When I write about BMW's new 7 Series, that is, the 7th generation of the 7 series, it is even difficult to confirm a cover picture, because I don't know whether it is the controversial front face, or the shocking rear row, I don't know whether it is the 7 series that puts fuel, or the i7, because they are all topics, and because of this, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is probably the most important generation of the 7 series after the early 7 series in 1977.
BMW press conference held in China, the United States and Germany at the same time, the meeting first expressed their determination to electrify, it is expected that by 2030, there will be about 10 million new energy BMW on the road, here is talking about BEV, that is, pure electric models. BMW chose to release the new 7 Series on the day that should have been the Beijing Auto Show, mainly because the Chinese market is the largest market for the BMW 7 Series, there is no one, so think, is it to explain why the global debut is in China? And in fact, in the development of the 7 series, product managers from BMW China also participated in a lot of work.
BMW even said that the design of the new 7 Series introduced Chinese cultural elements, such as the vertical design style. Of course, so we are listening, although foreigners use the word Chinese "atmosphere" to describe the new 7 Series, but I do not believe that BMW will also say this at the press conference in the United States and Germany, but at least it can be seen that BMW is trying to cater to Chinese users.
The wheelbase of the new 7 series reached 3215 mm, which is longer than the long wheelbase of the previous generation of 7 series, and the 130 mm length of the whole vehicle is almost all concentrated in the rear row, but the width of the car has also increased by 58 mm, and the height has increased by 51 mm, but from the perspective of external styling, the overall proportion and aura of the new 7 series vehicle have not changed.
Its front face is subversive design, the so-called subversion is the headlights and double kidney grille, many people may not like this split headlight - the upper is the daytime lamp, the lower is the high beam and low beam, and the middle bar is physically isolated. This kind of headlight also appeared on the modified X7 released a few days ago, and its split is actually the life of the word headlight group. The large-size double kidney grille of the new 7 series is basically an upgraded version of the 4 series, especially with the addition of cold light treatment.
Overall, the shape of the new 7 series must have a lot of people complaining, but from the perspective of development, this design will definitely be accepted, and may even become a classic, and if there is no accident, the 7 series actually represents the future design direction of BMW, at least not unexpectedly, the next new 5 series and 3 series will almost grow like this.
In the interior design, in fact, the design style of the new 7 series we have seen on many BMW horses, that is, 12.3 inches + 14.9 inches curved screen, as for the internal color texture collocation, this is actually how to do it. However, the core of the new 7 series, which is also the pinnacle part, or the part that surpasses the Mercedes-Benz S-Class from the "physical" point of view, is the 31.3-inch 32:9 8K screen in the rear seat, plus the 5.5-inch touch screen on the rear door armrest, which is some of the elements used in the previous FF91.
The current 7 Series fuel version will be available in several models of the 735i, 740i and 760i, the first two models use an inline 6-cylinder 3.0-liter engine, the maximum power from 272 hp to 380 hp, unfortunately, the 760 model no longer uses the V12, replaced by a 4.4T V8 engine, which has a maximum power of 544 horsepower, which is slightly smaller than the M version of the same model, but the maximum torque of 750 Nm is on par with the M version.
The i7 launched the XDriver 60 version, its maximum power is also 544 horsepower, the maximum torque is 745 Nm, it uses a 101.7 kWh battery pack, the maximum range is about 600 km.
However, whether it is the 7 Series or the i7, it will not be officially listed until the end of this year, but BMW seems to be particularly anxious to release this flagship new car, and to be honest, BMW's pure electricity is really not thorough enough, both are CLAR platforms, there are pure electric versions, hybrid versions, and oil car versions. In the final analysis, the new 7 series is still the foundation of the oil car, and BMW is also more focused on oil cars, although the pure fuel version will not be sold in Europe, but Europe retains the plug-in hybrid and diesel versions. As for the i7, its essence is still an oil-to-electricity model, and it may still be a model that exists like a mascot.