--- title: "Photo Preview: We Test-Drive the 2012 BMW 650i" description: "Photo Preview: We Test-Drive the 2012 BMW 650i" image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_4429-e1332534560664-1.jpg --- ![websites-group](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/new-MMG-01.svg) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-new-marketsmedia-logo.svg)](https://www.marketsmedia.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-traders-redlogo.svg)](https://www.tradersmagazine.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-bestexe-logo.svg)](https://www.bestexecution.net/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-fidesk-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-fixglobal-new-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) - [*Facebook*](https://www.facebook.com/MarketsMedia/) - [*Twitter*](https://twitter.com/marketsmedia) - [*Linkedin*](https://www.linkedin.com/company/markets-media-llc) - [Newsletter](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/photo-preview-test-drive-2012-bmw-650i#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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With the 2012 650i, one gets helpings of both. If it's head-turning attention you're after, then this car is a contender. Low to the ground, with a wide stance and a sharper, less-rounded aesthetic than its predecessors, our metallic, winter-white, eight-speed Sport model got plenty of looks, even while being photographed in off-season Southampton, New York. Oh, and it was plenty of fun to drive, too--after [our last test drive](https://www.marketsmedia.com/photo-preview-we-test-drive-the-2012-aston-martin-virage/) (the ever-refined, yet lethally fast and sporty 2012 Aston Martin Virage), this model proved to be a blatantly aggressive, road feel-heavy counterpart. Ahead of our full review of the 2012 BMW 650i in our May/June issue of Markets Media Magazine, however, we bring you a couple of photo teasers, shot during an early March sunset by Agawam Lake in Southampton, Long Island. ![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) The 2012 model has a more chiseled, shark-like design, with striking chrome details. ![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) The 650i's front remains mostly similar to the 2011 model, retaining the carved, swooping look of the hood and the pushed-forward grille. ![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) The 2012 model's real visual improvement is found in the side and rear design, which has been revamped for a sleeker, more angularly sculpted look, rather than the previously somewhat bulky appearance of the 2010 and 2011 models. *The Lifestyle section of our upcoming May/June issue of Markets Media Magazine features a full review of our weekend to, in, and from the Hamptons with the 2012 BMW 650i. 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