Whenever I see a BMW X6, in any guise, I can’t help but remember the time I walked by two people in a country-club parking lot looking at an X6 quizzically. One of them turned to the other and asked, “What is this car trying to be?” That’s a very good question, and one I still ask myself about the X6. And I wonder even more about the X6 M, which takes what is already a vehicle that fits in the tiniest of niches and adds an excessive amount of power and performance at a price approaching six figures.

Photo Gallery: 2011 BMW X6 M – Editors’ Notebook – Automobile Magazine