2020 | BMW X6 M50i ( 3rd generation car from Germany) summary & review Perfect SUV

2020 BMW X6 M50i ( 3rd generation) summary & review- Perfect SUV
New and improved for its third generation, BMW's hunchback mid-size luxury SUV remains a funkier, less practical BMW X5 underneath.
When the first BMW X6 hit the streets back in 2009, most experts gave it the life expectancy of a Hollywood A-list marriage. But BMWs product planners turned out to be a smart pack of wolves. Now in its third generation, the redesigned 2020 BMW X6 joins a market littered with hunchbacked mid-size luxury SUV competitors from Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche.
HIGHS: Big V-8 power, impressive performance and refinement, exquisitely finished cabin.
Performance with Grace
BMW sells about 6000 X6s a year in the United States, with high-performance M versions making up about 25 percent of the mix. There will be two variants of the full-zoot X6 M for the 2020 model year, the 600-hp standard model and the uplevel M Competition version with an additional 17 horses. Both will employ the twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 from the corresponding models of the M5 sedan. But the top-seller among the M-adorned X6s is expected to be the 523-hp M50i, which serves as the lineup's standard V-8–powered model with a detuned version of that 4.4-liter engine, standard all-wheel drive, and slightly less aggressive chassis and suspension setups. "M models are very extreme," says Mike Baxley, BMW's X6 product specialist. "We don't require everyone to get the rigid suspension. The X6 M50i is more comfortable for everyday use."

As before, there also are lesser X6 40i-badged models, both in rear- and all-wheel-drive forms and powered by a 335-hp turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six, but we only had the opportunity to sample the M50i. A mechanical twin to the X5 M50i, the X6 version often feels like a pure M machine from behind the wheel. Sort of like a taller, heavier M550i sedan, which sports the same boosted V-8 and standard eight-speed automatic transmission. Its suspension is firm, but the ride isn't overly stiff, even with our test car's optional 21-inch Pirelli P Zero run-flat summer tires. (The 20-inchers with all-season rubber are standard, while 22s with summer run-flats also are available.) You certainly feel the road in the X6, but its adaptive dampers do well to round the edges off most bumps when in the default Comfort drive mode. Select Sport mode, however, and the ride tightens up considerably. The steering also goes from just this side of heavy to the other.

Although its silhouette looks much the same, the latest X6 is all new, from its more aggressive front end to its tall tail. It remains a less practical take on the familiar BMW X5 yet has grown slightly larger than before, stretching an inch more in length, about a half-inch wider, and with an additional 1.6 inches in its wheelbase. The larger kidney grille is one piece (it also can be illuminated for an additional $500), and it's hard to miss the aggression in its furrowed brow and broadened taillights. Adorned with nonfunctioning vents at all four corners and oddly shaped rear wheel wells, the X6 is as imposing and funky to behold as ever.
LOWS: Costs big money, still not a beauty queen, compromised practicality versus an X5.
Hustle the X6 down a tight two-lane, and it can deliver serious speed. The electrically assisted, variable-ratio steering is quick in action if a little distant in feel. BMW's optional Active Roll Stabilization system dials out all perceivable body roll, and the massive, upgraded M Sport brakes feel impervious to this tank's roughly 5200 pounds. The optional Dynamic Handling package also adds Integral Active Steering, which turns the rear wheels in the same direction of the front tires up to four degrees to improve cornering responsiveness.