2016 BMW 7 Series: First Look - Cars.com News
Competes with: Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi A8/S8, Jaguar XJ, Lexus LS. Looks like: A wider, more sinewy 5 Series with a bigger grille. Hits dealerships: Fall 2015. Behold the redesigned sixth-generation 7 Series, a car packed with as much technology as a Pixar studio. Any sedan that takes on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi A8/S8, Jaguar XJ and Lexus LS had better be a tour de force of technology and capability, and BMW's 7 Series is just that. Related: Next BMW 7 Series Gets Carbon Fiber Chassis, Remote Parking. Like BMW's i3 electric car and i8 exotic, the new 7 Series will sport carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic in the passenger compartment that helps reduce its overall weight by about 190 pounds, plus new features like gesture recognition and a... Exterior The sedan wears perhaps the largest version of BMW's familiar twin-kidney grille, now with active shutters to help aerodynamics. Eighteen-inch alloy wheels are standard, but optional rims go all the way to 21 inches. Though it's an inch longer than last year's long-wheelbase car, the 7 Series' trunk appears shorter and doesn't jut as noticeably outward. Source: www.cars.com
