The all-new BMW vi Serial Coupe fabricated its earth public debut today at the 2011 New York International Auto Bear witness. Previous generation half dozen Serial was penned by BMW's VP of Design, Adrian Van Hooydonk, and the new 6 Series was designed under his direction equally well.

The 2012 6 Series Coupe comes to emphasize the new design language at BMW. The 2+ii coupe inherits some design cues from the regrettable CS Concept and information technology aligns itself with the pattern linguistic communication seen on the new five and 7 Series. The 6 Serial retains the two door design with the forthcoming Gran Coupe carrying the four-door coupe pattern.

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Equally our own Hugo Becker pointed out earlier, BMW considers the new six serial the top of their model range. Its role is to be the elevation of BMW's coupe offerings and judging past these live photos, the car lives upward to the expectations. The high-finish Coupe features shorter rear deck and a dramatic slope of the rear light, along with perfect proportions. The road presence is impressive and it is shaping up to exist a "dominatrix" on any roads.

The unique shape of the headlights are inspired from the Gran Coupe Concept, the four-door coupe that volition come next year to farther expand the flagship offerings from BMW. The rear-end loses the highly-debated "Bangle-butt". The L-shape taillights go on to remain a BMW icon and the full LED treatment bring out the luxury and sportiness from the new half-dozen.

Inside BMW stays true to another core value, the driver orientation. and compared to the previous generation, the luxury level has reached a new peak. The dashboard features a line coming from the center stack that doesn't simply wrap around and shut in front of the driver, but actually shows the direction y'all desire to drive towards to. The layering technique offset introduced in the Vision ED Concept is the underlying factor hither. Layering opens up the space and BMW designers have done a great chore showing light and shadows within the car, specially around the door.

The interior is dominated past the large ten.ii inch display that reveals the latest infotainment system from BMW. Framed by a chrome plated frame, the apartment-screen takes a more than upright position, in contrast to the congenital-in arroyo we have seen in previous models.

Torso length and wheelbase 75 millimeters longer than the predecessor model, enhancing seating comfort for rear passengers; extremely sporty appearance thanks to a 39-millimeter increase in width and v-millimeter reduction in height.

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When it launches this fall, the 6 Series Coupe will be available with wwo engine variants: BMW 650i Coupe with eight-cylinder powerplant (300 kW/407 hp) and BMW 640i Coupe with half dozen-in-line petrol unit of measurement (235 kW/320 hp). Both engine variants come as standard with an viii-speed Sports automatic gearbox, Auto Start-Stop function and ECO PRO mode.

Pricing volition exist announced this summer.