BMW 6-Series News
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BMW-tuners extraordinaire Alpina has decided to return to motorsports after a 20 year absence. The comeback will be staged in the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship - but the best part - the company will be selling exact copies of their race cars to individuals, collectors and other teams. Alpina's racing history is a long and lauded one, despite the 20-year lay off. Drivers like Hans Stuck, Jacky Ickx and Niki Lauda all drove for Alpina at one point, each winning a European Touring Car championship for the company. Still, the Alpina race team is in its infancy, starting over again from...
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BMW 6-series CLR600 by Lumma DesignFollowing the release of its M5 derived CLR500 RS and its more recent styling kit for the BMW M6, German tuner Lumma Design has announced the addition of the CLR600 kit designed specifically for the standard 6-series range. Having already designed a kit for the M6, Lumma was able to easily modify...
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Hamann tunes BMW's facelifted 6-series
German tuner Hamann is known for its extensive reworkings of BMW models, as well as other exotica such as the Porsche 911 Turbo and the Ferrari 430. Its latest project is a new-look design for the facelifted BMW 6-series range. Hamann is offering up two aerodynamic kits, including a basic package...
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Lithuanian coachbuilder unveils custom BMW 6-series
Built by BMW as a tastefully elegant and not-too-vicious sports tourer, the 6-series has not historically been the first choice of the tuning crowd, in Europe or elsewhere. But one mad coachbuilder in Lithuania decided to turn his efforts toward the car, and the result is an overly aggressive coupe...
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AC Schnitzer restyles ACS6 BMW 6-series
BMW-specialist AC Schnitzer has released its latest aero kit for the facelifted 6-series coupe and cabrio and has added a host of performance upgrades as well. Like its predecessor, the new front skirt of the ACS6 mirrors the famous kidney design of the grille but gets a more aggressive look with...
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BMW may offer two versions of the next 6-series
For a car maker that prides itself on being the ‘Ultimate Driving Machine’ BMW spends quite a lot of time making sure passengers also have an excellent experience. Some of BMW’s customers think they’ve gone to far, complaining that even the sport-package equipped version of...
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Southern California-based Fisker Coachbuild has released a new image of its updated Latigo CS coupe, set to go on sale by the end of the year. The original Latigo was only produced in a limited run of 150 cars, with the first customer car delivered as recently as June. That hasn’t stopped Fisker Coachbuild CEO and founder Henrik Fisker from drawing up a design for an updated model, no doubt coinciding with the launch of the refreshed BMW 6-Series on which the Latigo is based. Once again, the range kicks off with a V-8 model based on the BMW 650i and tops out with the flagship Latigo CS...
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Lumma launches BMW M6 based CLR 600 S
Following the release of its M5 derived CLR 500 RS and its more recent styling kit for the E92 BMW Coupe, Lumma Design has announced the addition of the M6 based CLR 600 S. The German tuner already had experience modifying the M6, having designed a unique wide-bodykit, and, now, it has used that...
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Fisker Coachbuild delivers first car
After establishing his company Fisker Coachbuild in sunny California back in 2005, former Aston Martin designer Henrik Fisker has delivered his first car at a ceremony at the Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance in Beverly Hills. The car in question is a 2007 Fisker Latigo CS V10 coupe, number one...
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BMW building Mercedes CLS rival?
When Mercedes-Benz first launched its CLS back in 2004, it instantly became a success due to its unique and interesting styling. Its design is so popular that many other manufacturers will be implementing the four-door coupe look for their latest models, including arch rival BMW which might feature...
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Neiman Marcus M6 Sells Out In Under 2 Minutes
Neiman Marcus’ 50 special edition BMW M6 coupes, which went on sale from 12.00pm yesterday, sold out in a mere one minute, thirty-two seconds. This latest car is just another "must-have" automobile in a long list of limited-edition cars from the retailer, whose previous models included the...
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Hamann makeover for the BMW M6
We apologize for yet another tuner article but it's not our fault that every German tuner decided to release new products today. This time round its BMW’s M6 coupe that gets the special treatment from Hamann. Intricate details haven’t been made public as yet but we do get a taste of...
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Neimans Marcus has released a limited run of fifty customised BMW M6 convertibles, and provides a comprehensive package for buyers that includes trips to the German factory plus meetings with some of the designers. Delivery of the car is taken directly from its Bavarian factory where buyers will be flown business class in Spring of next year. All the M coupe goodies are there, including the 500hp 5.0L V10 and M Variable Differential Lock combined with an electronic damping control system. The seven-speed sequential shifter with BMW’s Drivelogic shift-mode provides an acceleration figure...
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Spy Shots: 2007 BMW 6-series facelift
For the 2007 model year BMW has decided to spruce up the 6-series coupe with a minor facelift. This spy image of a test mule caught at Germany’s Nürburgring shows that the new version remains similar to the current model. The major change is a restyled front bumper with the integrated fog...
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Russia’s Volga makes the 6-series old school
You may remember the Volga V12 Coupe, a car that was built off a donated BMW 850Csi chassis but was styled like the cars from the 60’s. The company behind that car, Russia’s Volga, has done it again. This time they used a BMW 650i Cabriolet as the base car to create the Volga V8...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
