BMW F12

BMW
BMW 650i Coupé (2011-2017)
F12, F13, F06
Sales designation:	6 series
Production period:	2011-2018
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	Coupé , cabriolet , sedan
Engines:	Otto engines : 3.0–4.4 liters (235–441 kW) Diesel engine : 3.0 liters (230 kW)
Length:	4894-5007 mm
Width:	1894 mm
Height:	1365-1392 mm
Wheelbase :	2855-2968 mm
Empty weight :	1840-2015 kg
Previous model	BMW E63 / E64
successor	BMW G14, G15, G16

The BMW 6 Series (internal designation: F12 - Cabrio , F13 - Coupé , F06 - Four-door Coupé ) from the German automobile manufacturer BMW is the third generation of the 6 Series .

This 6-series is based on the 5-series (F10) model built until 2017 and therefore shares a large part of the technology and equipment options.

history

The convertible officially presented by BMW on November 18, 2010 replaced the E63 / E64 series that had been in production since summer 2003 . It was produced in the Dingolfing plant.

His exterior design was done by Nader Faghihzadeh, the interior by Christian Bauer.

The start of delivery and thus also the dealer presentation of the 6 Series Cabriolet in Germany took place on March 26, 2011. The vehicle was shown to the trade fair audience at the NAIAS 2011 in Detroit.

As the successor to the E63 model , a 6 Series Coupé has been available again since autumn 2011 , which was officially shown at a trade fair for the first time at Auto Shanghai 2011.

In May 2012, a sedan known as the Gran Coupé was introduced, which competes primarily with the Mercedes-Benz CLS and the Porsche Panamera . In contrast to the typical coupé, it has four doors and three seats in the rear. According to BMW, however, the vehicle is a 4 + 1 seater. The manufacturer justifies the concept with the fact that the back seat is formed with two individual seats, with a person in the middle at least for a short distance and this is not considered a full seat.

The BMW M6 was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in spring 2012 . Like the BMW M5 , the M6 ​​also has a double-charged 4.4-liter V8 as a drive source, with an output of 412 kW and 680 Nm of torque.

The series was given a facelift in 2015 and 2017 .

In 2018 the BMW 6 Series was replaced by the BMW 8 Series (G15) .

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  Rear view

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  BMW 640i Cabriolet (2011-2018)

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  BMW 640i convertible closed

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  interior

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  BMW 640i Gran Coupe (2012-2018)

Technical specifications

Hood

The standard fabric hood with fin architecture can be opened and closed up to a speed of 40 km / h. While opening takes 19 seconds, the convertible top closes in 24 seconds.

Engine variants Cabrio / Coupé (F12 / F13)

	640i / 640i xDrive	650i / 650i xDrive		M6	M6 Competition	M6 Competition	640d / 640d xDrive
Construction period	03/2011 - 04/2018	03/2011–07/2012	07 / 2012-04 / 2018	07 / 2012-04 / 2018	07 / 2012-04 / 2015	05 / 2015-04 / 2018	09/2011–04/2018
engine	Gasoline engine						Diesel engine
Engine type	R6	V8					R6
Mixture preparation	Direct injection						Common rail direct injection
Charging	Twin scroll exhaust gas turbocharger (1)	two turbochargers
variable valve control	Valvetronic		Valvetronic
Motor type	N55B30	N63B44		S63B44			N57D30
Displacement	2979 cc	4395 cc					2993 cc
Max. Power at 1 / min	235 kW (320 PS) / 5800	300 kW (408 hp) / 5500-6400	330 kW (450 PS) / 5500-6000	412 kW (560 hp) / 6000–7000	423 kW (575 hp) / 6000-7000	441 kW (600 PS) / 6000-7000	230 kW (313 hp) / 4400
Max. Torque at 1 / min	450  Nm / 1300-4500	600 Nm / 1750-4500	650 Nm / 2000-4500	680 Nm / 1500-5750	680 Nm / 1500-6000	700 Nm / 1500-6000	630 Nm / 1500-2500
Gearbox, as standard	8-speed automatic	8-speed automatic / 6-speed manual transmission (2)	8-speed automatic	7-speed dual clutch transmission / 6-speed manual transmission (3)			8-speed automatic
Drive, as standard	Rear wheel drive
Drive, optional	all wheel drive			-			all wheel drive
Steering as standard	Front steering
Steering, optional	All-wheel steering
Acceleration, 0 to 100 km / h in s	5.4 [5.7]	4.9 [4.8]	4.6 [4.6]	4.2 [4.3]	4.1 [4.2]	3.9 [4.0]	5.3 [5.5]
Acceleration, 0 to 200 km / h in s	-	-	-	12.6 [13.1]	12.4 [12.9]	11.8 [12.3]	-
Top speed, km / h	250 (4)			250 (4) ; 305 (5)			250 (4)
Fuel consumption (according to EEC guidelines, combined in l / 100 km)	7.6 [7.8]	10.5 [10.6]	8.6-8.9 [8.9-9.2]	9.9 [10.3]			5.4 [5.6]
CO 2 emissions, combined in g / km	177 [181]	245 [248]	199-206 [208-214]	232 [239]			143 [147]
Emission standard according to EU classification	Euro 6

⁽¹⁾Marketing term from BMW: Twin Power

⁽²⁾ only for USA, only for MY2012

⁽³⁾ only for USA

⁽⁴⁾ regulated

⁽⁵⁾ with M-Driver's Package

Values ​​in [] refer to the convertible

Engine variants Gran Coupé (F06)

The engine variants of the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupé are largely taken from the Coupé and Cabriolet. The double-charged V8 in the BMW 650i Gran Coupé with a displacement of 4.4 liters is, however, available in a new version: Instead of the previous 300 kW, the new engine now has 330 kW and achieves 650 instead of 600 Nm. At the same time, pollutant emissions and consumption were reduced. The new engine has been available since autumn 2012.

	640i / [640i xDrive]	650i / [650i xDrive]	M6	M6 Competition	M6 Competition	640d / [640d xDrive]
Construction period	03 / 2012-04 / 2018	07 / 2012-04 / 2018	05/2013–04/2018	05/2013–04/2015	05 / 2015-04 / 2018	05 / 2012-04 / 2018
Motor type	Gasoline engine					Diesel engine
Engine type	R6	V8				R6
Mixture preparation	Direct injection					Common rail direct injection
Charging	Twin scroll exhaust gas turbocharger (1)	two turbochargers
variable valve control	Valvetronic	k. A.
Engine type	N55B30	N63B44	S63B44			N57D30
Displacement	2979 cc	4395 cc				2993 cc
Power at 1 / min	235 kW (320 PS) / 5800	330 kW (450 PS) / 5500-6000	412 kW (560 hp) / 6000–7000	423 kW (575 hp) / 6000-7000	441 kW (600 PS) / 6000-7000	230 kW (313 hp) / 4400
Torque at 1 / min	450  Nm / 1300-4500	650 Nm / 2000-4500	680 Nm / 1500-5750	680 Nm / 1500-6000	700 Nm / 1500-6000	630 Nm / 1500-2500
Gearbox, as standard	8-speed automatic		7-speed dual clutch transmission			8-speed automatic
Drive, as standard	Rear wheel drive
Drive, optional	all wheel drive		-			all wheel drive
Steering as standard	Front steering
Steering, optional	All-wheel steering
Acceleration, 0 to 100 km / h in s	5.4 [5.3]	4.6 [4.4]	4.2	4.1	3.9	5.4 [5.2]
Acceleration, 0 to 200 km / h in s	-	-	12.6	12.4	11.8	-
Top speed, km / h	250 (2)		250 (2) ; 305 (3)			250 (2)
Fuel consumption (according to EEC guidelines, combined in l / 100 km)	7.7-7.9 [8.1-8.3]	8.6-8.8 [9.2-9.4]	9.9			5.5-5.7 [5.8-6.0]
CO 2 emissions, combined in g / km	179-183 [189]	199-206 [215-219]	232			146-149 [152]
Emission standard according to EU classification	Euro 6

Values ​​in [] refer to the variant with xDrive

⁽¹⁾Marketing term from BMW: Twin Power

⁽²⁾ regulated

⁽³⁾ with M-Driver's Package

environment

The marketing term BMW EfficientDynamics is a package of various technical measures that are intended to reduce fuel consumption. The standard eight-speed automatic should reduce fuel consumption compared to the conventional six-speed automatic. The start-stop function is now available for all model variants. All engines meet the Euro 5 or Euro 6 emissions standard .

BMW M6 GT3

BMW M6 GT3 in 2017 at the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring

Since 2016, BMW Motorsport has been offering a racing version of the BMW M6 (F13) for customer racing based on FIA GT3 regulations . In the same year won Rowe Racing together with the drivers: Philipp Eng , Maxime Martin and Alexander Sims , the Spa 24 Hours .

Art Car

The Chinese artist Cao Fei designed a carbon black M6 GT3 as a BMW Art Car , which premiered on May 31, 2017 in Beijing.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Henry Dinger: Nice view: The new BMW 6 Series Convertible. In: de.motor1.com. November 16, 2010, accessed on June 10, 2018 (notification dated two days earlier than official presentation). 
2. ↑ History of the BMW Dingolfing plant. In: bmwgroup-werke.com. Retrieved June 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ bimmertoday.de of March 13, 2011, design process for the new BMW 6 Series Coupé F13 , accessed on November 18, 2018.
4. ↑ Detroit 2011: BMW celebrates the premiere of the 6 Series Convertible - Auto-Medienportal.Net. In: auto-medienportal.net. ampnet, January 11, 2011, accessed June 10, 2018 . 
5. ↑ mna: BMW 6 Series: Elegant Coupé in stores from autumn - hot cars. In: heise.de. March 14, 2011, accessed June 10, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Jörg Reichle: BMW Gran Coupé: The eye goes with you . In: sueddeutsche.de , May 15, 2012. Accessed March 26, 2014. 
7. ↑ Uli Baumann: BMW M6 (2012) at the Geneva Motor Show: M-Perium with a double punch - auto motor und sport. In: auto-motor-und-sport.de. March 6, 2012, accessed June 10, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Philipp (granada2.6): BMW 6er Facelift 2015: Premiere in Detroit. In: motor-talk.de. December 11, 2014, accessed June 10, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Benny: BMW 6 Series 2017: Second facelift brings only a few innovations. In: bimmertoday.de. December 20, 2016, accessed June 10, 2018 . 
10. ↑ auto motor sport for the BMW 8 Series , from January 9, 2018
11. ↑ mein.bmw.de/c0l2f3u9. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 12, 2018 ; Retrieved February 20, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ BMW 6 Series Gran Coupé: Driving dynamics. Retrieved February 20, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Eight-speed automatic premiere at BMW . auto.de. April 20, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
14. ↑ Total 24 Hours of Spa / Belgium Main Race. In: Blancpain GT Series. Retrieved in 2016 . 
15. ↑ https://www.bmw-motorsport.com/de/topics/magazine-article-pool/18-Art-Car.html/ from May 31, 2017, July 4, 2017 available.
16. ↑ http://www.caofei.com/ Web site of Cao Fei, accessed July 4, 2017

Web links

Commons : BMW F12  - collection of images

• Official press page of the F12