Only 20% decrease in fuel consumption??

cosmos · #1 09-11-2007, 11:58 AM

So it gets like 3.5mpg better then X5 and gas powered X6?

I wonder if the premium price over the standard X6 is worth the savings in fuel?

I also expected more from BMW, like 40% or something revolutionary.

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James Douglas 2007 · #2 09-11-2007, 02:49 PM

I guess you mean 20% decrease. I wouldn't want a hybrid that increases fuel consumption

cosmos · #3 09-11-2007, 03:03 PM

Duh, What was I thinking??

xnsf · #4 09-12-2007, 04:53 AM

i'm saving the environment

X5love · #5 09-17-2007, 06:06 PM

i'm really surprised too... 20% doesn't seem like much at all

sounds like BMW just wasted millions of $$$

mpatrizio · #6 10-07-2007, 01:33 PM

I think you guys might be missing the point with this hybrid. I suspect that BMW is going to sell the hybrid as a performance upgrade model. Much like Lexus does with the LS hybrid and GS hybrid. If you look at the pictures of the X6 hybrid it's got an //M hood bulge and more aggressive styling. Look for massive accelleration figures over the non-hybrid version, so it won't be so much about fuel economy.

James Douglas 2007 · #7 10-07-2007, 03:11 PM

Even the Lexus are advertized as more "environment-friendly" than their non-hybrid counterpart.

On the other hand, if the 20% decrease is real (and not just on paper), then it's not so inefficient as it may seem. After all, the RX400h is supposedly 28% more efficient than the RX350, but is it really?

mpatrizio · #8 10-15-2007, 10:21 AM

Call me crazy, but I think the Hybrid will come with an //M badge...

X5love · #9 10-15-2007, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mpatrizio

Call me crazy, but I think the Hybrid will come with an //M badge...

okay, you're crazy.

The Hybrid goes against every single part of M philosophy that ever existed.

mpatrizio · #10 10-15-2007, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X5love

okay, you're crazy.

The Hybrid goes against every single part of M philosophy that ever existed.

Ummm... Yeah... You obviously have not driven a Hybrid tuned for performance like the Lexus GS450h.

Brute accelleration, gobs and gobs of torque available instantly via the electric motors, a combined gas-electric horsepower of well over 400....

Sounds like an //M car to me.

By the way, I've owned 4 M-cars, and the Lexus GS450h blew me away.

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