Its pronounced

So-lo-veeeeee-ohv

Its an East German name, hence the “W’s” go to “V’s”.

In mother Russia, you will find it spelled with V’s, and sometimes B’s.

Or you can call me Capt Solo, everybody else does. $5 if you can guess my call sign (its not what you think)

Funny you should mention that Robert. GM made the same request.

http://automobilesdeluxe.blogspot.com/2008/03/general-invites-adl-to-new-york.html

I love the podcast. Keep it funny. There’s a nice balance between facetious sarcasm and wit.

The X6 in my mind is a visual design triumph. Van Hooydonk is brilliant. Thank god they gave the BMW design job to him. He really did a great job of blending a couple roofline with SUV like interior volume, from what I can tell without having been in one.

From the standpoint of why do we need a vehicle like this, I agree it is a failure. The apparent business imperative of micro niches drives it. Who am I to say its the wrong strategy. Berkowitz, why do you think that is an invalid strategy?

1. Flying buttresses have air underneath them, not glass. The only new vehicles (with such poor taste) to employ these are the Chevy Avalanche and its Cadillac cousin.

2. Exhaust systems are usually spring loaded near the catalytic converters (using a flex pipe or spring loaded ball/socket connectors) so its likely that a rear ended BMW will need a new set of mufflers (or just tailpipe slipcovers) and that’s it.

Learned #2 the hard way when changing an Oxygen sensor for a friend. All that flex means I get no torque!