2010 BMW ActiveHybrid 7

There are several hybrid cars on the market, there are different ways of conceiving them, and especially different marketing positionings for these cars. The Toyota Prius and Honda Insight are positioning the simplest models are distinct, separate, only available with a hybrid, and getting increasingly popular for the single argument. The Lexus hybrids are elsewhere, they crown the range. The RX450h, GS450h and LS600h are the best versions of these models. The Toyota Camry hybrid has a more complex position, because the engines are between 4 and 6 cylinders. But this is clearly the greener of the Camry family.


BMW ActiveHybrid 7
Just then the BMW 7 Series, the flagship of Munich, which offers a range of engines larger than the Camry, because it includes diesel. This changes everything. If the R7 no diesel, everybody would say that this hybrid 7 is great. But because it is diesel, we do not know what to say. Otherwise this ActiveHybrid 7 is the most eco-R7 petrol engine, an argument which has a limited scope. BMW decided to make the hybrid version of its 7 Series, an extremely powerful car. The car has a specific name, ActiveHybrid 7 but it could be called the 755i.

BMW ActiveHybrid 7

BMW, in fact, could choose a 6-cylinder 300 hp, but it retained a V8 twin-turbo petrol, to make its hybrid! The manufacturer of Munich have also been able to retain the 730d diesel ... But he retained the basic engine of the 750i in the reworking, and optimizing the application for this hybrid, making the passage more powerful. 407 hp, power climbs to 449 hp, which makes the 7 Series hybrid car is simply the strongest hybrid in the world. The km standing start is covered in 23.5 seconds. It is a time worthy of a Ferrari, and better than the Lexus LS600h, whose CO2 emissions are the same, despite 20 less horsepower but more weight.

Power Couple 0 to 100 km / h Consumption CO2
BMW 730d 245 hp at 4,000 rpm 540 Nm at 1750 rpm 7.2 s 6.8 l/100 km 178 g / km
BMW 740d 306 hp at 4400 rpm 600 Nm at 1500 rpm 6.3 s 6.9 l/100 km 181 g / km
BMW 740i 326 hp at 5,800 rpm 450 Nm at 1500 rpm 5.9 s 9.9 l/100 km 232 g / km
BMW 750i 407 hp at 5,500 rpm 600 Nm at 1750 rpm 5.2 s 11.4 l/100 km 266 g / km
BMW 7 Hyb. 465 hp at 5,500 rpm 700 Nm at 2,000 rpm 4.9 s 9.4 l/100 km 219 g / km
BMW 760i 544 hp at 5,250 rpm 750 Nm at 1500 rpm 4.6 s 12.9 l/100 km 299 g / km


BMW ActiveHybrid 7
The performance is not the first justification of a hybrid car, which, it seemed, sobriety. We may yet see things in their true light, which is that the BMW 7 hybrid was the most sober of all cars capable of per km standing start in under 24 s! Great! However, the hybrid system is not a great power. The electric motor is only 20 hp. It's torque gives it power, 210 Nm, and the system architecture is very similar to that of the Honda IMA, except that the gearbox is a normal automatic torque converter, albeit 8 reports.

BMW ActiveHybrid 7

This is not the full hybrid in the sense that the electric motor can only move the car, but all other functions expected of a hybrid car is there. Assistance to the acceleration, the gasoline engine cuts off at, recovering energy during braking, and while it allows the car to drink 2 liters less than the 750i every 100 km. The difference is mainly in urban consumption, but consumption is also growing road: 7.6 against 8.5 l/100 km, according to the official measure. The 8-speed transmission is also because the final drive ratio is longer than the 750i which has an automatic gearbox only ! _6 reports_


BMW ActiveHybrid 7
We must also stress on the use of a Lithium-Ion, and that BMW is launching simultaneously 2 hybrids; The series 7 and the X6. But most incredible is that there is no common element to the 2 hybrid cars. They use completely different technologies, even if not original. That the X6 is the dual mode developed in partnership with GM and Mercedes, and that of the 7 Series is also used by Mercedes in the S 400 BlueHYBRID. All this is positive, shared developments can reduce costs. Although in terms of prices ... The sweet dilemma is obvious in choosing between a 760i and ActiveHybrid 7, V12 or V8 hybrid...

For those who can afford it, however, report the luxury / performance / ecology is unparalleled. Last detail, the BMW ActiveHybrid 7 has also long version, with a wheelbase lengthened by 14 cm.