Exterior

The new 6 Series measures some 3 inches longer and 1.5 inches wider than its predecessor; it's a few tenths of an inch shorter at the roof level. As before, the car maintains a short front overhang and low-slung appearance. BMW says the design was inspired by the natural motion of waves. The car's available LED headlights include an adaptive function to illuminate oncoming corners, something LED lights haven't traditionally been capable of doing. Eighteen-inch alloy wheels are standard, with 19- or 20-inch wheels optional.

The convertible's fully automatic soft-top has what BMW describes as a flying-buttress design in which the top trails behind a vertical rear window, maintaining a coupe-like roofline. The top, which can be operated at the touch of a button at speeds up to 25 mph, comes in black or beige.

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    Clock
    The settings are stored for the remote control currently in use, refer also to Personal Profile on page 28. Setting the timeIn the instrument cluster  To set the 12h/24h format, refer to Se ...

    Controls
    Buttons at a glance 1 System on/off, interrupt 2 Resume speed 3 Store speed* 4 Store, maintain/change speed Switching on Press the button on the steering wheel. The marking in the speedom ...

    Avoiding unintentional alarms
    The tilt alarm sensor and interior motion sensor can be switched off together, such as in the following situations: ▷ In duplex garages. ▷ During transport on car-carrying trains, at ...