2007 Frankfurt Auto Show: BMW X6 Hybrid Concept

Published: September 11, 2007, 11:57 am

Tags: 2007 frankfurt auto show, bmw, concept cars

Looks like: A hybrid Hot Wheels brought to life Defining characteristics: BMW's menacing answer to the Toyota Prius Ridiculous features: A 20% gain in mileage? If it???s a concept, BMW should aim higher Chance of being mass-produced: Believe it or not, this could very well be in your favorite environmentally conscious celebrity???s driveway soon Following on the heels of the plain-old gasoline-powered X6 concept comes the X6 hybrid. Again, we???ll preface this entire ???concept??? thing with the fact that we???re pretty darn sure this will be at a BMW dealership sometime before the end of the decade, looking pretty much exactly like the images here. The hybrid system is the two-mode variety and is based on technology jointly developed with GM and Mercedes-Benz. BMW says it will get 20% better fuel economy than a standard X6 ??? because they???re all just concepts, no standard powertrain information has been released ??? by allowing the electric motor to power the car from a

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