Printing Release: Superior handling, commanding traction and characteristic styling are cardinal contributors to the stand-out position the BMW X5 and BMW X6 models savor among the premium all-cycle-drive vehicles of their segment. Spring 2011 sees the introduction of specific additions to the range of special options to ratchet upwardly the appeal fifty-fifty further.

Among other features, new twenty-inch low-cal-alloy wheel rims are available for both models, while the choice of BMW ConnectedDrive technology has been augmented past the innovative BMW Apps feature. Meanwhile, a three-seater rear seat option making its debut in Apr 2011 adds greater flexibility to the usage of the interior of the BMW X6 Sports Activity Coupé, which started out equally a four-seater model.

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The new rear-seat variant is available for all BMW X6 models with the exception of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6, and can also be ordered for the BMW X6 M. The extra seat replaces the storage unit in the rear centre of the four-seater model. The 5-seater Sports Action Coupé is also optionally bachelor in Nevada and Sectional Nappa leather as well every bit BMW Individual Merino leather, encompassing the entire colour range. Another novelty is the functioning of the standard eight-speed Sport automatic manual. In future, the BMW X6 volition characteristic shift paddles on the steering bike whose operating logic follows the principle familiar from BMW G cars: for manual shifting of the eight-speed Sport automated transmission, the right paddle is used for upshifts and the left for downshifts.

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For the BMW X5 and BMW X6 alike, the selection of alloy wheels has been extended by a further option that positively enhances both the car's dynamic cornering behaviour and its appearance. The 20-inch wheels in Y-spoke design and with a Blackness high gloss finish are combined with mixed tyres measuring 275/40 R xx at the front end and 315/35 R 20 at the rear. From spring 2011, Comfort Admission – likewise available for both models – volition include vicinity lighting integrated in the outside door handles. In add-on to automatic unlocking and activation of the ignition, this characteristic provides effective illumination of the car's surroundings every bit soon every bit the electronic control of Comfort Access has recognised the car key carried by the driver.

Post-obit directly on from the market launch, the extended range of BMW ConnectedDrive services also becomes bachelor for the BMW X5 and the BMW X6. In hereafter both models will be able to avail themselves of the BMW Apps special option. This feature enables owners of an Apple iPhone to stay in touch with the online services Facebook and Twitter while in the car, also as receive radio stations from all over the earth, irrespective of the car's location, thank you to a spider web radio function. In add-on to the current BMW ConnectedDrive application, customers will have a range of functions and apps bachelor for gratuitous download at the Apple App Store.

With these latest innovations, BMW is systematically pursuing its ongoing product optimisation for these two models built at its US constitute in Spartanburg. Most recently, final yr's market launch of the new BMW X5 and the comprehensive upgrading of the BMW X6's drive technology gave a further boost to BMW's success in this competitive environment. As well equally the connected rising in BMW X5 sales in 2010, global growth in demand for the BMW X6 is also feeding the exceptional market success of the BMW Ten models. In just three years, more than than 110,000 units of these Sports Action Coupés have already been sold, 46,404 of them in 2010 lonely. The BMW X5 posted worldwide sales of 102,178 units in the terminal business year.

[Source: BMW ]