For $2,600, the BMW X6’s optional Dynamic Handling Package can make the x50i’s already smooth handling that much more precise. To do so, it adds features like active roll stabilization and integral active steering.

The Dynamic Handling Package offers a more stable, responsive, and comfortable ride.
The package comes with Adaptive M Suspension Professional, Active Roll Stabilization, and Integral Active Steering.
The xDrive40i and X6 M trim are also worth considering.

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What is the BMW X6 Dynamic Handling Package?

On the 2023 BMW X6, the optional Dynamic Handling Package does what it sounds like—it’s geared at giving your ride, as BMW puts it, “superior handling and control” for a smoother ride.

The package has the potential to make tough parking jobs and tight turns that much easier to manage—and the same goes for lane changes, too.

What’s included

These are the three main components BMW’s Dynamic Handling Package adds to a 2023 X6:

Adaptive M Suspension Professional

Active Roll Stabilization

Integral Active Steering

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What it does

But what do these bonus features accomplish?

The

Adaptive M Suspension Professional

feature that this package adds to the X6 helps make the X6’s already-smooth handling even more precise.

But how does it do this?

For starters, it has a lowered chassis, and it can electronically tighten and relax dampers as road conditions change in real-time.

The package’s

Active Roll Stabilization

is an active suspension control system that makes better use of physics to reduce body roll and make tighter turns at low speeds.

The final component in this trifecta,

Integral Active Steering

, makes handling at low speeds even more agile. Meanwhile, handling at higher speeds is made stabler. It largely accomplishes this by controlling wheel movement direction.

At lower speeds, the front and rear wheels move in opposite directions for better handling when turning. At higher speeds, they move in the same direction, which improves vehicle stability and helps make lane changes smoother.

All in all, the package has the makings for a stabler, more responsive, and more comfortable ride.

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How much is a 2023 X6 Dynamic Handling Package?

The 2023 BMW X6’s Dynamic Handling Package is

available on the M50i trim

for an extra

$2,600

. That’s on top of the base price, which starts at $89,100 for the M50i.

2023 BMW X6 trim pricing

Trim	Starting price
X6 xDrive40i	$70,100
X6 M50i	$89,100
X6 M	$113,700

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Is the X6 Dynamic Handling Package worth it?

If you have the cash to spare and believe the act of driving a luxury car should feel as luxurious as the comfort and convenience perks it offers, the

X6 Dynamic Handling Package is probably worth it

It could also be more cost-effective

. The X6 M offers many of the package features as standard, along with more powerful performance capabilities, but you would have to spend another $24,000 or so to take this trim home with you.

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Dynamic Handling Package vs. the xDrive40i trim

The 2023 xDrive40i may not have a Dynamic Handling Package option, but it still offers

solid performance specs all on its own

The M50i has a more powerful V8 engine capable of up to 523 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque, and the Dynamic Handling Package can certainly contribute to better handling, but even so, the xDrive40i trim’s handling and stability are far from satisfactory by most reviewers’ standards—and it’s about $20,000 less.

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Dynamic Handling Package vs. the X6 M trim

The X6 M trim offers features, like Adaptive M Suspension Professional with Active Roll Stabilization, as standard, which eliminates the need for a Dynamic Handling Package option.

In addition to what it shares with the M50i, the M offers additional

handling and braking features as standard

that the M50i drive doesn’t, including:

M-tuned electric power steering with M Servotronic

M Compound four-wheel ventilated anti-lock disc brakes with cross-drilled rotors

Dynamic damper control with rear-axle air suspension

M Drive with M Dynamic driving mode

For drivers who are

really

serious about performance, the M trim is also capable of quite a bit more power—up to 617 horsepower with the competition package. That’s a significant step up from the M50i’s 523 horsepower, and a giant leap from the xDrive40i’s 335 horsepower.

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The bottom line

If you’re looking for a

smooth, precise driving experience

but don’t need the max power capabilities the X6 M allows, splurging on the Dynamic Handling Package with the X6 M50i is a much cheaper way to get it.

On the other hand, drivers who have a need for power and speed, plus a lot more room in their budgets, might prefer to opt for the X6 M over the Dynamic Handling Package.

To find out if the package is worth it for you, it may be worth trying to track down an equipped X6 and take it for a test drive to see whether you notice a desirable difference.

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