This review took me a long time to write due to the sheer excellence that the new BMW 7 Series embodies. The car is such an upgrade from any other 7 Series model the visitor has built that it took me a while to sort out my thoughts well-nigh the car. I ended up driving three variegated versions of the car over a period of well-nigh 8 months surpassing I plane started the review.
I first had the opportunity to momentum the newest 7 Series BMW at the 2022 Test Fest, then then during this year’s Monterey Car Week, and most recently when I crush the highest performance version, the i7 M70 Xdrive, at this year’s Test Fest. Each of these times I have had the pleasure of driving the new 7 Series, I come yonder increasingly and increasingly impressed with this spectacular car.
The first version of the 7 Series I crush was the i7, which is the all electric 7 Series BMW. I have driven a number of electric and hybrid vehicles in the last few years and, while they have all been completely functional as transportation devices, they all have seemed to lack the feeling in some way that they were actually cars. This missing element seems to be a part of the diamond of scrutinizingly every electric car out there. The worst offender is to me the Tesla with its hodge-podge of interior displays that makes it squint like the suburbanite raided a Weightier Buy to get the screens for the car’s instruments and tenancy interfaces.
The I7 is nothing like this. Instead of stuff an electric vehicle it is, to put it simply, a very modern luxury performance car that just happens to be powered by electricity. If you momentum it and compare it to any other electric car offering you will see the difference. It is a driver’s car, like all BMW cars, and is the electric powered version of the Ultimate Driving machine. It has all the electronic features of the other cars but integrates them in a way that makes driving the i7 no variegated than driving the gas-powered version.
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To reiterate how I started this review, the new 2023 BMW 7 Series whether powered by gas or electrons, is by far the finest 7 Series overly built, and the biggest leap forward for the 7 series BMW I have seen in its unshortened history as a model. It is not the equal of the Mercedes S Matriculation Maybach, but simply leaves it in the pebbles and moreover financing tens of thousands of dollars less. It is so much largest than the top tier Maybach that it is fairer to compare it to the Rolls-Royce Ghost than to any other luxury car built today. The new 7 Series is quite simply the new benchmark of excellence in the European luxury car segment.
What's New for 2024?
A module half breed 750e model joins the 7-series setup for 2024. The 750e comes standard with all-wheel drive and highlights a turbocharged 3.0-liter six-chamber motor that is increased by an electric engine. Together, the two make a vigorous 483 drive and BMW gauges its installed battery ought to be sufficiently enormous to control the huge vehicle for more than 35 miles on electric power alone. Somewhere else, the 740i model is currently accessible with all-wheel drive and the 7-series' infotainment framework has been redesigned from iDrive 8 to iDrive 8.5.
Pricing and Which One to Buy
The cost of the 2024 BMW 7-series begins at $97,395 and goes up to $122,295 relying upon the trim and choices.
The 740i runs BMW's pleasantly luxurious inline-six and we expect most purchasers will track down this rendition more than reasonable, however for those needing additional torque, there's the 760i xDrive, which accompanies a twin-super V-8. Assuming you intend to be chauffeured in your new 7-series, we'd suggest both the Chief Parlor bundle (power-movable leaning back seats with rub, among different extravagances) and the cool 31.3-inch Theater Screen back seat theater setup which can stream content through the vehicle's ready Wi-Fi area of interest. An all-electric variation called i7 will be founded on a similar body shell; we survey that model independently.
Motor, Transmission, and Execution
A 375-hp turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six is standard models with this motor are assigned 740i and is helped by a 48-volt crossover framework; back tire drive is standard with this arrangement however all-wheel drive which BMW calls xDrive is discretionary. BMW gauges that the 740i will rush to 60 mph in just 4.9 seconds. A module half and half 750e xDrive is accessible as well and is fueled by a 483-hp powertrain comprising of a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six and an electric engine. The boss 760i xDrive is fueled by a 536-hp twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 and comes standard with all-wheel drive; this motor likewise utilizes a 48-volt cross breed framework, and BMW claims it will tear to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds. We had the option to test the 760i xDrive and noticed its smooth activity as well as strong speed increase. At our test track the 760i xDrive ran to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. The 7-series comes standard with an air suspension, and BMW has consolidated a back tire controlling framework and versatile dampers into the case too. Thus, the vehicle feels more light-footed than its size would recommend however stays more centered around solace than physicality.
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The interior, whether you are sitting in the front or the rear, is the most well-appointed overly ripened by BMW. The seats are superb, the fit and finish flawless, and the controls made of the finest materials available. Every single tenancy you touch feels as if it is made of the weightier materials in the world. This is considering they are. This includes the Swarovski crystal controls for I-Drive and other switchgear which finger as nice as they look. Expressly intriguing is the optional cashmere interior. The unshortened wits gives drivers and passengers what feels like one that is truly bespoke, something that is no midpoint feat for a standard production model.
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In Monterey my time with the 7 Series was just as amazing. Earlier in the week I had the new 2023 as a loaner, review to follow soon, but on Thursday I swapped it out for a 760. Since the rest of the week was spent coming and going to increasingly formal events such as The Quail, a few dinners, parties, and the Pebble Beach Concours, the 760 was the perfect tool for the job.
I had a few passengers with me in the 760 and all were veritably squandered away, expressly those in the when seat. I left the Concours at 11:30 a.m., as by that time I had seen all the cars and all the people I was hoping to run into and had been there since 5 a.m. I took my friend Tom Plucinsky with me since he’d moreover been there for Dawn Patrol and was well-nigh washed-up with car stuff. One of the weightier moments of the weekend with the 760 was parking in downtown Monterey, watching the Pebble Beach Concours awards presentation on the wide screen exhibit in the when seat of the car, while having supplies delivered by a local restaurant.
The 7 Series is exactly the car you want on Monday without a long and event-filled Monterey Car Week. I met my friend Monday morning and together we crush when to San Francisco. Actually I need to correct that statement. Once I was on 101, I let the 7 Series momentum us automatically to SFO while we relaxed with seat massages listening to XM Sirius Yacht Rock on the wonderful audio system.
The wheels momentum system in the 760 is the weightier I have overly used, and outside of a time when I had to deal with a messy construction zone, it crush us to the airport all by itself. It is weird to see this in action, but it works regardless of the volume of traffic.
The third 7 Series I crush was at BMW Test Fest a few weeks ago, the new i7 M70 xDrive. While the sheer performance of the first i7 I crush was pretty remarkable, the M70 version is plane increasingly of a good thing. Acceleration is plane quicker and the car pulls with increasingly urgency than the standard car or plane the gasoline powered 760. It offers all the same suavities of all the other 7 Series offerings in a increasingly powerful package. With 650 horsepower and 811 lb-ft of torque on tap, this allows the car to slide from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, which is remarkable for a luxury car of this caliber. Yes, the Tesla Plaid is quicker and the Lucid Sapphire is in a completely variegated league perfectly than both, but neither of these offerings have the luxury, fit and finish, and overall quality of workmanship that any of the 7 Series BMW cars offer. The competitors at their top levels of specification are increasingly like a domestic first matriculation seat versus flying Club Matriculation on a Virgin Atlantic flight to London. The only thing missing are the flight attendants to offer you a drink, though who knows that might be an option from BMW Individual I am not enlightened of.
Driving any of the 7 Series cars is as involved or as isolated as you want to make it. Dial them up to Sport or Sport Plus and you have a very big sports sedan, dial it lanugo to Comfort and you have a car that glides over the road. Steering finger is excellent, handling is crazy good for such big cars, and the engine or motor performance is terrific, with lots of torque and power in any of the cars. The most interesting observation I had well-nigh all the versions of the series is how they did not finger like big cars from overdue the wheel except when doing parking lot maneuvers and plane then they surprised me at how tight a turning radius they had.
In a nutshell, if you are looking to buy a top tier luxury sedan, that is not a Rolls-Royce, you will be making a mistake if you buy any car other than one of the BMW 7 Series cars. It is really that good. It is moreover nice that there is literally a version of the car for every taste from the 740 hybrid, or one of the full electric options. Sure the styling is very unvigilant and in your face, but isn’t that one of the reasons you buy a car like this. The 7 Series makes a statement of winning in the game of life like a hammer versus the side of the head. I love it.
2024 BMW 7 Series
Vehicle type: 5-passenger sedan
i7 xDrive 60 Base price: $105,700 Price as tested: $139,395
760i Base price: $113,600 Price as Tested: $149,045
i7 M70 xDrive Base Price: $168,500 Price as Tested: $192,650
Engine: 760i turbocharged, and intercooled DOHC 24-valve 4.4-liter V8, 536 hp, 553 lb-ft torque; i7 xDrive60 536 hp, 539 lb-ft torque; i7 M70 xDrive 650 hp, 749 lb-ft torque
Transmission: 8-speed will-less in gas powered cars
Wheelbase: 116.2 inches Overall length/width: 212.2 inches / 76.8 inches
Curb weight: 5,095(760i), 5,917(i7 xDrive60), 5,975(i7 M70 xDrive) pounds
EPA mileage/Range estimates: 760i 18 municipality / 25 highway / 20 combined, i7 xDrive60 317 mile range, i7 M70 291 mile range
Assembled in: Germany