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It seemed like a strange partnership when BMW joined GM Motors & DaimlerChrysler in a corporation to develop hybrid technology in 2005. The two American companies were working on hybrids for heavyweights�a technology that could provide better fuel efficiency on three-ton full-size SUVs designed to carry seven or eight passengers, extra cargo, and tons of extra weight towed in back.

�The technologies will be adapted to the individual vehicle models but the participating brands will retain their distinctive characters.� BMW�s Burkhard G�schel said. The BMW X6 ActiveHybrid�s concept unveiled at the 2007 Frankfurt auto show, gives shape to the company�s distinctive interpretation of the full-hybrid technology. Maybe in 2009 or 2010 BMW�s first hybrid scheduled to hit the United States market, the conventional BMW X6 is expected in 2009.

The BMW X6 is a cross-over SUV that has crossed over into sports car territory. BMW calls the vehicle a �sport activity coupe.� Its chief characteristics are a sleek profile, low-slung stance, sloping roof line, long rear overhang, long wheelbase, short front overhang, muscular wheel arches, four-wheel drive, stability control, large wheels, and lots of performance. BMW X6 ActiveHybrid will get 350-hp 4.8-liter V8 engine currently supplied in the X5.

With their concept, It�s a BMW first and a hybrid second, BMW X6 ActiveHybrid is the sample how the company is keeping its focus on luxury and performance while integrating slow steady fuel efficiency improvements.

BMW X6 Hybrid�s two mode full hybrid � which appears in American form as the GMC Yukon and Chevy Tahoe, and the now discontinued hemi powered Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen � has been BMW-ized in the X6 hybrid. The two-mode�s motors, gearsets, batteries, and software should add up to a 20 percent fuel efficiency improvement over the conventional X6, which is rated at 20 miles per gallon on the road. The price is expected to be close to $70,000.