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I can just about be sure when I do European Delivery in August that it might be the only 2016 M6 GC operating with a manual in Europe. Or maybe any M6 from this generation? Unless others are in European Delivery transit at that moment. Not too likely. It seems all steampunk to be using hands and feet to control all these metals gears at once. So that makes me trendy, right? I don't think so. Because they had cars like this in Victorian England? |
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I would LOVE to see my car in its bare frozen black shell without all its guts and glory.
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S550 is a nice car but completely different buyer profile. And I'm not a BMW homer but I take the M6 interior over the Audi and new S any day.
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05-20-2015, 04:27 AM | #117 | |
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More power is the one thing that the M5/M6 really do not need. They need less weight and more traction. But I guess just tweaking the DME and selling that for a few thousands more is much easier to do.
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05-20-2015, 08:43 AM | #118 |
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The S550 Coupe is a beautiful, classic car. No question. In 50 or 100 years, it will still be looked on as a great looking car. Not so for the M6 GC, which will not be around in 50 or 100 years -- and neither will I! If my son enjoys my M6 after I'm dead, great, but I don't picture it aging under a butler's care in a garage at a country estate, the way an S550 Coupe should.
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05-20-2015, 08:55 AM | #119 | |
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The only way a car with this much power and torque can perfectly put power down is either AWD or RWD with rear bias weight distribution. Rear or mid mounted engine is the solution.
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Mid-engine layout would be ideal, but for a 5 or 6 series...you're not serious, are you? And rear bias weight distribution (à la Porsche 911) has its own very real drawbacks, even more so if it's a bit wet or you have too much torque in a corner. Porsche just sticks to it because it's their tradition, otherwise the Cayman layout is much better actually.
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My quote was on your "Indeed. The M5/M6 already have far too much torque for a RWD car, which makes only a fraction of the power usable when the street is not perfectly dry". by street I thought you were referring to straight line Quote:
Digital Motor Electronics (DME). The comprehensive management system for your engine: Digital Motor Electronics (DME) controls all key aspects of the engine's operation, ensuring optimum reliability, maximum performance and the lowest possible fuel consumption and emissions. By managing key engine functions, Digital Motor Electronics (DME) guarantees optimum reliability, maximum performance and the lowest possible fuel consumption and emissions. Its sensors continually all factors affecting the operation of the engine. The data is then evaluated by a microprocessor and translated into commands for the fuel injection and ignition systems. The DME system receives up to 1,000 separate items of data input per second, including engine speed, air intake volume, air temperature and density, coolant temperature, throttle position, accelerator position and vehicle speed. DME verifies all incoming data by comparing it with the reaction of the rest of the system. If a defective sensor delivers unrealistic data, DME replaces this with preset standard values. If a spark plug fails, DME immediately cuts fuel flow to this cylinder in order to prevent engine damage. DME looks after the electrical power system too, with sensors measuring the charge and condition of the battery as well as current electrical power consumption. By maintaining optimum battery charge levels and thus avoiding flat batteries, it prevents damage to the battery and guarantees maximum battery life, thereby helping to ensure the engine always starts readily. BMW introduced the world's first Digital Motor Electronics system in the BMW 732i in 1979. http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/t...or_electronics
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Yes, I perfectly know that. In fact, there is more than one DME in your car, but that is a moot point. I think I made it clear what I meant by reprogramming the DME.
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No. I don't know where you live but in my world streets also have corners. That's where too much torque becomes a problem.
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Yeah, the Aston Martin Rapide has that layout as well. Severely restricts space in the rear though, and is more expensive to implement. So again, won't happen in the 5 or 6 series.
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Moving off topic now but I said this somewhere else, a transaxle would change the weight distribution from about 53/47 to 48/52 or there abouts. Moving the front axles forwards of the engine would help further, there are still some tricks BMW could use with a front engined layout. Look at a Ferrari 612 for instance. That layout with a 7 speed DCT and S63Tu would be great.
Or throw in the i8 electric motors at the front axle and in the gearbox as well as the above which I guess would make it closer to the FF than 612. |
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Oh wow! That is very NICE color. Its all the round edges, the curves of the M6 that make it look so damn good. The other M cars are sharper, chiseled, and look good in their own way but M6 is a cut above.
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