REVIEW: The BMW X7 gains a total overhaul to challenge the Porsche Cayenne - we test the M-lite, V8 special
ENGINES & PERFORMANCE
Inspect our telemetry figures and you could be forgiven for thinking the top-ranking X7 was an all-out M product rather than one that’s merely laced with M-car cues. Laden with fuel and driver, and therefore weighing the best part of 2750kg, our test car launched to 60mph in 4.2sec, passing 100mph after 10.4sec. Those numbers are in the vicinity of what we extracted from theThe M60i’s in-gear performance proved no less severe. In kickdown mode, 30-70mph went by in just 3.
It’s reasonable to expect the M60i to pack more power and torque than the pre-facelift M50i it replaces. One of those numbers is bigger than the other, after all. But no, the two cars make the same figures. M60i owners can at least content themselves with knowing they have a proper M unit.Perhaps what makes this BMW’s speed feel so surprising is that outright performance is not its defining characteristic. The 4.
If anything is left to be desired, it is that old BMW Achilles heel: brakes. There’s nothing conspicuously wrong with them, and they recorded a 45.2m stopping distance from 70mph – roughly equal to what themanaged. But they don’t bite as reassuringly crisply as you would want them to in something so heavy, and there’s a woolly consistency that makes them tricky to modulate when you’re pressing on.
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