It has been quite a while since we've seen a review of the X6 M, which was released to much acclaim from the automotive press.
Motor Trend now chimes in with their first test drive review, and they echo what many have said before them, calling the experience "maniacal" and its engineers "nutty." Here are some of our favorite quotes from the
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A BMW executive takes a large lump of money and a small lump of hallucinogens and hands both to a group of engineers with the following instruction: "Go nuts." Sometime later -- after the passing of key statutes of limitations -- the BMW X6 M appears.
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Driving it quickly is a maniacal experience. The rate at which the X6 M accelerates from a turn is best not to think about, because you're already overshot the next corner by the time you've computed it. Stomping the left pedal is akin to throwing a parachute, and, once you've shed enough speed, turning in presents a nimbleness that simply defies logic.
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Nevertheless, you're laughing the entire time, because it doesn't make sense. It's Heath Ledger's Joker placing a pen on the table and asking, "How 'bout a magic trick?"
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...we should celebrate the X6 M's madness. It's more appropriate for "Monty Python's Flying Circus" than reality, and yet here it is.
Stay nutty, engineers, stay nutty...
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