Don't Sleep On That BMW N63R | How Fast Is My Wife's 2020 X6 M50i AKA "The X6M Lite"

The BMW N63. It's been through a few iterations in the past decade and we're technically in the third chapter of the book. Now for those who aren't familiar, we're talking about the 4.4 liter Twin Turbo V8 platform that's commonly used in higher end BMWs since its debut in 2009. The first generation came with over 400 horsepower, but it had tremendous reliability issues. But the kinks were sorted out and now we're looking at a new kind of monster 1 with 523 brake horsepower and enough torque to move mountains. Perhaps this isn't the best example of the platform because the M550i is actually the lightest car with this engine. With the M850i as the runner up. This X6 sits right in the middle with the X5 and the X7 as the heavier cousins, but it's what we have to work with at the moment. Plus I think it'd be pretty interesting to see the potential of this powertrain in something bigger and heavier. So bear with me here. It's pretty common knowledge that BMWs have a tendency to underrate their engines, and the N63 is no exception. They may say 523 brake horsepower, but your probably close to the 550. That's further reinforced by the power gauge on the dashboard and dyno numbers from the M850i. But horsepower aside, I am a fan of this exhaust. Though it's throaty and has a good amount of aggression, it's not too obnoxious either. No crazy burble tune or super farts on upshifts. Sure it could be a little bit louder and a lot of it's piped into the cabin via speakers, but that's what they invented catless downpipes for anyway. Let's just assume that they're telling the truth about the 523 brake horsepower. With a listed curb weight of about 5100 pounds. That means the power to weight ratio is roughly 9.8 to 1. So theoretically it should be just as fast as something like the Maserati Ghibli SQ4 Infiniti to Redsport Q60 or the Mercedes Benz C43AMG. Some pretty respectable competition. So either way, our goal today is to see just where my shiny new family SUV stacks up on our fast list. And in order to do that, we have to hand it over to our resident race car driver. Rumor has it that he has a strange obsession with the color orange and that he likes to drive exactly five miles above the speed limit around a corner. All I know is that he's been living in my shed and doesn't pay rent. Let's put him to work. And here we are at our extremely high tech 1 mile long, most definitely closed course. Here's another run where he left some of the creature comforts on for giggles. Okay, so now it's time for the results. Frankly, the XX looked like it was moving pretty quick by that half mile point. And when I looked at the data, I was kind of surprised. Keep in mind that early in this video I talked about how the car should compete against entry level sports sedans based on the power to we weight. Well, you could throw that notion right out the window because the X6M50 punches way above that weight class. Figuratively speaking of course. Let's start with the stuff we care about. 4100 happened in 6.96 seconds, which is a hair faster than Sean's Jaguar F Pace svr. And that car is lighter and theoretically makes more power. It's also faster than the 460 horsepower Mustang GT with the manual gearbox as well as the 467 horsepower GSF which is Lexus's flagship sports sports car. I attribute this mainly to the massive amount of torque and the aggressive gear in the fast shifting 8 speed ZF transmission. Of course, the narrative changes a little bit in the long game because of weight and aerodynamics. 60130 takes a toll on the X6, but it still pulled it off in 13 seconds flat, which is impressive. But unfortunately Sean's SVR pulls ahead here. Same goes for the Tesla Model X P100D which is kind of depressing because I was really hoping to be at least faster than that. We don't have the data on the Mustang GT, but it is rumored to run a 12 second 600130 based on Internet numbers. The standing half mile is what separates the men from the boys. And remember that the trap speed is what really matters here. The X6 N50 crossed line at just a hair over 135 miles per hour in 19.49 seconds. We don't have too many half mile times yet, but it is slower than a base x 3m but faster than the Porsche Cayman S and Maserati Ghibli SQ4. Now it's important that I mention that if you want to achieve these types of speeds, you need to option the car with upgraded wheels. The base 20 inch setup from the factory is limited to 130 mph, which is probably going to be a gps verified reading of 128 or 129. And I'm thinking this is probably true for the X5 and X7 as well. Not that you should be going that fast in a 3 ton SUV, but ethics aside, let's continue real life 0 to 60 was achieved in 3.99 seconds, which is 2/10 lower than magazine claims. But keep in mind that we don't use the one foot rollout that most of these magazines use. If we did, it would be a 3.7 second time. Either way, impressive because again, it's faster than Sean's Jaguar and faster than a lot of cars in the real world. Not that it matters because Zero60 is the most useless metric ever. Zero100 is a little bit more relevant and the X6 did it in 9.49. Again, we don't use no one foot rollout, otherwise there would have been a 9.25 second time, which makes it just as fast as some of these super sedans. But the truth is I have to give a lot of credit to the launch control on the all wheel drive system. Even though it was in the low 40s, the car just hooked with zero drama. I actually tried the launch control one day when it was raining out and it gave me just a little bit of wheel spin and then it just dead hooked. After that I think I pulled off a 0:60 of something like 4.2 seconds in the wet, which is kind of insane. Anyway, the standing quarter mile happened in 12.3 at 112.31, which means that a lot of it is gearing and launch. It puts it in some pretty quick company though, and it's faster here than car and driver's Mustang GT time. But remember, we're doing this in street conditions on real payment and not some super sticky prep drag strip with a smoky burnout. So I'm willing to bet from a stop light you'll be able to play with some of these mid tier muscle cars. So I wasn't lying in the thumbnail when I said it's sort of faster than the Mustang GT in most street situations. This XX M50 will beat a lot of the sports cars out there and we can further amplify that if we're talking about the M550 or the M850i. But the key here is that you don't expect that from a big fat mid sized suv. It'd be interesting to see the difference a tune would make in terms of performance but honestly I'm pretty satisfied for now. Maybe in a few months when I get bored I'll give it a shot. 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