BMW: Pure power the Bavarian way
FIRST IMPRESSION With a revision halfway through the model cycle, the BMW X5 and X6 have been technically refined. This also applies to the top variant M Competition, which now features an electric boost for the first time.
More is always possible - in keeping with this motto, the Munich-based company has also made the M versions even better during the model revision of the X5 and X6. And they look even more evil: Flatter headlight units, an all-black kidney with horizontal grille bars, and even larger model lettering set striking accents.
1800 to 5800 revolutions
More important, however, is a technical innovation: For the first time, a 48-volt mild hybrid system is now also used in an M model. The new 4.4-liter biturbo gasoline engine in the X5 and X6 M Competition with 625 hp is now supported by an electric motor integrated into the housing of the 8-speed automatic transmission. It generates an electric boost of 9 kW (12 hp) and 200 Nm. This means that a constant torque of 750 Nm is now available between 1800 and 5800 rpm - and the power SUV reacts to throttle commands with corresponding venom.
Better action and reaction
The variable all-wheel drive system M xDrive, which offers various driving modes up to pure rear-wheel drive, and the active M differential are now not only networked with the driving stability control DSC, but for the first time also with the actuator-based wheel slip limitation - this further improves traction and enables even faster and more precise reactions to changing driving situations.
New features such as the elegant curved display in the cockpit including the new infotainment system, enhanced driving assistance systems or the dashboard with backlit light strip round off the model revision.
Prices start at 179,200 Swiss francs (X5 M Competition) and 182,300 Swiss francs for the X6 M Competition.
