It seems like 2003 was only yesterday which means the BMW E63/64 6-series has now been around for a grand total of six years. It certainly created heated debate amongst those who either loved or hated Chris Bangle’s interpretation of the original 6-series from the 70’s. Bangle’s radical designs no longer seem to jar now though and if anything have improved like a good wine over the years. He used to say that his cars didn’t photograph well and that you should judge them in the flesh. Standing next to a 6-series coupe you can see his point although this particular example of his work seems photogenic enough to us. Nice swoopy lines with a touch of muscle in the wide arches give this car tons of road presence and with big alloys it certainly looks the business. If you buy one with the 3 litre twin turbo diesel you get fantastic economy to go with the film-star looks. BMW quote a combined fuel consumption figure of 40.9 mpg while keeping the CO2 emissions down to a respectable 182 g/km! Couple that with 286bhp, 155 mph top speed and a 0-60 time of 6.3 seconds and you start to wonder why anybody would want the petrol-engined version. The other nice thing about 6-series ownership is that there are not too many to be found on this tiny, cold, damp little island of our’s. Tell people you own a 635 and they’ll be desperately trying to conjure up an image of what the car looks like. It’s a BMW though so it must be good but at least the pub car park won’t be full of them! If all that has whetted your appetite then take look at the 635d Sport we have been asked to sell on behalf of the owner. Finished in Space Grey with Black Dakota leather this 2007 example comes with all of the toys and still has the remainder of a BMW warranty. Click here for full details.
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