Hi guys, today I will be telling you all the important information about the new BMW X7, the new SUV from BMW. Since I haven’t got much more to say I’ll just get on with the show. I will also put a picture of one at the bottom of this post.
Like I said above, The BMW X7 is the new 7-seater SUV that was released by BMW into the Australian market earlier this month. It is also the only 7-seater car that the German car maker produces. Yes, I understand that you can get an X5 with 7 seats, but that car is basically an X5 with 2 foldable seats in boot. The X7 is a lot different to the X5 as with the 6th and 7th seats up there is still a respectable amount of room and since the X7 was designed to be a 7-seater, the people in these 2 seats will have more room than in the other car. This means that if you are struggling to decide between a 7-seat X5 or an X7 and you have an extra $7,000-$15,000 burning a hole in your pocket then go for the X7.
Comparisons between the X7 and X5 aside, the X7’s interior and exterior is inspired by the BMW 7 Series (This is rather common in German SUVs as the Mercedes-Benz GLC is inspired by the C-class, the Audi Q5 by the A5 and the BMW X6 by the 6 Series.) Being inspired by the 7 series, you would probably think that it is roughly the same length as the 7 Series and if you did, you would be surprised to hear that the X7 is actually 3.1 inches (3.9 centimetres) shorter than the 7 Series. Although being shorter than the 7 series, the starting price for the X7 is $31,000 more than the starting price of the 7 Series. The reasons for that, in my opinion, is because it has 2 extra seats and it cost more to build the body as it is taller than the 7 Series.
Being a BMW, the X7 gets the newest version of BMW’s infotainment, the “iDrive”. This system is one of the best infotainment systems in the entire car industry as it is very clear, very logical in the placement of everything and there is no lag at all between when you select an item and when that item appears on the screen. The system is controlled by touch, a wheel in the centre console and physical buttons and a thing called “gesture control”. Gesture control is when you move your hand in a certain way, then the car will most likely recognise that hand movement and make the infotainment system do the thing that that particular gesture is designed to tell it to do.
Being a luxury car, the X7 gets leather all through the inside of the car, including on the headliner, seats and dashboard. The seats in the front of the BMW X7 are obviously fully electric and are heated with cooling as an option. The window switches are solid metal and there are strips of metal all over the dashboard. In the back seats of the X7, the amount of leather is equal to the amount in the front seats. These seats can also reclined move forward and backward to provide more legroom to the people in those seats or to provide more to the people in the 3rd row. They are also heated as standard. There are 2 seating layouts available, you can either have it with a rear bench that can seat 3 or 2 “captains chairs” (these captains chairs are an option and will change this car into a 6-seater). The rearmost seats in this car are also leather but the most surprising thing is that they are heated (this may be an option but it could also be standard). The reason why this is surprising is because although lots of luxury cars and SUVs have heated rear seats, no other car has heated seats in the 3rd row.
Moving outside the BMW X7, the first thing you notice is the absolutely gigantuan chrome grille feeding air into the engine. On both sides of this behemoth grille, are laser-headlights. These headlights basically use ultra bright and powerful lasers to see down the road in front of them. As well as these, the X7 also has LED daytime running lights and brake lights. This is not all that special as pretty much all luxury cars and SUVs have LED daytime running lights and brake lights, but the laser headlights are pretty special as only really expensive cars have them. As you move along the side of the car you will notice the chrome line around the outside of the windows and the strip of chrome across the bottom of the door. When you reach the back of the car you will notice the power tailgate or boot lid. This spilts into 2 so if you want to, you can the bit that folds down as a seat so you can look out over the world. This power tailgate is also most likely hands-free, which means that you can just wave your foot underneath the car and when it senses your foot, the boot or tailgate will open. In some luxury cars, you can also do this to close the boot as well as open it.
At the moment, there are only 2 versions available. These are the XDrive 40i and the XDrive 50i. The XDrive 40i has a 3 litre turbo charged straight 6 that makes 335 hp or 250kw and 335lb-ft or 450Nm of torque. The XDrive 50i is a little different as it has a 4.4 litre turbocharged V8 that makes 456 hp or 340 kw and 479 lb-ft or 649 Nm of torque.
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