Hoovey689

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Beautiful, such composure!

LexBob2

Too pokey. Send it back. The guard rail and white lines were almost blurs. Nice engine note too.

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

Yeah the sound is glorious and I usually don’t like turbo engine notes. This 6.6L V12 is something else

Aron9000

The way that thing pulls from about 120kph to about 280kph is just insane. Thats like 75mph to about 170mph. Also that 320kph top speed is about 198mph. Maybe the OP can inform us of the "official" top speed of this amazing BMW, all I know is it gets there in a DAMN hurry, the way it pulls past 140mph or so is just crazy. A lot of the older supercars from the 80's/90's have top speeds of 180, 190, near or just over 200mph but they take forever to get there.

I'm also kind of wondering what sort of aerodynamic tricks this car has, what the coefficient of drag is, as once you start going that fast aero plays just as much, if not more of a role than raw horsepower.

Johnhav430

Saw that car at the 540i autocross event. The "genius" was explaining to me it's his favorite car and for whatever reason has 2 batteries? Like a RAM 2500 turbodiesel? Having driven a couple of B7's at events, for whatever reason, I prefer small cars that go fast...

BrownPride

A great car let down by dull and uninspired exterior and interior design. No wonder you can find a 740 $20K off.

Johnhav430

The 740 reminds me of a Jaguar XJ that I was behind this AM saying 3.0. These motors are ok on paper, but too small imho for these large vehicles....but this is the new way. 5 series with 4 cyl motors, etc. If people don't like 528's, make the number larger, 530. The number is deliberately done to confuse...an E39 540i is 8 cyl., and on and on...

UDel

I agree, especially with the interior. Looks more like a 5 series interior and nothing special. It does not look like a flagship sedan interior.

BrownPride

Having been a BMW loyalist for at least a decade now this is the first time I can imagine myself preferring the Lexus alternative to a BMW product. The upcoming LS is more beautiful and uniquely styled inside and out. Plus, the attention to detail when it comes to material quality is just out of this world. Carved glass trim, hand pleated door fabric? You're talking Bentley/Rolls Royce attention to detail there.

Reports last year stated that BMW internally pitted blame for the 7er's slow sales on its lackluster design. Nobody cares about class-leading tech and all the other good attributes of a luxury car if it doesn't strike any emotion into a potential customer. After all, shopping for luxury vehicles are an emotional decision, especially the more expensive they get.

Aron9000

Agreed on the design of the 7 series inside and out, its about as exciting as plain oatmeal. The interior is really well made though, stuff like the speaker grills, buttons, you expect to be silver painted plastic are actually metal. Once again though, the interior design just doesn't have the pizzaz or flair like the upcoming Lexus LS or a Benz S-class, it just looks really generic and plain, which is kind of a BMW tradition.

Vladi

Everyone rambles about lack of V8 here and there but the true gem in big engines is V12, that is the difference maker. I couldn't care less about 8 or 6 cylinders especially in twin turbo/hybrid era but V10s and V12s are something else.

SW17LS

I dunno, for some reason this car does something for me, optioned right...

AJT123

Holy Moly that is insanity. I've been to Europe about 15 years ago and on the autobahn. Unfortunately we were in a tour bus (with broken A/C in a literal 102 degree heatwave--so I was THAT American *****ing about air conditioning lol), only going 60 or so but it was INSANE how cars would fly by. I'm talking Golfs, not just V12 Bimmers and high performance cars.

ttsport15

any bird strikes ever??

AJT123

Also, I've got to say this and I'm not trying to sound arrogant, Lexus fanboy etc....but BMW's aren't known for reliability. I know they're engineered for the autobahn, etc., but how much of this type of hard driving (abuse?) can they really handle before things start to go wrong? Yes that's effortless speed but those are ALOT of moving parts working very hard.