New 7 Series will get a roof-mounted 31.3-inch display for rear passengers; India launch anticipated subsequent 12 months.

The seventh-generation 7 Series sedan was spied for the primary time in India and is predicted to come back right here early subsequent 12 months. Revealed internationally in April this 12 months, BMW’s flagship sedan will get electrified petrol and diesel choices, in addition to a full-electric i7 variant.  

The new 7 Series adopts a daring exterior design with a bigger kidney grille and BMW’s ‘Iconic Lighting’ remedy, which was first launched within the facelifted 8 Series. It additionally contains a split-headlight design, with the LED working lights positioned above and the principle beams in a separate recess beneath. This design component was beforehand seen on the facelifted X7 SUV, as a part of BMW’s effort to hyperlink its two luxurious vehicles. 

Only two function traces are evident alongside the flanks, with the higher one working from the outer tip of the headlights by to the tail-lights. The new 7 options door handles just like the one seen on the iX and i4 EVs. At the rear, the brand new sedan will get horizontal LED tail-lights that give it visible width.

On the within, the 7 Series will get a brand new dashboard with a full-width mild band and homes a 12.3-inch instrument show and a 14.9-inch touchscreen infotainment display. There’s additionally a brand new flat-bottom steering wheel and a conventional iDrive controller. The rear will get an optionally available roof-mounted, 31.3-inch, 8K ‘Cinema’ display that folds down to supply video streaming through Amazon Fire TV in 16:9, 21:9 and 32:9 codecs. It stays to be seen if this function will make it to the India-spec model. 

The new 7 Series is predicated on a closely reworked model of BMW’s CLAR platform, and in contrast to the earlier generations, which had been out there in each short- and long-wheelbases, there is just one wheelbase now. The carbon core measures delivered to the earlier era to avoid wasting weight have been dropped to make method for a brand new materials combine that features extra conventional metal, aluminium and titanium. 

Internationally, the 7 Series comes with quite a lot of drivetrain options, together with mild-hybrid petrol and diesel, in addition to plug-in hybrid powerplants, which provide pure electrical vary of over 80km. It is probably going that BMW will deliver one petrol and one diesel choice to India , and because the outgoing model briefly got here with a plug-in hybrid powertrain, BMW might supply it with this era too. The full-electric 7 Series, the i7, will almost certainly observe the ICE model in India.

BMW is predicted to launch the 7 Series someday early subsequent 12 months. When launched, it should tackle the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and the not too long ago launched Audi A8 facelift. The full-electric i7 will tackle the Mercedes-Benz EQS, which is set to launch in India on August 24. 

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