The 6 Series Gran Turismo is the second take on an idea BMW started with the 5 Series GT: saloon comfort with a high seating position and a large tailgate. For the second generation the car moved from the 5 to the 6 badge, was drawn lower and shed around 150 kilos. Its wheelbase of just over three metres is longer than the G30 5 Series, with which it shares its platform and front structure.
The range ran from the 620d to the 640i xDrive with a straight-six. The boot holds 600 litres, or roughly 1,800 with the rear seats down, which made it the largest load space BMW offered outside the X range. Production ended in 2024 with no successor.
Two assemblies define the car and explain why examples get broken at all. Every G32 has rear air suspension as standard; the bags split with age and the compressor kills itself topping up the leak. Then there is the extending rear spoiler, which deploys at around 110 km/h. When it jams, the tailgate is usually not the problem — the mechanism inside it is.
From the B-pillar back the G32 is its own car: rear quarters, roofline and that large tailgate exist on no other model. Because it is long, what reaches us is mostly side damage, so doors are what we strip most often — and a G32 door carries comfort access, soft-close and memory mirrors, all of which change the part number.
