6 series cabriolet pics

[codex57]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?news/ae_news_story.php?id=40313

New 6 Cabrio A Scunny Delight

Where would you expect to spot the first undisguised BMW 6-Series cabrio out testing? Near the company's German HQ? In the searing heat of the desert or frozen wastes of the Arctic Circle? The last place you'd look is the North Lincolnshire town of Scun-thorpe. But that was exactly where the car was parked up - at the back of a hotel and golf course complex.

Car-mad Harry Cadwallader, 15, saw it and immediately knew that he'd got a scoop on his hands. "I was actually doing work experience at the hotel and spotted the BMW hidden away round the back. I think it's funny that someone had taped over the badge on the boot, but left those on the alloys visible," he said. What Harry didn't notice, until we pointed it out, was the car next to the 6 - a Jaguar XK cabrio, which was being used for comparative testing.

By far the most distinctive aspect of the soft-top 6 is its never-before-seen rear window and finned roof, which closely resembles that of the Ferrari 360 Spyder. It's a sheet of vertical glass with canvas-covered fins stretching towards the back of the car, like the flying buttresses seen on some old churches. At the flick of a switch, the bootlid flips up and swallows the folding top, while the back window glides electrically into the rear bulkhead. It can pop up again to double as a wind deflector.

The power-operated hood and stiffened bodyshell are the only differences between the soft-top 6 and the coupé, which was unveiled at last month's Frankfurt Motor Show. The snub nose and flame-sided flanks of the tin-top also appear on the convertible.

The two cars will be offered with a choice of petrol engines, starting with the 3.0-litre straight-six taken from the
5-Series. There will also be a 272bhp 3.6-litre and 333bhp 4.4-litre V8, both of which will be available from launch.

Despite the additional stiffening and weighty hood mechanism, the open-top 6-Series will still be lighter than most of its rivals. Although the main shell will be made from steel, the front body panels, bootlid and suspension subframe are aluminium. BMW reckons the 6 cabrio will be a great drivers' car, thanks to a tuned 5-Series platform and developments such as active steering.

The soft-top is set to debut at the Detroit Motor Show in January, and will appear in UK showrooms next summer. It's likely to cost from £40,000, making it a direct rival to the Jaguar XK8 and Mercedes CLK. Prices are expected to be about £3,000 higher than those of the coupé model.

There will be a diesel in 2005, plus a 500bhp M6 offered as a coupé or cabriolet. It will have more than 700Nm of torque, thanks to the same unit that will power the next M5, and wear a £65,000 price tag. Look out for it next time you're in the S****horpe area...

 

[ODDferkOUT]

OoOO... I like.

 

[PuShAkOv]

very nice... definetely a "different" convertible from anything I have seen on the road.

 

[Bryan330i]

I just don't like it. I thought that I liked the 6 but after this picture I am not so sure. It could be a Chrysler Sebring. I would never even think it was a BMW? I had to look real close.

 

[PuShAkOv]

It does look like a Chrysler Sebring... but not quite.,.. I can;t wait to see what Chrysler Sebring comes up with next.. it would be a hit for a BMW if the next model would look very similar.

 

[ooo000HITMAN000ooo]

thats going to have a HUGE blind spot.

I think it looks better than the coupe...

still ugly i like mercedes clk better

 

[QuickCivicGuy]

If the trunk matched the rest of the car it would be pretty nice...as it sits it looks like it has half a porche tail lamp and then the bOX apprears from no where like a misplaced lego block....interesting to say the least

 

[Wadula]

I am more interested i nseeing that car with top down. that is what a vert should be. top down all the way and when it rains drive fast enough or don't drive at all

 

[Spidey]

top down all the way and when it rains drive fast enough or don't drive at all

I live by these words.[headbang]

 

[junglestylz]

I bet that Bangle like them big bootied chicks, cause he sure does have a serious problem with making big @sses. I love the car, but it looks like they forgot to put the trunk in, and when they realized what they did, they just went and glued it on the a beautiful car.

 

[flashinthepan]

Top down probably looks better,

But ...

The Rag-top needs replacing with a removable Hardtop option.

 

[Tom]

BMW really should think about using hardtops instead. I know it weighs a little more but it looks 10 times better.

 

[Wadula]

i agree on that, but maybe they fear to follow the trend too much and furthermore to follow other companies as mercedes and peugeot too much. that would not seem to fit to the rest of bmw's image that is innovative and trend setting. on the other hand the old school roof sometimes is described as retired by many car freaks and magazines.

it's sitting on the fence somwhow, isn't it?

 

[xLibelle]

ugly

 

[PuShAkOv]

I like it... I don't really like how BMW is leaving their style though, all there new cars all look so diffrent than anything they did before.

That car reminds me of a black panther for some reason, anyone else see that?

 

[South Africa E30 driver]

I recon that the new Bimmer shape is one of those shapes that will grow on you, I never used to like the M Coupe, but now I love it. But then maybe it wont and ill hate the new shape until the next new shape and hopefully by then they will change.

 

[PuShAkOv]

I recon it willbe alright after all.

 

[PuShAkOv]

You recon?... after all?

Are you making fun of the hicks?

 

[PuShAkOv]

Oh and BTW way Codex (sounds like tampax) I lover your avatar

 

[PuShAkOv]

Well.. hmm.. ... let me take it slow...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words... I think you better reverse that phrase...

Look at the picture long enough and you can see her move...

Now about the whole hick thing... I do not know what you mean