BMW's First 'Mainstream' Plug-In Will Be This 71 MPGX5Hybrid

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http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8g_Wulq8--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/guclwuweoc4fhzynvndw.jpg BMW knows you progressive gentry love hybrids, but their 'i-car" sub-brand is a little too wacky ( i3 (http://jalopnik.com/the-electric-bmw-i3-is-the-cheapest-exotic-car-you-can-1671763385) ) and flashy (i8 (http://jalopnik.com/2015-bmw-i8-the-jalopnik-review-1641783103) ) for many. So they're porting their hybrid tech to the ever-popular X5 (http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/2014-bmw-x5-xdrive3-5i-the-truck-yeah-review-1568884051) ; which gets 313 horsepower and supposedly as much as 71 MPG as the 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e. Read more... (http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/bmws-first-mainstream-hybrid-will-be-this-71-mpg-plug-i-1691680902/+travis)

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BMW's First 'Mainstream' Plug-In Will Be This 71 MPG*X5*Hybrid

BMW knows you progressive gentry love hybrids, but their 'i-car" sub-brand is a little too wacky ( i3 ) and flashy (i8 ) for many. So they're porting their hybrid tech to the ever-popular X5 ; which gets 313 horsepower and supposedly as much as 71 MPG as the 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e.

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