Looks like a Pontiac Aztek.

As Porsche has proven, you can overcome the laws of physics with enough tire and horsepower, but you end up with an incredibly inefficient vehicle of dubious utility.

I just don’t see where the market for this will come from. All the BMW-philes have their X5′s and X3′s, and it povides much less utility than the Infinity FX, if it does carry more name cachet.

Sort of like a Rolls/Bentley shooting brake. It can be done, but why?

Porsche suddenly realized that their first Hybrid would come (at the earliest) in 2013. Although they were swaggering their hybrid stickered Cayenne for quite some time now.

Tesla is faring no better as their advertised sports car cannot overcome transmission problems.

That only leaves Lexus in the market. Hybrid does have some luxury cache to it, otherwise Porsche wouldn’t be in it. But to be in this niche is not an easy task. And with the rise of ecological has made buyers more aware of the issues and emissions. Al Gore drives a Lexus LS600h. Its a sweet and trendy market to be in, but as with the case of the Mini Cooper, the first mover might take its niche entirely.

Sorry, an SUV/CUV should provide efficient packaging, after all utility is the middle name. The X6 fails the utility test miserably and BMW shouldn’t be left off that hook by inventing a new segment.

Practical in an SUV way, its not. Fun, exciting, fast and an adept handler I think it will prove to be.

I wouldn’t want the fuel bills but I like it. If only they had a high performance diesel in the range, something like Land Rovers twin-turbo diesel V8 then it would make perfect sense – almost.

Steane posted a video that should explain things further.

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/3161/bmw-x6-twin-turbo-promo-video/