BMW’s Hybrid X6 Saves 20% On Fuel And Gets 480 HP
BMW’s new ActiveHybrid X6 promises to be the world’s most powerful hybrid with 480 hp (358 kW) and 575 lb-ft of torque (780 N·m).
The ActiveHybrid X6 will hit 60 mph in just under 6 seconds all while providing a 20-percent fuel savings according to the EU test-cycle. The EU also gave it a CO2 rating of 231 g/km. EPA numbers aren’t yet available.
ActiveHybrid X6 is BMW’s first application of the two-mode transmission developed in partnership with GM and then-DaimlerChrysler. Along with its 4.4 liter overcharged gasoline V8 engine, the X6 includes two electric synchronous engines that get 91 hp (68 kW) and 86 hp (64 kW), respectively
Top speed of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 is limited electronically to 130 mph (209 km/h).
The offering, accompanied by the BMW ActiveHybrid 7, will be unveiled this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The X6 is expected to hit the U.S. market around at the end of this year. The ActiveHybrid 7 will arrive in the US in Spring 2010.
A full press release is available on the next page.
Source: Autoblog Green
Now this car make a lot more sense than the V12 Quad!
Style, comfort, power and more efficiency than they’ve offered in the past.
I’ll take one in black and one in white.
It’s about time they started looking at greener options. Lexus have been making hybrid 4 wheel drives for a while now.
B.S. I call B.S. High power Hybrids can get better mialage than their non hybrid counterparts, but they can get less too. All depends how it’s driven. Drive it like the dragster it is, and the mialage will stink. A/C on etc will ruin the savings as the engine won’t shut down. And the average buyer of this will not be out to conserve. Of course you still get the tax savings…., and the little hybrid badge to point at.
Seriously, this is cool technology, but it is not going to save the world gas.
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20% Improvement on very poor mileage is still VERY POOR MILEAGE. Let’s not kid ourselves. I don’t even have to look up the mileage of the X6 to know that it’s in the range of 15 - 18 mpg for real world driving. So you’re talking 3 to 4 mpg improvement? Waste of time.
It’s not the hybrid system, it’s the car - make better choices if you want efficiency, or just buy a super sweet sporty wagon and be happy with your performance, not your gas miserliness.
Disgusting.
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I think the gas mileage rating should of been in the first paragraph, I read this whole lengthy article just to find it had omitted the most important point.
BAD! BAD! BAD!
It sounds like this heap of iron qualifys for the cash for clunkers program new.
Back during the depresion it was dangerous to flaunt an expensive car, if the economy takes another plunge Beamer X6 crowd beware.
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