| With abbreviations rife in car speak all over the | | | | environmentally friendly as possible. BMW has applied |
| world, its easy to feel a bit overwhelmed during the | | | | innovative solutions to a number of aspects of the |
| launch of a new car, marketing material awash with | | | | vehicle helping it reduce its impact on the |
| terms and codes you simply don't understand. One | | | | environment by reducing emissions and maximising |
| thing you can rely on is that you at least understand | | | | fuel savings, One of the various solutions applied and |
| the definition and description of the type of car | | | | an illustration of the innovation applied by BMW's |
| you're looking at, right? Coupe? Two door, sportier | | | | engineers is 'air vent control.' Vents cut into the front |
| version of, inevitably, a bigger, more sensible 'Saloon' | | | | of any vehicle for cooling purposes are bad news |
| brother. SUV? Sports utility vehicle. We all love them | | | | from an aerodynamics point of view, particularly for |
| and hate them all at once. We love the practicality | | | | larger vehicles such as the BMW X6. Whilst the |
| and security of the big car feel yet increasingly find it | | | | cooling requirements of modern cars are inescapable, |
| harder and harder to justify the size, expense and | | | | BMW have designed a system that ensures that |
| environmental impact these 'gas guzzlers' represent. | | | | when ventilation is not required, vents at the front of |
| So, we have a handle on describing cars then? Maybe | | | | the car are shut to maximise the aerodynamic |
| not. | | | | efficiency of the design thereby reducing fuel |
| Thanks to BMW, you can now occupy yourself with | | | | consumption. Reduced rolling resistance tyres are |
| another type of vehicle, a Sports Activity Vehicle, or | | | | another added solution making their debut on the |
| SAV for the abbreviation obsessed. This new and | | | | new BMW X6. |
| latest offering from BMW is a crossover concept | | | | Along with two petrol and two diesel engines, |
| blending the elevated, 4X4 feel and practicality of an | | | | designed to give cars like the Porsche Cayenne and |
| SUV with the sleek, sophisticated and far more | | | | Range Rover Sport a run for their money, BMW will |
| delicate lines of a Coupe. Revealed at the Frankfurt | | | | be releasing its first hybrid engined car in 2009. Along |
| Motor Show for the first time, the German car | | | | with the efficient dynamics program, the |
| maker is certain this niche vehicle will be a top seller | | | | ActiveHybrid should prove one of the friendlier SAV's |
| with many innovations, referred to as 'efficient | | | | (the only one?) out there, taking the game to the |
| dynamics' designed to make this new SAV as | | | | Lexus RX400h. |