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now as you probably know BMW is not exactly given to following every automotive fashion now there is the x6 but in this case they've caught the bug for the four-door coupe crave that oxymoronic state of the auto industry with this the 640 I grand coupe grand coupe means four doors on what is otherwise a two-door 6 let's drive the 2013 BMW 640 I grand coupe and of course check the tech the grand coupe joins Audi's a7 Mercedes CLS Porsches Panamera and even a Jag and a VW and answering baby boomers who want a fastback roofline without splitting their trousers getting in the back hence the 4-door coupe inside no surprises here BMW standard and excellent tech including HD radio bluetooth streaming and a hard drive for media storage there's Google connected nav with search on our really wide screen front wall eye cams go with the standard rear cam optionally and Bang & Olufsen audio brings you this pop up acoustic dispersion lens about that package is 3700 bucks for a scant 250 almost nothing in BMW terms you can get on screen Facebook and Twitter support but through your iPhone only this first bottle the 640 has one powertrain choice BMWs well-known 3 litre inline-six with a twin scroll turbo delivering 315 horsepower and 330 foot-pounds of torque that moves this 4200 pound car to 60 in about 5.4 seconds while delivering quite respectable 20 30 mpg your only choice on the transmission is an 8-speed automatic and your only place to put the power is the rear wheels though BMW promises a model that uses all four paws soon okay let's go for a ride in our grand coupe remember it's a 640i powertrain we've seen this before this is nothing new a great motor moving a little bit bigger car a longer car a little more a little more on the hoof now you can really feel the fact you've got rear-wheel drive steering with the accelerator is not difficult at all the car feels it feels its weight this is a car that feels like it's gonna fool you that it's a big car but a very capable big guy this BMW eight-speed automatics gonna make some people blanch but from 95% of buyers even those who are gonna press this car a bit like we're doing today it's a good gearbox it really has good quick shifts and that great tractability you want in everyday driving it's a nice blend and of course being a BMW it feels like a bank vault dialed together but that's what you'd expect at this price point and from this company notice we've got the for BMW drive modes here they're a little different on this car if you go all the way down you get to eco pro really dials off the responsiveness and maximizes your economy and then you get into comfort plus comfort and then you get your sports setting your soul sports setting on this car which is Sport Plus and that also turns off your traction control and once we do that we really get to have some fun here in these corners okay let's price our 640i grand coupe not a cheap date at 77 delivered and that doesn't even include everything I want you to get to go see that style that includes premium sound for nine hundred and fifty bucks but I'm gonna skip the Bang & Olufsen for 3700 I have just never heard that much in it then I want you to go for the driver assistance package thirty-eight hundred bucks is going to bring you a head-up display line spot detection lane departure warning active Park Assist and those side and top cameras that doesn't add up to the right grand coupe for you hang tight cuz BMW promises a 650 I all wheel drive version real sense