{"id":30684,"date":"2010-09-21T00:43:53","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T04:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=30684"},"modified":"2010-09-21T01:57:08","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T05:57:08","slug":"bmw-revealing-next-gen-6-series-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2010\/09\/bmw-revealing-next-gen-6-series-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW Revealing Next-Gen 6-Series in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An all-new version of the BMW 6-Series debuts in concept form at the Paris Motor Show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Call it a \u201cshow car,\u201d if you wish, but the BMW Concept 6 Series Coupe making its debut at the Mondial de l\u2019Automobile, next week, is little more than a thinly-disguised version of the next-generation BMW 6-Series, the maker\u2019s premium 2+2 seater.<\/p>\n

The genesis of the show car will be readily apparent to anyone who makes it to the 2010 Paris Motor Show, at least if these advanced-release pics are any indication.\u00a0 The sheet metal is a little more elegant and subtle than the prior model, which went out of production earlier this month.\u00a0 Four character lines give the new coupe shape and dimension.<\/p>\n

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Paris Preview!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There\u2019s also less of the so-called \u201cBangle-butt,\u201d the high rear deck nicknamed for former BMW design chief Chris Bangle, who introduced the wind-cheating shape on the 7-Series a decade ago.\u00a0 The overall look, with the addition of 20-inch wheels, is sporty and aggressive.\u00a0 While the tail is vaguely reminiscent of the 5-Series GT, the concept is decidedly coupe- rather than crossover-like.<\/p>\n

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The thinly-disguised 6-Series coupe should soon reach production.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pics leave open guesswork as to how BMW will handle the inevitable 6-Series Cabriolet.\u00a0 The outgoing generation went with a canvas top, unlike the fold-away metal roof of the current 3-Series convertible.\u00a0 That resulted in an almost retro-style flying buttress in the rear of the soft-top roofline.<\/p>\n

Expect BMW officials to save details of the 6-Series Cabrio for a later auto show preview.<\/p>\n

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A widescreen LCD display anchors the new concept coupe's driver-oriented cockpit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A notable design touch on the Concept 6 Series Coupe is the use of LED lamps for both high and low beams, as well as for the taillamps.<\/p>\n

But the high-tech bulbs maintain the classic twin-round shape Beamer aficionados will recognize.\u00a0 The adaptive LED headlights, incidentally, will change direction and intensity based on such factors as vehicle speed and the direction of the steering wheel.<\/p>\n

Inside, BMW mounts a widescreen 10.2-inch display at the top of the center stack of the very driver-oriented cockpit, and, of course, it adopts the later iteration of its iDrive controller to handle everything from navigation to the highline, 16-speaker Bang & Olufson audio system.\u00a0 The concept also integrates a Head-Up Display, or HUD, unit to present key driver information, such as speed and turn-by-turn directions, directly onto the windshield.<\/p>\n

Production details for the next-generation BMW 6-Series will almost certainly be revealed in Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The thinly-disguised BMW Concept 6-Series that will debut at next week’s Paris Motor Show should soon begin rolling into showrooms. TheDetroitBureau.com has more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30684"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=30684"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=30684"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=30684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}