The seventh-generation BMW 7 Series is expected to be officially released on April 20, before bmw officially opened a pre-production prototype for foreign media testing, so we can also learn more about the car in advance.
The model code of the seventh-generation BMW 7 Series is G70, and its size is larger than the current 6th-generation BMW 7 Series, with a wheelbase of more than 3000 mm and a vehicle size increase of about 100 mm to about 5400 mm, which also makes it the largest BMW at present. Since the prototype is still in the confidential stage, the exterior styling is still approved for full camouflage camouflage, but it can be seen that the new 7 series is still using the standard sedan proportion design.
In the interior, the dashboard of the new 7 Series will use a new large-screen design, but because the test drive model is still camouflaged in the car, the specific design cannot be fully seen, but from the general outline of the camouflage, the curved screen can almost be solid. In any case, the interior theme of the new 7 Series is certainly not worse than the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class, and it will also form a significant generation difference with the previous generation of 7 Series.
However, the improvement of the rear space of the new 7 series has definitely improved qualitatively, in addition to the significant increase in space, BMW said that in the second row of the new 7 series, it will provide a cinema-grade screen up to 31 inches, and the touch screen will also be used on the rear door panel to control the window lifting and other functions. And foreign media said that after the actual use, the back seat of the new 7 series is particularly comfortable, almost reaching the level of Guste, which also shows that the cooperation between BMW and Rolls-Royce is becoming more and more skilled.
In terms of driving experience, BMW's new 7 Series uses the same air suspension as Rolls-Royce Gusset, and optionally uses the 48V motor control of the active anti-roll bar, it can be said that on the basis of the previous generation of 7 Series, the vehicle driving control texture has been improved. Through these changes, it can be seen that BMW still has not given up its insistence on vehicle handling in the era of pure electricity.
In terms of powertrain, foreign media test drive is the V8 version of the new 7 series, if there is no accident, the V8 engine will be the top power of the new 7 series, the previous V12 probability will disappear. Although BMW did not give the specific parameters of the engine, we all know that BMW's V8 is the 4.4T, and on the M5, the engine can squeeze out more than 600 horsepower, and the potential is unfathomable.
In fact, foreign media said that accelerating to 150-160 km / h on the speedless highway in Germany is very easy, even difficult to notice, and it is easy for a bold and careful person to easily increase the speed to 250 km / h.
On this generation of the new 7 series, BMW also developed the i7, that is, the pure electric version of the 7 series, but because the BMW new 7 series is based on the CLAR platform development, the i7 is not derived from the pure electric platform like the Mercedes-Benz EQS, so the i7 still retains the middle channel. From this point of view, in fact, BMW still wants to focus on its own fuel vehicles, or very stubborn.