Dud: 2009 BMW 7 Series Active Hybrid

Remember what we said about the 2009 Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHybrid a couple pages back? Y'know, about how it was supposed to be an answer to the Lexus LS 600h L, but fell short because it was only a mild hybrid, whereas the Lexus is a full hybrid capable of moving under electric power alone? Same goes here, almost verbatim. The 2009 BMW 7 Series Active Hybrid scores a little higher than the Mercedes for one simple reason: more power. Yeah, we're suckers like that.

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