Wireless smartphone charging is standard. The tablet has driving information, various seat controls and Internet connectivity through the 7 Series’ in-car Wi-Fi. Backseat passengers can get front-seat-mounted multimedia screens, powered outboard seats and a flow-through center console with tray tables and a removable 7-inch tablet. A panoramic moonroof and quad-zone automatic climate control are standard outboard passengers can get optional heated armrests. BMW claims class-leading backseat legroom, and typical of a full-size luxury sedan, rear amenities are plentiful.
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Shoppers can choose between various wood and aluminum trim plus three grades of leather. (Why pressing a button on the steering wheel was so difficult, we don’t know.) New gesture recognition allows you to accept a phone call, adjust the stereo volume and more by aiming hand gestures toward the multimedia system. It’s an unfortunate development since German automakers were a reliable holdout for physical knobs and keys.īMW’s iDrive controller sits to the right of the gearshift, but it’s been augmented by a touch-screen interface for the center display itself - a rarity among German luxury cars. Most controls have a silver finish, but many functions along the center stack are now touch-sensitive, which we’ve criticized across the industry. The gauges also are a configurable display, measuring 12.3 inches.
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Like other newish BMWs, the 7 Series now has a new center display that perches on the dash rather than within a dash hump.
The tail itself has familiar elements, with a sleeker take on the last 7’s horizontal taillights and width-spanning silver trim. Though it’s an inch longer than last year’s long-wheelbase car, the 7 Series’ trunk appears shorter and doesn’t jut as noticeably outward. The M Sport also adds darkened rear-bumper effects.Įighteen-inch alloy wheels are standard, but optional rims go all the way to 21 inches. The bumpers have a single lower expanse, which an M Sport Package trades for three separate openings. It extends deep into the front bumper, with LED headlights emerging directly from the sides. The sedan wears perhaps the largest version of BMW’s familiar twin-kidney grille, now with active shutters to help aerodynamics. Like BMW’s i3 electric car and i8 exotic, the new 7 Series will sport carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic in the passenger compartment that helps reduce its overall weight by about 190 pounds, plus new features like gesture recognition and a self-parking system that even handles the gas and brakes. Any sedan that takes on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi A8/S8, Jaguar XJ and Lexus LS had better be a tour de force of technology and capability, and BMW’s 7 Series is just that. Behold the redesigned sixth-generation 7 Series, a car packed with as much technology as a Pixar studio.
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