The seventh generation 7 Series launches primarily as an EV - time to give it a grilling ⚡
It probably makes sense to get the looks out of the way first. Firstly, because I think making this car bold is the right approach for BMW to have taken. You’ve a sharper memory than my own if you can remember precisely what either of the last two 7-Series generations looked like. Secondly, I think the once-controversial Bangle-era aged with pretty reasonable grace, so let’s give this one the benefit of the doubt for now.
It's four-wheel drive, with a 313hp motor on the rear axle and a 258hp motor up front. The maximum peaks when they combine are 544hp and 550lb ft, enough to hustle its 2,640kg to 62mph in 4.7secs with the top speed predictably – sensibly – limited to 149mph. The battery offers a useable 101.7kWh capacity for a claimed range of up to 387 miles; peak charging is currently 195kW, enough to add 100 miles in ten minutes.
But find it and it toughens the car up to just the right degree, bringing smarter body control and neater steering. What doesn’t alter very noticeably is the drivetrain, with acceleration never especially crazy whichever mode you’re in, and while pulling the left-hand paddle brings a potent boost function and activates Launch Control, it feels like the wham-bam, neck-smacking acceleration other EVs offer has been ironed out. Be it intentionally or simply due to the 2.6-tonne kerb weight.
Think you don’t care about such tech? BMW’s epic application of it wins you round. From the clever cost-saving of an original C4 Cactus to the gobsmacking aero of a 992 GT3 RS, us car folk can find different things to get excited about depending on their context. I took this i7 along to Werke magazine’s BMW cars and coffee event and guests who’d turned up in some real antidotes to current BMW design – a subtly modified E30, a green-over-tan E39 M5 – all pored over the i7 and begged for a seat.
Moreover, BMW could have gone for an SUV halo car – the iX briefly filled the role of one, perhaps – but it’s remained faithful to its saloon roots by giving us this. Whatever you make of the looks, it’s morr memorable than Mercedes’ soap bar EQS, too. Though the i7’s 0.24 Cd aero is beaten by the EQS’s 0.20, helping along the latter’s much more palatable range figure.
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