2006 BMW M6 - Road Test 2006 BMW M6 - Car and Driver

BMW's high-performance M group doesn't devote its energies to the company's big coupes very often — this is the second M6, and it's been 23 years since the first was introduced. The formula is simple: make plenty of power, plenty of panache, and seating for just the driver and the occasional special passenger. Yes, yes, the M6 has a rear seat, and with cooperation from those up front, adults can in fact arrange themselves back there. But like the parcel-shelf rear seat in a Porsche 911, it's best suited to stowing a case of Dom Pérignon and a couple pounds of beluga caviar for an emergency supply run to Sag Harbor. Aside from that occasional right-seat occupant one wishes to (a) impress, (b) terrify, (c) sleep with, or (d) all of the above, a car such as this is conceived for the gratification of its owner. With suspension and braking equal to the propulsion. 5 inches, the wheelbase is 4. 2 inches shorter than the M5's, and there are also tiny track-dimension differences, although overall length is all but identical. There are fewer doors, and the 54. 0-inch roofline is 3. 8 inches lower than the M5's. Like the M5, the coupe's suspension involves struts up front, a multilink rear, anti-roll bars at both ends, and adjustable damping. Where the coupe holds the edge over. Source: www.caranddriver.com