The announcement of a new M car remains a rare and exciting occasion, and the launch of the new BMW M6 in 2005 will reveal a potent new combination of BMW engineering and M power.
Hot on the heels of the new BMW M5, and taking lightweight design solutions from the BMW M3 CSL, the new BMW M6 combines supercar presence with Grand Touring potential. Joining an exclusive club, the fourth new M car of the decade sets a new performance benchmark for a production car. The beauty of the M6 is also its ability to comfortably crush kilometres on a cross-country cruise.
Like its predecessor - the legendary 1985 M635CSi – the new BMW M6 resets the sports GT benchmark, with supercar performance, dispatching the zero to 62mph sprint in 4.6 seconds and achieving a limited top speed of 155mph. If derestricted, the M6 would be capable of a 200mph+ top speed. During tests at the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit, the new M6 regularly clocked eight minutes lap times. These rarefied performance statistics are, however, backed up by ‘real world’ economy and efficiency - the new M6 delivers a combined EU fuel consumption of 19.0mpg and a CO2 rating of 357g/km.
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