IF YOU can't tell that the BMW 7 Series has had a facelift, you might want to call an optometrist. After all, it's come back from the plastic surgeon with a front grille that's 40 per cent larger than before.
One reason for all this grandiosity is that customers wanted the 7 Series to look distinct from the smaller 5 and 3 Series models."That was a customer request, especially from some Asian markets," one engineer told The Business Times. China happens to buy 41 per cent of the 7 Series cars that BMW builds, so make of that what you will.
In less crude terms, it's half electric and half petrol. Drive it, however, and you soon realise that it's all BMW. Both sides of its drivetrain have been beefed up, so it's both faster than the 740Le it replaces and more efficient. What other car do you know can blast to 100km/h in only 5.1 seconds and roll quietly around town as a zero-emissions car ?
You can now talk to your 7 Series, too. Not to relieve loneliness, mind you, but to say things like:"Hey BMW, I'm tired." Do so, and the car adjusts the cabin lighting, seat massager, temperature, fragrance dispenser and climate system to make you feel better.Yet, BMW has worked hard on making the 7 a more soothing car overall. The windows are thicker by 5.1mm and engineers slapped extra sound insulation onto the rear wheelarch area, the better to keep unwanted noise out.
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