BMW's stand in Detroit is twice the size it usually is, so instead of immediately launching into a discussion of sales figures, the company did something it almost never does -- hire a dance troupe to warm up the crowd. Unfortunately, we missed the dance about diesel, because there were three times as many journalists crammed onto the stand.
We were able to hear it all, though, and we weren't surprised when Klaus Draeger, of the BMW AG Board of Management, called the 2009 BMW X6 the first ever "sports activity coupe."
"Personally, I've been driving a lot of miles in this car already, and it's great fun to drive," he added.
We expect the X6's 400-horsepower, twin-turbo, 4.4-liter V8 has much to do with that, and after the press conference, we asked BMW engineer Peter Tuennermann if we could pop the hood for a look. "And there's not much to see," he observed.
We also took a look at the cargo bay. It's reasonably deep, but the vertical clearance is low, easily explaining its paltry 25.6-cubic-foot capacity. -- Erin Riches, Senior Editor
We also took a look at the cargo bay. It's reasonably deep, but the vertical clearance is low, easily explaining its paltry 25.6-cubic-foot capacity. -- Erin Riches, Senior Editor
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