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| 6-Series Facelift + Diesel -
09-11-2007, 08:10 AM
 Everyone knows the BMW 6 Series coupe and convertible are good to drive, but would you want to wake up to that face every morning? Perhaps it's an indelicate question to ask at this price, but when you see the nose on the 2008 6 Series, you have your answer.
The front end is sleeker, and your eyes naturally follow the progression from A-pillars to grille, as opposed to honing in on the hood cutlines. Along with wider air intakes, reshaped headlight units aid in the viewing experience, and they are of course bi-xenon. All other light sources on the car (turn signals, taillights) are LEDs.
After addressing the vanity angle, BMW turned to more substantive and serious matters. To reduce fuel consumption and associated gratuitious guilt, all 2008 BMW 6s have a regenerative braking system and a separate clutch for the air conditioning system's belt drive (which shuts the compressor off immediately when the driver switches to A/C off). For those who prefer not to pay attention when they drive, the stability control system is now in communication with the adaptive cruise control system to enable immediate emergency braking. And of course there's a lane departure warning system, which will send a vibration through the steering wheel if you doze off.  If we lived in Europe, we'd also be talking about the new 635d model, whose twin-turbo diesel 3.0-liter inline six rivals BMW's twin-turbo gasoline six for performance while returning even better mileage. But we don't so we're not. Straightline - 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show: 2008 BMW 6 Series Gets a More Delicate Nose
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