2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6 - Car and Driver
As an all-terrain sport-utility “coupe” that looks like a gerbil head and offers up to 555 horsepower, BMW’s X6 seems like an exercise in absurdity. To elevate it to an elite stratum of insanity, however, BMW conjured up the X6 ActiveHybrid. Here, the mid-level X6’s 400-hp, twin-turbo V-8 is mated to a transmission shared with the Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid. This tranny stirs in conventional automatic and CVT functionalities with two electric motors, for a total system output of 480 horsepower and 575 pound-feet of torque. The X6’s remarkable responsiveness is barely dulled, and the hybrid still posted 0. 86 g on the skidpad. But hybridization affects the X6 in other ways. Still, the hybrid’s 163-foot stop from 70 mph is heroic for something this massive. 3 seconds to 60, the hybrid is slower off the line than the standard V-8 model, but it catches up before 100 mph. It’s either a bad impression, or a good impression of a bad transmission. Price, though, is the hybrid’s biggest hurdle. Source: www.caranddriver.com
