BMW ActiveHybrid 5 - Car and Driver
The hybrid vehicles it has offered so far start at nearly $90,000 and don’t quite have the impressive fuel-economy numbers commonly associated with hybrids. the now-cancelled X6 hybrid , 17/19. (The upcoming i8 plug-in hybrid sports car will certainly better those figures, but with wild looks and an anticipated six-figure sticker, it isn’t going to hold much mainstream appeal. ) Next year, though, the Bavarians will be taking a big step in making the once-bizarre notion of a hybrid BMW more accessible—though once again not quite as efficient as most hybrids—when the company launches the ActiveHybrid 5 in March. The first BMW to add electric power to the firm’s splendid turbocharged 3. 0-liter inline-six, the 5 plants an electric motor between the engine and an eight-speed automatic. Like BMW’s other hybrids, the 5 features brake-energy regeneration and an engine stop/start feature that shuts the engine down when coasting and stopped. BMW says the battery and electric motor are potent enough to push the car to 37 mph or, at lower speeds, cover approximately 2. 5 miles before asking the combustion engine for help. Mash the right pedal to the floor and the ActiveHybrid 5 should hit 60 mph in 5. 7 seconds, according to BMW, which. Source: www.caranddriver.com
