2010 BMW X6

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Safety - What the Auto Press Says

Neither the federal government nor the insurance industry has put the X6 through crash tests. Nonetheless, it features a variety of safety equipment and advanced crash avoidance systems.

Standard safety features include front side-impact airbags, Adaptive Brake Lights, Dynamic Stability Control (including Brake Fade Compensation, Start-off Assistant, Brake Drying, and Brake Stand-by features), Dynamic Traction Control, Dynamic Brake Control, Dynamic Performance Control, Hill Descent Control and Dynamic Cruise Control

Rear visibility is poor due to the X6's sloping rear roof. Fortunately though, BMW offers standard Park Distance Control in the front and rear as well as an optional rearview camera ($400). A $1,200 Head-Up Display projects important information, such as current speed, onto the windshield. This allows the driver to keep their eyes focused on the road ahead and is an especially unique option.

• "We highly recommend the optional rearview camera, since the X6's mail-slot rear window could obscure the large building you're about to back into." -- Automobile Magazine
• "The parking assist feature is also worth mentioning. It shows an outline of the car with gray zones fore and aft. Objects in those zones, such as a pole you might back up into, appear first in green, then yellow, then red, depending on how close they are to the car." -- CNET
• "The X6 also serves as the debut vehicle for BMW's new torque-vectoring system called Dynamic Performance Control (DPC). . . . basically, DPC is akin to Honda's Super Handling-All Wheel Drive -- though there is a key difference. DPC uses a 'mechantronic' system of two planetary gear sets, a multiplate clutch, and an electric helper motor to divide torque between the rear wheels. And, unlike Honda's system, BMW's works in both on- and- off throttle situations." -- Motor Trend