BMW M6 Cabriolet Photos
At first, if you wanted to experience the thrills that BMW’s Formula 1 inspired V10 engine provided, you had to buy a boring sedan. The M5 is not boring and will never be boring to me, but some people just want the car to look like a sports car if it goes like a sports car. Like the nice people they are, BMW provided. The BMW M6 was a M version of it’s 6-series two-door coupe which featured the same award winning 5.0 liter V10 engine. Now, wouldn’t it be orgasmic if you could experience the V10 in an open top? To be able to hear the screaming intake in full clarity? Now you have the BMW M6 Cabriolet. More photos after the jump.
Basic performance stats re-cap. The M6 engine makes 507 horsepower at 7750rpm and 520Nm of torque at 6100rpm. The redline is at 8250RPM. The top speed is electronically limited to 155mph (250 km/h), though with a bypass it could easily go beyond 200mph (320 km/h).
The 5.0 liter V10 engine employs more than 1000 individual components, all working together to produce maximum power out of a production engine meant to last (unlike an F1 engines short lifespan) and they are all controlled by 3 32-bit microprocessors that can process 200 million calculatons per second.
The engine is mated to the same 7-speed SMG gearbox in the M5. The engine weighs only 240kg. This light weight helps balance weight distribution between the front and back of the car closer to a 50-50 ratio.
Expect a light-weight CSL version of the BMW M6 soon.
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June 18, 2006 @ 8:30 pm
O.o
June 18, 2006 @ 8:47 pm
Is it that all cabrios have the options of purchasing another fibre hood to have the coupe look?
June 18, 2006 @ 10:02 pm
WOW…….AMAZED..CAPTIVATED….
Nice car….
June 18, 2006 @ 10:50 pm
wau wau wau lawa……… good job
June 18, 2006 @ 11:02 pm
Its so fast and beautiful, 5.0 litre engine BMW, i can only imagine how fast that feels and still feel thrill
June 18, 2006 @ 11:14 pm
Nice car, and so out-of-reach, too.
June 18, 2006 @ 11:31 pm
to me its pretty much similar to the Porsche Carrera GT but its engine its pretty attractive
“they are all controlled by 3 32-bit microprocessors that can process 200 million calculatons per second.”
that is something awesome
June 18, 2006 @ 11:33 pm
very fast in the straight line bt still bhd of 911 carrera in the circuit…penalty of his heavy weight…
June 19, 2006 @ 1:04 am
Woooo what a great car…….
too bad is not a hardtop
June 19, 2006 @ 3:01 am
haha…if u wan to see hardtop, nearby my house got one….seriously
June 19, 2006 @ 3:02 am
aiks..sorry…coupe…not hardtop..=)
June 19, 2006 @ 7:10 am
Paul, I think it would be wrong to just re-state the performance numbers of the M6 coupe for the cabriolet. Without the roof, this compromises the rigidity of the car, and hence by using a powerful V10 engine would be such a bad idea. To overcome this problem, the chassis will need strengthening thus increasing the weight of the car, significantly. The performance, compared to the coupe, will go down.
This is a normal problem that you get when making a cabriolet version of a coupe sportscar. That is why Jaguar, for the new XK series, designed twos parate cars from the start, one for the coupe and one for the csbriolet.
June 19, 2006 @ 8:47 am
Well, this V10 is a really high revving engine. I really like the design of this M6. M series is always astonishing. lets wait for the CSL version… this beauty needs big $ to own it… even in foreign countries. Really build for higher end markets…
June 19, 2006 @ 9:01 am
One day, all convertibles will come with hard-top, folding roof.
June 19, 2006 @ 9:05 am
Just saw it on the road yesterday, very sweet ride.
June 19, 2006 @ 12:09 pm
THIS CAR ACTUAL PRICE IS RM298K…thanks for the tax…
June 19, 2006 @ 12:12 pm
i noe theres 2 M6 currently in m’sia
1 is wif naza which is da black colour wan .
another 1 was bought by a 36 yo women 4 her son through auto bavaria in glenmarie .
im not sure da car is still there but u can try to take a look .
da colour is like da orange red like dis wan .
June 19, 2006 @ 12:29 pm
Woooohhh…! 507 horsepower at 7750rpm with 4 pipes ler! It’s “topless” some more. Just can’t imagine how a person look like if driving up to 200km/h. Jaw wide open? Or all glasses are prohibited? OK, fine… U’ll tell me that for sure ppl will cover the top when gonna fast-n-furious, just curious.
June 19, 2006 @ 4:15 pm
szw,
I think that will be 3 now because my cousin just import it from the UK. The colour is same as the above. Its huge and all I can do is drool over it. F!
June 20, 2006 @ 2:58 am
a machine fit for a king…
June 20, 2006 @ 5:43 pm
Gha gha…
Drool drool…
Dream dream…
Sigh sigh…
June 22, 2006 @ 6:19 pm
this M6 cabrio is a great sporty coupe, but its no where in the leagues of the carrera GT, which is a full blown super car.
June 24, 2006 @ 12:00 pm
i heard dat sumone buy another m6 frm sg besi’s autobavaria so lets make it 4 .
i heard is grey .