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CARfaq.org > Forum > Campus > Infiniti > FX '03-08,09-Infiniti > Reviews and Comparisons-FX Infiniti > 2008 BMW X6 and 2009 Infiniti FX - Attack of the Mutant New-Age Ninja Wagons
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2008 BMW X6 and 2009 Infiniti FX - Attack of the Mutant New-Age Ninja Wagons
« on: June 21, 2008, 10:06:22 AM »
Tongue-in-cheek article about X6 and FX50. Pretty good, short read:


Both the X6 and FX feature tech toys. The secret weapon in the BMW’s performance arsenal is a system called Dynamic Performance Control (DPC), which is essentially an advanced rear differential that uses electronically controlled clutches to shuffle torque to the outside rear wheel in corners. The effect of this trickery is that the rear tires help to steer the car, and the stability control system can get you out of trouble by redistributing power.

I’ll say it: in the real world, DPC comes in handy for cutting people off. If you’re turning left across traffic, you can really nail the throttle and count on the car to sling itself through the gap with no gut-wrenching stability-control stumble to interrupt your trajectory just as the grille of a Ford F-250 looms in your side window.



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Infiniti bestowed the FX with its own adjustable suspension, which it calls continuous damping control, and, as with the X6, it comes standard with the sport package. CDC addresses the main dynamic complaint of the original FX: a punishing ride.

The second-generation FX is altogether more comfortable and seems to handle as well as the old one. I comfortably drove it down a rocky track in the Nevada desert, an adventure that wouldn’t have been possible in the previous FX without wearing a mouth guard and a kidney belt.


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Re: 2008 BMW X6 and 2009 Infiniti FX - Attack of the Mutant New-Age Ninja Wagons
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2008, 05:22:15 PM »
haha...mouth guard...good one.
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Re: 2008 BMW X6 and 2009 Infiniti FX - Attack of the Mutant New-Age Ninja Wagons
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2008, 07:33:47 PM »
Interesting article.  Not really much direct comparison but good descriptions of the two vehicles. 
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Re: 2008 BMW X6 and 2009 Infiniti FX - Attack of the Mutant New-Age Ninja Wagons
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2008, 05:15:06 PM »
I was really digging the X6 until I saw a review on TV.   The back seat can only ride 2 with the center console.   What gives.  Civic will give you more room for less money  Grin
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