Today at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show, BMW introduced the X6. Officially it’s a “concept”, but very rarely are concept cars camaflouged for hot weather testing in Death Valley. They are gonna build this turd, probably in Spartansburg, SC.

Once again, BMW is befuddling me. This car… oh, sorry… this Sport Activity Coupe (which means that it really is a SAC of shit) is tall and heavy like an SUV, but has a raked roofline like a sports coupe. Hmmm… so BMW took the most impractical aspects of two completely different classes of car and melded them in into an SUV with no rear headroom, very little cargo capacity and lousy fuel economy. What’s not logical about that? Never mind the styling is somewhat lackluster, and in profile reminds more of a Subaru Legacy Sedan or Infiniti M than a BMW.

If BMW truly wanted to meld the best aspects of a sports coupe and SUV, why not create a low-slung, ass-haulin’ shooting brake?

Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi all seem to be in a rush be the first into new, yet-undiscovered car segments. My fear is in the rush to be all things to all people, they will spread themselves too thin, that they may put their future in jeopardy.