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| 2016 BMW 650i – Touring In The Grand Style by baress(m): 9:16am On Oct 14, 2016 |
[b]It’s been a quarter century since I drove a BMW for the first time. After years of reading Car and Driver’s praise of the 3 and 5 Series, my entre into the brand came via the big coupe which in those days was the 850i. The 8 series had supplanted the 6 series while moving significantly upmarket. The 8 was only produced for a single generation before giving way to an eventual revival of the 6 which I finally had a chance to drive recently in 650i form. Like most of the classic BMWs of the 1970s and 1980s, the first-generation 6 series was powered by inline six-cylinder engines of varying displacement and power including the legendary M6. When the 8 series debuted in 1990, it was instead powered exclusively by the same V12 engine used in the flagship 750i. Later variants were also offered with V8 engines but the 12s ultimately accounted for more than two-thirds of total production. The revived 6 brought back inline sixes along with new V8s and even a V10-powered M6. Rumors have swirled that BMW is planning to revive the 8 Series once again in the next few years while also retaining a new generation of the 6. The current-generation 6 Series, known internally by its F13 designation has been with us for five years and just got a mild refresh last year. Like most cars over the past several decades, succeeding generations of BMW coupes have grown ever larger. At 192.7-inches bumper to bumper, today’s 650i is 4.5-inches longer than the 850i I drove all those years ago while the axles have almost 7-inches more in between. The 850i was a prime example of the late-1980s design ethos with decidedly wedge shape for a BMW and it was one of the few examples of the brand with pop-up headlamps. In many respects, it shared more with the legendary M1 than any other production BMW. In contrast, the 650i looks far more like a member of the contemporary family, albeit with a decidedly sleeker form than its sedan siblings. At 53.9-inches tall, the 650i is lower than its competition from Stuttgart.[/b] Read More>>> http://baress.com.ng/2016/10/14/2016-bmw-650i-touring-in-the-grand-style/
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