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2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6 – Short Take Road Test

Want to have it all without compromises? Aw, grow up.

As an all-terrain sport-utility “coupe” that looks like a gerbil head and offers up to 555 horsepower, BMW’s X6 seems like an

exercise in absurdity. To elevate it to an elite stratum of insanity, however, BMW conjured up the X6 ActiveHybrid. Here, the

mid-level X6’s 400-hp, twin-turbo V-8 is mated to a transmission shared with the Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid. This tranny stirs in

conventional automatic and CVT functionalities with two electric motors, for a total system output of 480 horsepower and 575

pound-feet of torque. Fat lot of good that did—we averaged only 14 mpg.

* Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support



* 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
* 4" capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 854 pixel) resolution and scratch-resistant surface
* 16M-color ready (65K effective colors under Android OS v1.6)
* Android OS v1.6 with complete Sony Ericsson UI customization
* Timescape and Mediascape UI
* Social networking integration
* Superior build quality
* Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU, OpenGL ES 2.0 support; 384 MB of RAM
* High end 8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, touch focus, image stabilization, geotagging, face and smile detection
* WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) video recording @ 30fps
* Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
* 1 GB storage, microSD slot, bundled with an 8GB card
* Accelerometer and proximity sensor
* Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
* MicroUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
* Document viewer
* Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41) battery
* Great audio quality

Openness into the surrounding nature is the words I can describe about this house. Warkworth House is designed like a cozy environment for a single family residence. It’s design of a series of stick pavilions made of glass and timber making it seen as natural and open house. The house come in a simple and well planned but with unusually shaped roofs. The middle part connecting private and public...