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2007 BMW M6 - Comfort

Front Comfort
Front seats are as comfortable as you can make them. Nearly every adjustment is available, including the vertical position of the lumbar support and the fit of the side bolsters on the seat back. A section of the seat bottom pulls forward to increase leg support. Passengers aren’t short-changed, they get the same adjustments. Head room was ample. The driver is treated to a slightly fat, leather-covered steering wheel equipped with paddle shifters, downshift on the left, upshift on the right. The gear selector lever is a nice, functional shape, leather and aluminum with a back-lighted indicator and M logo.

Rear Comfort
No surprise here, despite the 2+2 configuration, four large adults will not be comfortable in this coupe. While the front seats move up and forward to allow relatively easy entrance and exit, when they’re back in normal position foot room disappears. Headroom also shrinks compared to the front seats. Suffice to say that 2+2 translates to two adults + two smaller people.

Interior Noise
We expect a quiet interior in a luxury car, but some noise in a car with high performance ambitions is acceptable and even desirable. That said, there is noticeable wind noise off the mirrors and some road noise. But overall the interior is quiet; enough so that you can hear the change in airflow when you pass other vehicles. Of course, you can treat yourself to the V-10 symphony by down shifting a couple of gears and stepping on the gas. Or you can leave it in seventh gear and turn up the audio system. Nice choices.

Visibility
Visibility is very good out the sides and back, especially for a two-door coupe. The C-pillar doesn’t block a significant portion of the view to the right-rear. It should be noted that front visibility is somewhat dependent on driving position; for example, in some situations, the A-pillar impeded looking ahead into left-hand turns, but a slight shift in body position alleviated that. Mirrors are big enough to provide useful information, but more confident lane changes require a look over the shoulder. Our test vehicle came with the optional head-up display. It’s a nice feature, user programmable, but with polarized sunglasses it vanishes.