Despite its nearly 5,000-pound frame, BMW’s M850i land yacht goes 0-60 in a blistering 3.8 seconds. Cars columnist Dan Neil takes hold of the captain's wheel.
IF YOU HAPPEN to be in the market for a nimble little drop-top sports car, the new BMW M850i xDrive Convertible ain’t it. Almost 16 feet long and 4,736 pounds heavy, this audacious sky machine feels like a throwback to the era of classic motoring, when Cadillac, Auburn, Duesenberg and others built luxury convertibles so enormous they dwarfed the people inside.
And sometimes when I drove it I felt even smaller, such as when panhandlers would approach this black-chromed yacht of an automobile at intersections asking for money....
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