German Car Companies Retighten

The German car companies like Mercedes, BMW and VW retighten soon with their program of Hybrids.
Mercedes will release the Mercedes ML 450 Blue Hybrid till the end of 2009. It has 340 bhp, which are composed of a 6-cylinder gasoline engine with 279 bhp and two electro engines wich produce together 61 bhp. They can run the car till 55kph, their range is up to 3 kilometres but at 20 kph. The car consumpts 7,7 litres per 100km.
Mercedes has already introduced their hybrid version of the S-Class.
BMW wants to release their hybrid versions of the X5 and X6 in 2009 too, but exact informations are missing yet, but they are testing the cars.
Volkswagen tests a hybrid version of the Touareg with 347 bhp. The fuel engine is a three litre V6 with 333bhp and one electro engine with 41 bhp. The fuel consumption reduces to 9 litres per 100km. The car releases in 2010.
Now they have a program to fight the market leaders like Toyota and Honda.