2000 Mile Roadtrip with 2013 BMW ActiveHybrd 5

eheath · Sep 5, 2013

This sounds like it was a nice drive - with impressive fuel economy!

2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 5: The 2,000-Mile Road Trip – Review and Report

Despite gas-electric hybrids having been around for more than a decade, and BMW has offered one for the better half of one, there remains a sense of novelty to driving a car without the gas engine running. Especially with the soaring cost of fuel, hybrids have been an easy and eco-fashionable way for drivers to go green.

Normally, the term “hybrid” would make me cringe. Clearly, I’ve been marred by my experiences with mostly Japanese-developed hybrids, which never seem to live up to the sky-high fuel economy estimates and exhibit performance reminiscent of that attainable from a worn out rubber band. Thus seeing the ActiveHybrid badging on the otherwise normal-looking 2013 5 Series machine made me apprehensive. But once I got in, selected sport mode, stepped on the accelerator, and was pressed back into the seat, my fears that BMW had thrown in the towel dissipated. As the car shifted through its Sport Automatic transmission’s eight gears, the roar of the engine made me downright happy....
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2000 Mile Roadtrip with 2013 BMW ActiveHybrd 5

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2000 Mile Roadtrip with 2013 BMW ActiveHybrd 5

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