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BMW Concept Active Tourer (2012) first offical pictures

Rated 3 out of 53

Ollie Kew, 14 September 2012 15:00

This is BMW's answer to a downsized, eco-friendly motoring future: the Concept Active Tourer. It's a city-car sized MPV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain that'll return up to 113mpg, according to BMW's figures. Moreover, this car previews the future of smaller BMWs going front wheel-drive, sharing architecture with Mini and liberating more interior space. Powertrain details of the 2012 BMW ...

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BMW Concept Active Tourer (2012) first offical pictures

Rated 3 out of 53

Ollie Kew, 14 September 2012 15:00

This is BMW's answer to a downsized, eco-friendly motoring future: the Concept Active Tourer. It's a city-car sized MPV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain that'll return up to 113mpg, according to BMW's figures. Moreover, this car previews the future of smaller BMWs going front wheel-drive, sharing architecture with Mini and liberating more interior space. Powertrain details of the 2012 BMW ...

BMW 3-series (2012) goes all-wheel drive

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Ollie Kew, 22 June 2012 09:35

BMW's latest 3-series model is gaining all-wheel drive in an effort to win over buyers otherwise seduced by Audi's Quattro drive. The option is part of a wider extension of the BMW 3-series range, which will include a hybrid, and the ever-popular M Sport trim design. Is rear-wheel drive dead at BMW? Don't worry, it isn't - yet - but it's ...

BMW i8 Spyder concept car (2012) first pictures

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Tim Pollard, 02 April 2012 09:04

BMW will chop the top off the i8 hybrid at the 2012 Beijing auto show - and it's unveiled photos of its new i8 Spyder convertible supercar a few weeks ahead of the expo in China. It's a sign that Munich will offer a convertible i8 alongside the tin-top coupe when BMW i8 sales kick off in 2014. This one ...

BMW i8 Concept (2011) first official pictures

Rated 4 out of 54

Ben Pulman, 29 July 2011 11:00

This is the BMW i8 Concept, a near-production preview of Munich’s new plug-in hybrid supercar. Audi and Mercedes might have stolen a march on BMW with the R8 and SLS respectively, but while its rivals prepare limited-run electric versions of their supercars, BMW is putting this i8 into proper mass production in just two years time. The BMW i8, and its i3 EV ...

BMW Brilliance 5-series New Energy Vehicle (2011)

Rated 3 out of 53

Mark Hamilton, 07 April 2011 12:35

BMW has presented the first official picture of its BMW Brilliance 5-series New Energy Vehicle, a hybrid long-wheelbase 5-series which will debut at the 2011 Shanghai motor show. BMW's brilliant New Energy Vehicle? How do you know? BMW bias! No, BMW Brilliance 5-series New Energy Vehicle. BMW Brilliance Automotive is the manufacturing joint venture between BMW and Brilliance China Automotive ...

BMW EfficientDynamics hybrid supercar: production confirmed

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 05 November 2010 13:04

BMW today gave the green light for production of the dramatic Vision EfficientDynamics hybrid supercar shown at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show. Munich admitted today that the tech underpinning the concept car was 'completely or virtually production-ready' and said that the car will be launched very much as shown in Frankfurt. It has started roadgoing tests of the 2+2 EfficientDynamics ...

BMW's EfficientDynamics teaser (2010)

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Ben Pulman, 15 September 2010 14:16

This rather strange looking black BMW is the German car company’s latest publicity stunt. Painted matt black, and with ‘dontblogaboutthis’ emblazoned across its flanks, it is of course a tease designed to get forums fanatics and bloggers worked up into a frenzy as everyone tries to guess what it is. BMW has released just a few photos, plus a couple ...

BMW Concept 5-series ActiveHybrid (2010)

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 28 February 2010 06:30

BMW's new 5-series will quickly spawn a petrol-electric hybrid – as this Geneva motor show 2010 concept car proves. It'll be the third BMW hybrid car in production, after the ActiveHybrid X6 and ActiveHybrid 7. Like the part-electrified 7-series, the Concept 5-series ActiveHybrid uses a straight six petrol engine with twin turbos and an eight-speed auto with a hybrid module ...

BMW's new 5-series next for hybrid power

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 28 October 2009 16:54

The new BMW 5-series being launched this winter is likely to be the next BMW to receive the ActiveHybrid system pioneered on the petrol-electric 7-series and X6 models. So the new BMW 5-series gets the expensive green tech? BMW engineers admit they can't rely on sales of the pricey hybrid 7-series and X6 to justify the development costs, even though ...

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept at 2009 Frankfurt motor show

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Tim Swietochowski, 29 August 2009 23:01

Thought sports cars had no future? BMW disagrees. Its new Vision EfficientDynamics concept car is a high-performance 2+2 mixing supercar performance with the emissions of a small hatchback. It's the frontispiece of the Germans' stand at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show and a major eco landmark for the Bavarians. The new BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept uses a titchy 1.5-litre three-cylinder ...

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