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What is it?

Nothing less than a whole new genre of car, according to BMW. The german car-maker refers to this, its new X6, as a Sports Activity Coupe, or SAC. Others call it a crossover 4x4. And we’re the first to drive it.

Given our brief stint behind the wheel of a validation prototype on Michelin’s test track in South Carolina this week, it is clear BMW is taking a big risk with its latest model. The radical new X6 attempts to blend the inherent sportiness of an upmarket ...Read the full article

It looks like they've started off with a pig's ear and set about making a silk purse. 

 All I can say is - WHY?

I actually hate this car already, without even seeing it!

Its just the anti thesis of what an 4x4 should be (good off road, and big enough to be usefull there)

 
One thing is, that one of the many reasons all these sheep buy Offroaders is that they need the space over a normal car....

 
Well, now its still a huge car, but the appropriate estate is much better! Kinda rules that out then.
 

Hey, aren't we forgetting about the Subaru Forester STi ? 0 - 60 in about 4.8 seconds, over 300bhp... Lapped Anglesey circuit on Fifth Gear within 1 second of an Impreza STi. And it has a useful boot, and non-awkward entry to the rear seats, and isn't so bulky that you can't park it in town, and is low enough that you can see out of it and won't reverse over the other kiddies when dropping your darling off at school (this last comment is due to seeing a Hummer H2 manouvering outside a primary school. Terrifying. People running in all directions...).

Aren't we also forgetting that if customers weren't there to buy this sort of thing BMW wouldn't be building it.

 I think that while it isn't the sort of thing that I would drive it is a showcase for a groundbraking bit of tech. Imagine this system on a 335xi.