By Don Hammonds

Lives there a man or woman who hasn’t dreamed of driving a BMW?

We at Automobile Journal have our favorites, too.  One of us owns 3 Series, another craves the big 7 Series. And me?  I have a 2005 Mini Cooper Convertible, which you will never, ever get me to give up, short of death.

But it happens that I also love the 6 Series models too.  So you can imagine my–and our whole staff’s joy–at word that a new …