BMW X6

Do not bother to look for the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid shows in England because it will never be displayed here. The company estimates that two diesel and two petrol engines, this split is already a niche by offering the car is already more than enough. And to be honest, that is correct.

BMW announced as the world's most powerful hybrid car - say you are going to reach different car manufacturers for their technical - incredibly complicated, but also quiet and fast X6 ActiveHybrid does not make sense only in the United Kingdom. Only this version costs the same as the M X6 in the U.S. and over 40 percent more when it hits the market next year, does not really do anything useful for more than an oil-burner, as well as being a hybrid.

Photos of the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid

OK, it's much faster than 60 mph, shaving nearly three seconds of the 3.5-liter diesel. But it has the same top speed of 130 mph, mid-range performance almost identical and significantly worse fuel economy. BMW thinks it will return an average of 28.5mpg compared to 34.4mpg for the diesel 3.5, but on our test route in relative calm that drove the X6 hit back for a gallon of premium every 20 miles.

So why go to all these problems for a car? Diesel hybrid West Coast obsessed hatred of America, that's why. In places like Los Angeles, where appearances are more important than the sense of the facts, and the cost of gasoline to less than two pounds per gallon, the roads are clogged with Prius and Lexus. For these people, X6 ActiveHybrid is the new must-have car. Because not only is a hybrid and an SUV (all kinds), which also has a huge V8 - all the birthright of America - under the hood.

It 'the same 400bhp twin-turbo 4.4-liter diesel that powers a fixed 5.0 X6, but the hybrid technology on it, there's so much new material they had to do an extra bulge in the hood to place everything. Then there are a couple of electric motors with gears, one of the other high-speed, low-speed service, producing 91bhp and 86bhp head. They also capture energy during braking and sends it to 2.4 kWh battery pack with nickel metal hydride sits in the spare wheel compartment.

The battery is a small device, but it still allows the car to run in all electric mode up to 37 mph. The only problem is that it runs out after 1.4 miles, it is to enhance rather than replace the performance of the gasoline engine. Effort, smooth and transparent as they are, are not better than a simpler, less expensive, lighter, more economical diesel.

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