BMW 7 Series levels up and defines new standards
The BMW flagship model for excellence lives through its sixth generation and is presented to the whole world with a traditional load of technical innovations. The latest Bavarian uses the “7er” to promote a state of the art technology and raising the bar to a higher level. Aesthetically, the new 7 Series is instantly recognizable as a BMW with all the elements that have always distinguished the design of the cars branded with the “propeller”, enriched with additional style elements that are now part of the BMW family feeling. As the long nose, the “Hofmeister elbow” and the classic proportions combined with new headlamps that join together with the kidney or the main infotainment display overlooking the entire dashboard. Character revealed especially in the technical area, in which the news, as anticipated, are quite a lot. The most important is certainly detectable in the new body called “Carbon Core” and built using a mix of aluminum, steel and carbon fiber: thanks to the use of these materials all together, the renewed 7 Series boasts a weight saving of well over 130kg compared to the previous version and an increase in rigidity to the advantage of handling at high speeds. At the performance level an influential role is also covered by the new and predictive anti-roll function, named “Executive Drive Pro” and in which the electromechanical controlled stabilizer bars are operated from time to time to reduce the roll during cornering and pitch when braking and accelerating, also in order to adapt the response of the suspension (now pneumatically controlled and individually adjustable) to the road, and encourage better road holding possible. Engines chapter: 3.0 in line 6 turbocharged with 326-hp and a 4.4 V8 with 450-hp, for the petrol 740 and 750 and 3.0 in line 6 turbocharged 265-hp for the 730d diesel. A further new feature is the plug-in hybrid version, called the 740e, where the 2.0 TwinPower Turbo from 258-hp joins a 95-hp electric motor for a combined total power of 326-hp and an electric range declared of about 40 km.