#IAA: WEIRD and WONDERFUL — BMW's Vantablack X6 Is The STRANGEST Thing You'll See In Motion

Auto manufacturers are always doing interesting things to keep the attention focused on them. It's an interesting public relations strategy and it can sometimes be amusing. In the best cases, it's interesting.

BMW's latest maneuver fits the bill.

That's because, as we noted previously, that it had painted its all-new X6 "the blackest black." At first I thought, well, how black are we talking here? Well, BMW wasn't kidding.

Vantablack uses special technology that's far too intricate for me to understand or even explain. Long story short, it looks like a cartoon or as though someone has Photoshopped the vehicle.

It's one thing to see the studio photos but seeing it on camera is a whole other experience. See what I mean, below.

PUGPROUD - 9/8/2019 9:28:50 PM

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Imagine this on a dark unlit street..."The Night Stalker Edition" Cool!

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/8/2019 9:45:48 PM

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Not so odd in person. There is a longer 34 second clip on YouTube. Up closer in natural light it looks like a wrap that is mat black, like a chalkboard. Only from farther away does you screen show it as some movie ; optical effect.

skytop - 9/8/2019 11:35:12 PM

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Invisible at night. Stupid. Really stupid.

Agent00R - 9/8/2019 11:42:35 PM

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Won't be put into production.

Just a concept.

mre30 - 9/9/2019 7:39:23 AM

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Funny how BMW's twin kidney grill morphed into the proportions of a Pontiac twin nostril grill over time and now with the little chrome strip in the middle, it is now morphing into a Chevrolet "bow-tie" grill.

Truthy - 9/9/2019 9:18:16 AM

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Except you won't see it.