First drive review: BMW M6 Coupe

[EXTRACT]#EANF# What‘s it? 
A fat 552 horsepower. Earth-shifting torque. A 189mph top speed. The BMW M6 is that the fastest two-door car BMW has ever made, serves a magnificently indulgent sound-track and provides the type of detail features that enthusiasts adore to linger over.  It’s an in depth relative from the M5 saloon in fact, sharing a similar 552bhp twin-turbo V8, seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and chassis hardware, although one‘s body is strengthened and cleaves a cleaner path with the air. What‘s it like? Beef this car has lots of when it comes to power and mass, the M6 Coupe weighing a 1850kg despite its alloy skinned doors, carbon roof, composite front wings, alloy suspension which example’s optional carbon-ceramic brakes.  That weight has an inevitable impact, even when this BMW carries its heft with remarkable composure.  On the chicanes from the Ascari Raceway it flaunts amazing body control because it darts from apex to apex, and manages equally flop-free responses whenever you stick its tail sideways, change direction at high speeds, spear a kerb or slam upon the brakes.  That’s in sinew-stiffening sport plus, but even in comfort, its damping is usually controlled.  You also can shift the steering’s weighting across three modes, but in none does its stylish rim provide much info about grip and slip-angles, this tactile shortfall a disappointment in this driver-oriented car.  So is that the sometimes surprising insufficient response coming from the transmission, even inside the most hectic modes – often, it’s far better to paddle your method to performance. Should I buy one? These shortfalls, plus a ride prone to turn busy on British surfaces in sport, have a faintly less satisfying device from the M6 than it must be. Most especially when it costs over £20k greater than an M5, and much a similar for any nimbler, if slower, 911. BMW M6 CoupePrice : £93, 820 ; 0-62mph : 4. 2sec ; Top speed : 155mph (189mph delimited ) ; Economy : 28. 5mpg ; Co2 : 232g / km ; Kerbweight : 1850kg ; Engine : V8, 4395cc ; Power : 552bhp at 6000rpm ; Torque : 502lb ft at 1500rpm ; Gearbox : 7-spd dual-clutch
 EXTRACT#EANF# First drive review : BMW M6 Coupe