RE: Driven: BMW 650i Convertible

RE: Driven: BMW 650i Convertible

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mackie1

8,153 posts

232 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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TotalControl said:
Could you say this car is unnecessarily heavy?
It's about the same as an SL500 but has 4 seats so it's not bad for this kind of car.

AndySA

900 posts

262 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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Nice to see pics taken in and around my home city on PH, driven on all the roads in the pictures. Seeing them here makes me want to take a few hours off, when I am back at the weekend, and go for a blast.

Guvernator

13,104 posts

164 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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geoffracing said:
Judging from the first pics I saw, I thought this was going to be the most attractive BMW ever.
But that bend in the side "made in a supermarket carpark" makes it look damaged and cheaper!
What a pity, because the general look is so sleek.
I agree, they've done the same thing on the new 5 series too. Totally unneccesary. I thought they'd banished all this swirly flame surfacing\swage line crap when they got rid of Bangle, obviously not. Cheapens what is overall a good look.

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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mackie1 said:
It's about the same as an SL500 but has 4 seats so it's not bad for this kind of car.
yes Small rear seats vs holding hard-top; I think they're pretty comparable on weight.

predding

455 posts

215 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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RLK500 said:
It really is about time they started adorning their cars with appropriate names, that should be the "Crown Plaza 650ic".......
Very funny...I think you are onto something there. That will lead to the M-B Intercontinental 600SL and not forgetting the Audi Ambassador A8 LWB

matc

4,714 posts

206 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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Good god that's ugly!!

Wills2

22,669 posts

174 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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I like it, love the new dashboard as well, but why does it have to weigh 2 tonnes? That really is too heavy.


E21_Ross

34,946 posts

211 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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that interior is one of the nicest i've ever seen i think. couldn't care what it looks like on the outside as it looks like such a nice place to be smile

TaylotS2K

1,964 posts

206 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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'Orrible, but on a positive note, the interior looks nice.

LuS1fer

41,086 posts

244 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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predding said:
Very funny...I think you are onto something there. That will lead to the M-B Intercontinental 600SL and not forgetting the Audi Ambassador A8 LWB
M-B Incontinental, maybe, and Audi Amabd or...something.... wink

How about a Jaguar Fat Cat Pussy Magnette (a hark back to BL's MG days there...)

DanBMW

194 posts

183 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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I like the back, the side profile and the interior. But I really dont like the front.

Olf

11,974 posts

217 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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It's st - everything is st. It's too heavy and st and looks st.








There - I presume I go to heaven now or get millions of airmiles for riding the band wagon so fking hard it hurts! smile

jotpilot

36 posts

183 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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1940KG?! Ha ha what a fat waste of space.

jotpilot

36 posts

183 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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1940KG?! Ha ha what a fat waste of space.

Webber3

1,228 posts

218 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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fatboy b said:
Holy crap. I there's me thinking the 6-series couldn't get any uglier.
This is just the 650i SE version though, they must have a better looking Sport version on its way??

aston addict

418 posts

157 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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Sides and rear look nice, looks better with the roof up - to my eyes the front lights (lifted from an SLK maybe?) and the grille look set far too high, making the car look slightly feminine...

And I thought that colour of bronze was reserved for 70s Rollers and British Leyland.

Porscheplayer

381 posts

189 months

Tuesday 8th February 2011
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It's nice to see the journalists taking a stroll along the road in that video. whistle

belleair302

6,835 posts

206 months

Tuesday 8th February 2011
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I think that the 'new' range of cars from BMW look rather good. Clearly in the new 6ers range most cars are aimed at people close to 50, who want a GT style ride not a hard as nails ride.

This larger engined model will sell in massive numbers in the US (now BMW's most lucrative market) and will also do well in the UAE, Dubai, Bahrain, and in one or two smaller European markets. I don't think so many will sell he in the UK but with a 640i on the cars who knows.

Looks good with the roof up and as technology marches on and EU safety regulations now dictate car design the days of lightweight sports GT's is well and truly over. Most buyers today want toys, electronics, safety devices and size...not point to point speed, steering feedback and a seat of your pants experience.

fatboy b

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9,492 posts

215 months

Tuesday 8th February 2011
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Webber3 said:
This is just the 650i SE version though, they must have a better looking Sport version on its way??
ooooohh - I look forward to that one then.





Not.

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Tuesday 8th February 2011
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belleair302 said:
...Most buyers today want toys, electronics, safety devices and size...not point to point speed, steering feedback and a seat of your pants experience.
Has that not always been the case with GTs? If someone wants a GT that can also play sports car when needed, the 911 (or even the Boxster) does a pretty good job of straddling the boundary, but primarily the purpose of cars in this sector is to munch motorway and A-road miles comfortably and to look good whilst doing it (although to my eye this falls down a bit on the latter).