BMW 6s are glorious. In a moment of "
F*** this going back to ICE one more time ..." post Tesla, I almost pulled the trigger on an M3 Comp.
Everyone above pretty much covered it. Someone even said "reverse braking" which is a terrific description. You get a good sense of when it will stop pretty easily too, like if I'm in B, and leaving the neighborhood, I don't even feather it, I come totally off the throttle and roll to a perfect stop right at the signs. Mostly I drive in D anyway (since that's the default mode), and the wife exclusively drives in D, she likes the more ICE/auto-transmission feel that provides, prefers more of a coast + manual brakes (which is really, mostly, regen) drive style.
A couple of additional details, there's also a HOLD button, so even if you're driving in D, after a full stop, you can remove your foot from the brake and the car is locked in position.
In D mode, there's 4 different regen levels, low/med/high and adaptive - the latter will change the regen level to account for the specific situation (but it's never as aggressive as B mode).
This all of course works with all the collision avoidance systems, so like in D (which we keep in adaptive) it'll slow down harder/quicker if you car in front slows down/brakes.
Having all these choices is fantastic vs. that "other" option
Just for clarity, there was an Active Suspension package, that was Air Suspension (AS) and 4WS, that was dropped on the 50 (supply chain issues), then came back as just a standalone AS, and now standalone 4WS options. The 60 has always had both as standard.
When the 60 becomes the 50 (so to speak), I'm not sure if they'll retain the same standard features since that keeps the price a bit higher, unless that rumor of the 40 entering the market kind of takes up that lower market space (it has a smaller battery than the 50 or 60 too)
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Oh, I also meant to add, with the 50 there was a Standard and Sport option, the latter changed up the suspension to the M-Sport, but that's not active, the only option that provides dynamic control is AS. FWIW, the Sport also changed up the front end, side skirts, rear treatment, smoked the exterior lights and bumped the wheel/tire up from the 20" base to the 21" Sport (it could still be optioned with any wheel, some folks went up to the 22"), and adds bigger, blue M-sport calipers.
And this is an interesting little thing, when I was looking at the 21" Sport setup I was like , OK good compromise of looks, performance and sidewall (vs. the 22"), but I did dig on that beefier 22" setup (it's a 275 vs. a 255). Kind of the same general style, i.e., a black/graphic center with a polished trim ring, shiny spokes.
Then when I saw the one we eventually got, I found out there's an "alternate" 21" sport wheel (that's basically a free option) that's a completely black base, and the "spokes" are more of a darker graphite than a brighter silver, it looks amazing on the darker color with the Sport blacked out trim, etc. (the bright ones looks good on white) - below standard 21" Sport package wheels left / 21" Sport package optional "dark" wheels right
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