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BMW X6 ActiveHybrid (2009) CAR review

BMW X6 ActiveHybrid (2009) CAR review

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Jethro Bovingdon, 08 November 2009 00:01

BMW doesn't do things by halves. This is their first full hybrid model, the ActiveHybrid X6, and it's the most powerful hybrid in the world. It combines a 407bhp 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine with a fiendishly complicated gearbox that contains two electric motors, one optimised for low-speed running, one to boost power at higher speeds.  The X6 ActiveHybrid's electric motors ...

BMW 7-series ActiveHybrid 7 (2009) CAR review

BMW 7-series ActiveHybrid 7 (2009) CAR review

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 29 October 2009 13:34

How very BMW. The new ActiveHybrid 7 – Munich's name for its petrol-electric hybrid 7-series – is very much lodged at the top of the Seven family tree. Not for BMW to launch a sackcloth and sandals 7-series hybrid; this one sports a 4.4-litre V8, not one but two turbochargers and a 0-60mph sprint claim to worry many Porsches.We lost ...

Infiniti Essence (2009) concept car first ride and video

Infiniti Essence (2009) concept car first ride and video

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 19 May 2009 13:01

Infiniti showed its epic Essence concept car at the 2009 Geneva motor show, causing one of the few surprises of the day: a large GT hybrid supercar emerged from under a dustsheet, mixing Modenese style with very contemporary Japanese petrol-electric battery technology. It was my personal show-stopper, a perfect celebration to mark Infiniti's 20th anniversary. Once the Palexpo show doors ...

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June 2012 issue of CAR magazine
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