Tomorrow Is Today, And What Yesterday Means
Imagine King Leonidas, facing the Persian hordes with his faithful 300. Wide, purposeful slashes followed by a quick parry with his shield, and then the decisive stab. Guts pour onto the battlefield as he lets out a war cry, blood streaming down his scarred and bearded face. Now move ahead to the present century and an American sniper sitting on a cliff a good 2 km away from his target. One deep breath, one squeeze of the trigger, and the Afghan drops dead. No drama. In both instances, a man died, very efficiently, and with great skill. And, most importantly, both instances left the killer lusting for more. The two vehicles you see here are similarly dichotomous embodiments of that lust.
One takes effort and brute strength, and is close up with lots of drama. The old way. The other takes confidence, calm and a relaxed mind. The ‘evolved’ way. And the BMW 630i GT is pretty much the definition of grand touring like that. BMW took the standard 6 Series, which was already a good GT car, and made a GT car of a GT car (GT squared?). How? Well, they just gave it some more room in the rear, and….no, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s step back and look at it first.
This story is from the July 2018 edition of Motoring World.
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