RE: Driven: BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe

[mat205125]

Looks smart, but not as "coupe" as a CLS IMO.

Has the potential for a very tasty //M car, but I think that all of this diversity in bodystyles on common platforms is really starting to be a bit of a scinical way of extracting increasingly large sums for breathed on, be-wheeled, and pretty rep mobile underpinnings.

Is the basic 5 a bargain, or are these a lot of money for a not a lot more?

[tomellingham]

Lovely looking compared to the old one. Like the interior too, bit more interesting to sit in!

[ZesPak]

Article said:

Now, as well as the CLS, we have the Passat CC, Audi getting in on the act with the A7 and A5 Sportback, and arguably even the Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide coming to play.

The difference then is that the other ones look great and this one looks pretty st?
The Passat CC and CLS look very bespoke, much better than their saloon counterparts.
The A5 and A7 are particularly good looking, while this looks, imo, like a 5-series that is trying too hard to be something else.

[HairbearTE]

Post cars aren't coupes. HTH etc..

[vsonix]

Hmm, definitely a 'marmite' car. I quite like the brown, it'd look quite beastly with the chrome trim swapped out for matt shadowline, darken the rims somewhat and lose the 'madras stain' brown in favour of something a bit more classic and I think they'd be onto something. I have to also admit to liking the 5GT a lot though too - I hated it when I first saw it, but then I realised how nice it is inside and how practical it is too... large hatchbacks are a pretty neat idea. They need to bring out more cooking smaller models though, that's where the money's at in the UK. I can't wait to see the 3er coupé, and I really hope they don't call it the 4 series as some areas of the press are speculating...

[urquattro]

Johnboy Mac said:

Just give me a 5 Series and a load of extra money in the bank.

X 2, my 5 series E39 540iA Touring for £3k including checking/doing everything needed is a wonderful/cheap car, approx less than 10% of original cost, fsh and just 100k since new.
The performance is excellent and I can live with the mpg.

[VX Foxy]

urquattro said:

X 2, my 5 series E39 540iA Touring for £3k including checking/doing everything needed is a wonderful/cheap car, approx less than 10% of original cost, fsh and just 100k since new.
The performance is excellent and I can live with the mpg.

Have you posted in the wrong thread by mistake?

[SprintSpeciale]

Riggers said:

Yeah, that's standard. you could add circa £20k to reach the spec of the car we drove.

But BMW wants you to think of it as a half-step above a CLS and, in all honesty, it does feel like a classier, more upscale, less 'volume' product...

...it also is a two-door that's morphed into a four-door, rather than a saloon morphing into a four-door coupe, so it kind of comes at things from the opposite direction to the Merc.

So I agree that it's a lot of money, but it is deliberately pricy...

I think you missed a letter out, but don't know whether you wanted to say "deliberately pric(e)y" or "deliberately pric(k)y" ??

[offendi]

SprintSpeciale said:

I think you missed a letter out, but don't know whether you wanted to say "deliberately pric(e)y" or "deliberately pric(k)y" ??

It's "deliberately pric(k)y" obviously . Both BMW and PH know their target market well.

[dasherdiablo1]

So the common theme with all new BMWs is :-

Poor steering feel.
Too big.
Some poor quality interior areas compared to older models.
Poor ride from runflats (and / or suspension).

I've always loved my BMWs but I just can't see a new model that I want to get into- other than another new X3.