2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe - Car and Driver
Certainly with the new-for-2014 M6 Gran Coupe, the fourth of BMW’s similar M cars powered by the 560-hp S63 engine and based on 7-series underpinnings, you have grown tired of our carping about aloofness and artificiality, isolation, and whatever... So here’s a complaint specific to the M6 Gran Coupe: You likely will bang your head against the roof as you clamber out of the driver’s seat the first time. it gives the four-door “coupe” its streamlined water-beetle look. Like the two-door M6 coupe , the Gran Coupe has a carbon-fiber roof panel, which at 54. 8 inches in height is 2. 5 inches closer to the ground than the M5’s steel lid. Both four-doors share a 116. 7-inch wheelbase, but at 197. 2 inches, the M6 Gran Coupe stretches 3. 7 inches longer. Obviously, compared with the familiar conventionality of the M5 sedan , the appeal of the M6 Gran Coupe is in the looks department. As in, look at me, I’m better-looking. Conventional wisdom says coupe designs have an abbreviated shelf life. we’re not sure whether genetically modified coupes have immunity. As expected, test results for the M6 Gran Coupe were close to those of the M5. The twin-turbocharged, 4. 4-liter V-8 blasts the M6 to 60 mph in 3. 7 seconds, same as the last dual-clutch-equipped M5 we timed. Source: www.caranddriver.com
