#1 This is the new, 6th generation BMW 7-Series
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#1 This is the new, 6th generation BMW 7-Series
#2 The exterior design is a very modest evolution of the outgoing car’s
#3 However, the biggest news are underneath the skin
#4 This is the first high volume production car with carbon fiber structural elements
#5 The result - up to 130 kg off the kerb weight compared with the old model
#6 The 8-speed ZF automatic transmission is linked to forward-looking cameras and the sat-nav so that it can predict the roads ahead and make better decision
#7 Options lists are full of useless gadgets like...
#8 ...remote-control key with a touch screen...
#9...many-many tablets for rear-seat entertainment
#10 Apparently, the new 7-series drives quite well too. In fact, it is comfortable enough to trouble the S-class.
I hate styled exhausts.
In fact you can see the real exhaust pipes if you look through them.
[quote=Ferrer;1012812]I hate styled exhausts.
In fact you can see the real exhaust pipes if you look through them.[/quote]
I tend to agree.
This 7 series seems - yet again - doomed to also ran status beside the S class, even considering all of the positive press I have read about it. Concerning style, it isn't that the exterior styling is conservative that is bad; it is that BMW made this look more like a refresh than a new generation.
The back seat looks like a nice place to be.
In this segment the S-Class rules supreme, the 7 Series being a distant second and Audi simply struggling with the A8.
Here badge and pedigree matter.
Understandably so. Also, the S Class is still best (without badge and tradition) at being what the rest of this class attempts to embody.
The XJ is a fun outsider pick. Key word: outsider.
It still does better than the A8, doesn't it?