It has been slightly over 3 months since BMW launched the all new 5 Series mid-sized sedan. The sedan variant will be joined by the touring as well as the tarmac-cracking M5 versions. Apart from these two BMW will also add an ActiveHybrid variant, like the ActiveHybrid 7 and X6.
What you see above is the conceptual version of the 5 Series ActiveHybrid that will be shown at the Geneva Motor Show next week. The company has revealed that the concept is powered by a 6-cylinder petrol engine fitted with BMW’s TwinPower force-induction system. The engine is paired with a 40kW electric motor and an 8-speed gearbox. Those wheels remind me of the design on the E34 M5.
You can probably expect the concept to produce about 400hp and up to 600Nm of torque which is lower than the power output offered by the ActiveHybrid 7. The X6 variant makes 480hp and 779Nm of torque but that vehicle has two electric motors. As with with most hybrid vehicles, the concept also has an engine start/stop system and brake energy regeneration. A production version is expected to show up in about a year.
Look after the jump for some high-res images as well as a video.
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cool rims
hmm~ The hybrid version looks so much better than the normal ones.. :)
aaaiiikkk…beemeer pun ada day-time running lights? a homage to Audi… go audi.
yeah. . This pics look better.
what's with the rims?
@ austin_cipan, the rims are specially and aerodynamically made to save fuel besides producing extra horsepower at certain speed, just like the ones on the X5/ X6 hybrid models..
joe said,
February 27, 2010 @ 10:09 pm
@ austin_cipan, the rims are specially and aerodynamically made to save fuel besides producing extra horsepower at certain speed, just like the ones on the X5/ X6 hybrid models..
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i knew some wheel design that provides cooling effect and/or reduces turbulence… but producing horsepower at certain speed?!!! WOW, that's totally new to me. Is it some kind of alien technology?
@ alien, i can assure you that it's a human tech..no worries~the world is still safe..you can google the information, it's all over the internet..the so called 'extra horsepower' claimed by BMW is only a very minute '1 horsepower' at each wheel at the speed of 80km/h if nt mistaken.. :)
dear toyota. we want hybrids like this.
so much talk from you. go work for toyota ar~