BD997

Ok guys...dont all jump down my throat...for my next toy im debating on either the new M6 (put a deposit last month) or the 997 C4S.... what are your opinions guys?? Dont get me wrong I love my 997.... but the 500+ hp M6 w/SMG is sick....

jumper5836

A sedan over the most beautiful sports car ever. Honestly if you have to ask just go with the M6.

Gary R.

Two completely different animals BD. I will be ordering the new 400+ HP M3 with DSC when it's available next year to replace our 330Ci, but we concider that our "family" car... If you are looking for a fun "roomy car" now the M5 or M6 will fill that bill quite nicely. .

PV

M6 if you need 4 seats. M5 if you like to entertain 5 people. Only if you keep your 997.

MMD

BMW is too ugly to consider anymore. Try as I might, I can't warm up to that fat angular pointy-curve balloon look. I'm done with BMW. When my E46M3 wears out I don't know what I'm gonna do for a sedan, or sports coupe.

Persuader

I had a 645ci and lost £13350 depreciation in 8 months. Over the same period would have lost about £4000 on a 911. I am in the motor trade and there are already jokes in the trade as to the M6's value after 1yr on the basis that it is so much more money than the new M5.

BD997

M6 is a Coupe NOT sedan. 2dr

jumper5836

still the same shape as a sedan, honda accords are sedans or come with 2 doors at called a coupe but the are both family sedans just like the bmw

carbon_00

Jared W.

The M6 will be one heck of a car. 500HP V-10? This is not "just" another sedan-coupe family mobile. Have you heard the thing? I have not but have heard the M5 with the same engine....amazing. Something Porsche really didnt nail until the Carrera GT (now that thing sounds amazing). That said, my guess is the M6 will be just too heavy....I owned a 1988 M5, which was 3100 lbs with 286 hp, and it was a ton of fun to drive. The next version was 400 or so pounds heavier and lost its appeal to me. The M Class cars have been gaining weight ever since. The 997 weighs around 3100 (C2) and feels just about perfect. If they get the M6 down to around 3500 lbs, it might be some fun (the current turbo is around 3400 if I remember right), but I have a feeling it will come in close to 4000.

tnunnery

What MMD said. When my September-build 997S arrives, it will be the first time in many years that I do not have an M car in the garage. Having owned many models including the 3, 5, Z and X series as well as the M6 (loved it!), M Coupe (I miss this one dearly) and M3 (yawn), the BMW M division has become quite a disappointment for me. I had high hopes for the new M6 but I think they missed the mark this time, especially compared to the original.

Bloated looks, too heavy, Pontiac styling, anemic brakes and isn't the torque kind of low for such high HP?

MMD

Yeah Bro! LOL! Amazing. Ponnyak was copying/chasing BMW all those years and all of a sudden BMW looks more Ponnyak than Ponnyak.

That's fine since word is out that GM probably will cancel Pontiac (along with Buick and Saab) in order to avoid bankruptcy.

djantlive

I would never buy a car unless it looks beautiful, no matter what engine or performance the car has. To me, BMW's are just ugly. A company producing and allowing a poor design to last has little appeal to me. BMW's claim of "the utimate driving maching" is also bogus. I don't think ppl buy BMW if all they want is a sports car. Majority of BMW buyers are poseurs that want seating for 4. That is not a requirement for a sport car.

tnunnery

Uh, not quite. BMW enthusiasts are not unlike the fine P-car enthusiasts I have known - which is a good thing.

BD997

hehe...thats funny...but those poseurs in the new M5 and M6 will smoke all of us in 997's... sorry to say...