BMW X6 Sports Activity Coupe

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New 4.4 liter Twin-Turbo V8

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There will be 2 gasoline models:
xDrive50i (4.4 twin-turbo V8 engine, 400 hp, 450lb-ft torque) 0-100 km/h in 5.4 sec, Top Speed: 250 km/h
xDrive35i (3.0 twin-turbo inline six-cylinder engine, 300 hp, 300 lb-ft torque) 0-100 km/h in 6.7 sec, Top Speed: 240 km/h

xDrive35d (3.0 twin-turbo inline six-cylinder diesel 282 hp, 428 lb-ft torque) 0-100 km/h in 8.0 sec, Top Speed: 210 km/h

The all-new X6 Sports Activity Coupe will debut at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show in January.

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How can it be a Coupe if it's got 4 doors? Isn't the definition of a coupe for automotive terms 2 doors with a 2+2 seating arrangement. I guess it's another one of those terms that companies like BMW feel like changing to fit their use.

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How can it be a Coupe if it's got 4 doors? Isn't the definition of a coupe for automotive terms 2 doors with a 2+2 seating arrangement.

The most popular(traditional?) version of the modern coupe automobile is the one with 2-doors, but through the decades more and more coupe styles have been introduced.
For example there was the 1960's Rover P5 4-door coupe.

It was like the regular P5 sedan but with a lower sportier roofline, a more recent example of this would be the E-class based Mercedes CLS 4-door coupe.


BMW just added a new twist, which is an SUV-Coupe Crossover vehicle(they call it Sports Activity Coupe).
How to describe it... its like an X5 but with a lower sportier coupe-like roofline.
BMW X6

Technically, it would probably still be classified as a Crossover SUV.

BMW X5

More traditional wagon like profile(the new X5 is available with 3rd row seats)

PS: Coupe, past participle of couper which means "to cut".