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Nobody Knows if the BMW M5 Touring is Coming to America

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Some also noted that a camouflaged M5 Touring prototype had previously been spotted testing the roads in Los Angeles. Wagons haven’t been fashionable in North America since they were supplanted by the minivan in the 1980s. kWh battery needs to be recharged. liter V8 in a plug-in hybrid format.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Detroit Free Press ).

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