Test drive BMW X6 E71 2008 - 2009 SUV
BMW X6 M. Medicine against Fear
BMW X6 M. Price: 5250000 rub. On sale: since September 2009 A year after the BMW presented the public with the prototype of its first sports all -resistant, the BMW X6 m begins to conquer the roads of the planets and the target audience, which has long been firmly won Porsche Cayenne. To make sure that the Bavar is really able to arrange a difficult life of the cult Cayenne Turbo S, we went for the ocean on the Road Atlanta racing highway
Test pilot
Vladimir Makkaveev, 32 years old, automobile journalist, driving experience 13 years, personal car - Volvo C30
Compared to countless oval tracks, normal, in our understanding of this word, European racing tracks in the states of a time, two and have expected. Road Atlanta is one of the rare exceptions the first few circles are hopelessly spoiled by a slow pace car. Learning the track! Although, in fact, there is nothing special to teach here: despite its projuroral character, Road Atlanta is quite simple.
After three circles of demonstrations spent on the study of the basic habes of an all-wheel drive Emka, Seephiti-Kar finally stops at Pit Lane. The walks are finished. It's time to turn on sports settings and check what our Lady H. First-Nadvo is really capable of using the Mlive M Drive (EDC), we set the sports characteristics of the transfer of the tax control and the rigidity of the shock absorbers. Fortunately, the BMW X6 m is equipped with a pneumatic suspension with the function of adjusting the road clearance on the rear axle and the Adaptive Drive suspension control system with electronic adjustment of the rigidity of shock absorbers. And the new triple supports are designed to ensure special sensitivity when the elastic elements and shock absorbers are triggered.
Another touch to the portrait of Lady X Excess step of operation of the system of dynamic stabilization. If in the civilian model X6 DSC is two -position, then the third intermediate mode of M Dynamic Mode (MDM) has also appeared in EMK, which increases the thresholds of regulatory effects of the brake system, which increases the engine power, and at the same time activating sports settings of the steering, if you suddenly forgot to do it manually . We translate the lever of the selective six -speed automatic transmission to the position of M went! At the first meters, Launch Control still carefully corrects the start of the start, but after the Emka breaks out of the bottleneck of Pete Lane into the operational open spaces of Road Atlanta, the auxiliary electronics are safely falling asleep. The sweeping snake of the amplitude variable on the site between the 2nd and 5th turns is an excellent exam for the BMW XDRive, EDC, adapted to the intellectual system of the intellectual system, and the active control system designed to ensure the linearness of the increase in the transverse forces with the dynamic passage of the turns. With the exception of short braking in the 3rd turn, the rest of the ligament, up to the steep left 5th, in theory passes to the floor. For all the sports of the BMW X6 M, the center of gravity is still high, and in order to decide on this adventure, a solid share of courage is required. But Emka passes the first exam perfectly: with minimal rolls, having overcome the sweeping Eska, we are already on the first hard braking in the 5th turn. We put a plusk for the honesty of the sports gearbox, in manual mode with enviable patience that allows the motor to twist the motor. We graciously drop a couple of gears down and try to slip at the exit from the turn. BMW XDRive and Dynamic Performance Control, redistributing the traction force between the wheel of the rear axle, work quite clearly, but the boundaries of sports decency do not cross: a light controlled skid does not bother them absolutely. We go further: acceleration to the fifth gear, hard braking at the entrance to the slow 90 -degree right, short acceleration and point braking before the slowest 7th turn.
Trying to understand the limit of the capabilities of the car and the boundary of the patience of auxiliary electronics systems, each next turn I deliberately pass more and more provocatively. But if in MDM mode you can still remove DSC from hibernation with sweeping slides, then in OFF mode, it is almost impossible to do it. By virtue of the emphasis of the rear -wheel drive of the all -wheel drive system, a small excess rotability provokes the demolition of the rear axle at the output of the 7th turn. The red land of the Tara, which is so idolized by the Scarlet of Ohara, rises a red cloud in the BMW wake. However, the cold -blooded Bavarian electronics remains absolutely indifferent to a date with the fertile soil of Georgia.
Now we are waiting for a long acceleration through a high -speed bend to a ligament of the 10-11th bends hidden under a hill. This is where you can enjoy the power of the new 555-horsepower 4.4-liner V8 engine designed specifically for the BMW X6 M and X5 M models with a unique single exhaust manifold and turbochargers neatly cleaned into the V-shaped engine of the engine. 4.7 seconds to hundreds, albeit only 0.1 s, but still faster than Cayenne Turbo S! However, not everything is so simple: although there are not enough cars on the highway, at the dispersal, we will rest against the slower BMW of French colleagues with depressing constancy. You can understand the French. Despite all the tricks of engineers, the laws of physics remain the laws of physics, and overcome them the complex, the higher the speed. Frankly, it is not very pleasant to enter the curtain of the 9th turn at a speed at a speed of 200 km/h. The high center of gravity, inertia and solid sailing of the BMW X6 M at high speeds make themselves felt. Where a low sports car would go like rails, we are constantly striving to rearrange even with an almost zero side wind. Yes, and hard to brake on a steep descent in front of the 10th turn on an unfamiliar car with such a speed at first slightly scary: the slightest blossom is fraught with a departure for gravel. The first few circles have to strain the will so as not to remove the leg from the accelerator pedal in the 9th turn. But then the trust in the X6 m, growing with each circle, completely kills a sense of fear from the driver! 
Road Atlanta Since the Civil War, Georgia has traditionally been considered a stronghold of old American traditions, whether it be a life’s life or attitude to motorsport. More amazing was the birth of an experimental pro -European racing highway with a length of 2.54 miles in the very heart of NASCAR in the heart of NASCAR. However, a good quarter of the century Road Atlanta existed from large Nascar and IndyCar races, content with the role of a test ring and rare competitions of second-rate road series by American standards: Trans-Am, Can-Am, F5000 and IMSA. Only in 1998, Road Atlanta began a new life: the highway became the scene of the 1000 mile race of the Alms series Little Le Man.
We do not love
I stela from gear shifting petals an integral satellite of all modern sports models. Familiar
The 555-horsepower turbochargers along with the catalysts are located in the V-shaped mine between the series of cylinders. Interesting
The EDC key behind the KP lever allows you to enable Sport mode with a more sports characteristic of the steering. Sports
Driving
Like a chameleon, able to perfectly adapt to almost any road conditions.
Salon
The finish does not cause complaints.
Comfort
Despite the emphasized sporting orientation, in terms of comfort is little inferior to the civil version.
Safety
Safety of dynamic driving the main focus of the model.
Price
Lower than that of the main competitor.
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Powerful motor, cold -blooded tuning of an auxiliary electronics, an honest gearbox.
- Not the most pronounced side support for the seats for the sports model.
Specifications
Mark and model - BMW X6 M
Dimensions - 4876x1983x1684 mm
Engine - gasoline, 4395 cm3, 555 hp/6000 min -1
Transmission - automatic, sports, 6 -speed KP
Dynamics - Max 250 (275)* km/h, 4.7 s to 100 km/h/h
Competitors - Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
Our opinion
The car is quite consistent with the spirit and sports character of the Bavarian M-series. And its launch in the crisis is a completely good marketing step, because today every new niche occupied by the automaker is worth its weight in gold. In addition, the long -awaited appearance of the first worthy competitor to the top -resistant sportsman of Cayenne Turbo S should spur interest in the class as a whole.
Author: Vladimir Makkaveev
