Here's how I think BMW should have made the X6M in the first place.

[Year's_End]

The X6M is too chunky. It needs some black graphics to break up the chunk.

No big changes.
-Blacked out lower fascia
-Blacked out rear diffuser
-Blacked out roof
-Full black grilles
-Darker, grey tone mirrors
-Gunmetal wheels
-More intense rocker tension
-No separated fenders (in the 1st pic)

[Mark]

I like your design and would love to see an owner do that, I really love that look.

But I have to admit, when you see the stock car in person, the front end is basicly perfection, it doesnt look very chunky at all and is very sveltte, has to be seen in person to really be appreciated!

[Year's_End]

I guess I just have to see it in person...it just seems like there's so much mass.

[datbimmerdoe]

Damn. Looks perfect.

[c4r_dr1v3r]

Did you darkened the wheels? They look nicer than usual.

[motex]

Great job, love the front facia and the black roof, those wheels are very nice too, kind of dark, but not much

[Project America]

Wow... those small changes made a huge difference.. I'm even considering on buying one of those...

Bimmer loyalist, would you mind applying the same changes but to a silverstone X6 M instead of a red one, so I can get an impression (please)?

[1bonna]

What color are the rims? Gunmetal?

[727jbh]

I like the blacked out lower fascia and rear diffuser.

[archwerks]

Roof is even better if they can put the shark fin antenna elsewhere.

[Johan@WSTO]

Looks great to me!

[chuck92103]

Funny how people think they know more the a large corporation with tons of market research backing up their every move.

According to this article, BMW cannot build the X5/6 fast enough. I guess they must be doing something wrong.


BMW to add shift in Greer as demand grows

By Rudolph Bell • Staff Writer • September 22, 2009

BMW said Monday it will add another shift at its local plant next month in the first sign of a turnaround since a sudden plunge in auto sales last year led to the layoff of 1,000 contract workers.

Bobby Hitt, spokesman for BMW Manufacturing Co. near Greer, said the decision to expand the number of 10-hour shifts from eight to nine was prompted by stronger global demand for the X5 and X6 vehicles made at the plant for worldwide sale.

The change is unrelated to BMW's previously announced plans to make the X3 model on a new assembly line at the plant, Hitt said. He said production isn't scheduled to begin until next year.

Hitt said executives haven't decided whether to hire more workers to meet the growing demand for the X5 and X6.

"Whether or not we will need to hire any more people in the short term or long term, we're still analyzing that," he said. "We'll make an announcement as soon as we can make that determination."

If executives do decide to boost the work force, they are likely to turn first to the contract workers dismissed at the end of last year, Hitt said.

Factories around the Upstate that make car parts for the plant are also affected by the extra shift, Hitt said.

BMW operated 11 ten-hour shifts at the plant last year, but dropped to eight this year in reaction to the sudden onset of the worldwide credit crisis and related plunge in auto sales.

In Europe, a member of the BMW AG board told the German weekly, Automobilwoche, that demand for the X5 and X6 was higher than output, The Associated Press reported.

Frank-Peter Arndt, the board member responsible for manufacturing, said that especially in China demand for the vehicles was "extremely good," according to the AP.

About 70 percent of the plant's product is exported to various markets around the world, including China.

Even after dismissal of the 1,000 contract workers, the plant still employs more than 5,000 people, including some contract workers.

[Year's_End]

Originally Posted by chuck92103

Funny how people think they know more the a large corporation with tons of market research backing up their every move.

According to this article, BMW cannot build the X5/6 fast enough. I guess they must be doing something wrong.

So what. They have to factor in various matters when they're developing the exterior, like demographics. I'm sure they're catering to the older (not necessarily old) crowd with the X5/6M. That's my guess as to why they made such conservative changes.

Not everyone likes the blacked out graphics, the gunmetal wheels, the grilles or the roof. I do, that's why I photoshopped them.

I never said my chop is outright better. I, word for word, stated: " Here's how I think BMW should have made the X6M in the first place".

G'day sir.

[Year's_End]

Originally Posted by c4r_dr1v3r

Did you darkened the wheels? They look nicer than usual.

Yeah, just a little.

Originally Posted by Project America

Wow... those small changes made a huge difference.. I'm even considering on buying one of those...

Bimmer loyalist, would you mind applying the same changes but to a silverstone X6 M instead of a red one, so I can get an impression (please)?

If you can find some quality pics I'd be glad to.

Originally Posted by comotu1

What color are the rims? Gunmetal?

I just used the burn tool on them to darken them. I guess you could say they're gunmetal haha.