2008 BMW M6 Coupe - CNET Reviews

As in other current M models from BMW, the 2008 BMW M6 is afflicted with a dual personality. BMW fits the car out with plenty of technology for driving and infotainment. Both the M button and a star button on the wheel are programmable, letting the driver customize the car a little, although this theme could be taken further. iDrive still serves as the interface for navigation, stereo, cell phone, and other car systems, but that system is about to get a radical overhaul, which isn't soon enough. As M6 sounds like a name for military hardware (actually, an air defense version of the Bradley fighting vehicle), we decided to run a navigation rally with our 2008 BMW M6 to a number of old army bases around San Francisco. For the navigation rally, we enter a series of locations into the navigation system and see if we can get there as close to the estimated time of arrival that the system promises. On the plus side, we searched for the term Crissy Field in its points-of-interest database (labeled "Information" in the BMW) and got the right result immediately. The navigation system told us the 5-mile trip from CNET headquarters to Crissy Field would take 10 minutes, so we took off, dutifully following its. Source: www.cnet.com