Spy Photos: BMW X6 Reveals Its Shapely Rear (update pg. 2)
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Spy Photos: BMW X6 Reveals Its Shapely Rear (update pg. 2)
Spy photographers managed to snap these X6 pics during hot-weather testing.
The X6's sleek lines are hidden beneath heavy camouflage.
Cargo volume is unlikely to be one of the X6's main selling points.
The heavy plastic is built up above the X6's actual sheet metal.
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — BMW engineers inadvertently exposed the rear shape of the 2009 X6 SUV during hot-weather testing this week, and spy photographers sprung into action.
When one of its X6 prototypes became disabled on the shoulder of a desolate California road, BMW testers accidentally left the X6's rear hatch open as they sorted out the trouble. These backlit photos now reveal exactly how much of the X6's heavy rear camouflage is masking its sleek rear lines.
BMW appears to be taking form-over-function to extremes with the X6, since the arching roof line behind the B-pillar will seriously compromise second-row headroom and cargo capacity.
Built on the same platform as the BMW X5, the X6 is expected to start production at BMW's Spartanburg, South Carolina plant in 2008.
What this means to you: This sleek SUV deserves more than carpool duty
Source: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...cleId=121594#2
I don't understand how the German car companies are complaining about being strapped for cash and having limited ability with certain markets...and they produce these niche vehicles that seem completely unnecessary.
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no man its not square like the azztec, thats a bogus back end ... look at the shot where the back hatch is open ... its a long slope "The heavy plastic is built up above the X6's actual sheet metal."
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i knew it was going to very slanted ever since we saw the X6 spyshots long ago with this crappy camoflauge
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I really don't like the new trend for SUV's these days, which make them look more like large hatchbacks. They were ugly in the 70's and 80's and I don't think they look any better when applied to now.
