust pipelines manage to give the correct configuration in the collapse, in which exhaust impulses are not superimposed in the collectors on each other and do not interfere with the filling of the cylinders with a fresh fuel mixture.

 
The BMW X6 became the first Bavarian model to be installed by the DPC differential (Dynamic Performance Control dynamic control of the traction vector). Active differential with planetary rows and multi -term couplings, located in the rear bridge X6, operates on the principle of AYC system, installed on Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. Under the control of electronics, the DPC differential transfers the torque between the rear wheels. As a result, the behavior of the car on a curved trajectory is actively regulated. So, at the entrance to the turn, the thrust is redistributed, firstly, mainly in favor of the 2nd axis. Secondly, to the outer (in relation to the turn) the rear wheel: insufficient rotation is suppressed, and the machine willingly incurred in a turn. And when leaving the turn, reverse operations. As a result, the controllability of a heavy and high crossover is actually equal to a sports passenger car.
 
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Excellent handling, engine and transmission
High quality performance
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High price
Testament in the rear places
 
  
The price of the tested car is from 3,372,300 rubles
Complete the test of the tested car
Black sapphire (metallic)
Perforated Nevada skin black
Active steering
Automatic body adjustment system
Heating of the steering wheel
Sports leather steering wheel
Flight disks with star -shaped knitting needles (232) 9j X 19, tires 255/50 R19
ADAPTIVE DRIVE system, VCL SYSTEM OF AMOCOSIS OF AMOCortis and Dynamic Drive
Security alarm with remote control
Automatic closing system/opening of the trunk cover
A car driver of the doors
Rear View Camera
Luke Electro -regulated with a transparent lid
Active ventilation of the front seats
Comfortable front seats, electrical regulatory
Electro -regulated support of the lumbar of the back
heating the front seats
Heating the rear seats
Salon decoration with decorative strips Patterned ash
Rain sensor, including the automation of turning on the headlights
Bixenon headlights
Automatic climate control
Dynamic cruise control
A speedometer with a kilometer designation
Highlight control system
Universal installation GSM kit for phone
Hi-Fi Professional, Logic 7 audio system
DVD Changer for six discs
Satellite anti -theft sisteam BMW
Specifications
Body
Hatchback body type
The number of places 4
Trunk volume, l 570/1450
Equipped mass, kg 2265
Full mass, kg 2915
Length, mm 4877
Width, mm 1983
Height, mm 1690
Wheel base, mm 2933
Road clearance, mm 212
Engine
Basin type with direct fuel injection and turbocharged
The location in front is longitudinally
Location and number of cylinders V8
Working volume, cm 4395
Cylinder diameter/piston stroke, mm 89.0 x 88.3
The degree of compression is 10.0
The number of valves per cylinder 4
Maximum power, L.S./О/min 408/5500-6400
Maximum torque, Nm/rpm 600/1750-4500
Transmission
Automatic gearbox 6-speed
The permanent drive is complete
The front suspension is independent, spring, two -leaf, with a reptile stabilizer
The rear suspension is independent multi -link, pneumatic, with a reptile stabilizer
Front brakes Disco ventilated
Rear brakes Disco ventilated
Tires 255/50 R19
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km/h 250
Acceleration time 0-100 km/h, from 5.4
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
city cycle 17.7
country cycle 9.9
mixed cycle 12.8
Fuel tank capacity, l 85
Fuel AI-95 gasoline

 
 
 
 

 

A source: Carclub.ru