This car is to be driven in rather than drive.
Want a glimpse of the future of luxury cars? The BMW i7 is where it’s at. And the 31-inch, 8K drop-down movie screen for rear passengers is just the icing on the cake.BMW’s 7 series has long held the place as the brand’s ultimate expression of luxury.BMW’s 7 series has long held the place as the brand’s ultimate expression of luxury.
Chock full of high-tech features, like a massive 8K theater screen for rear passengers, BMW is hoping the i7 will become a segment leader in the increasingly crowded luxury electric sedan space.Say what you will about EVs being “soulless” or boring, but the i7 is none of those things, and that’s thanks, in large part, to its underpinnings. BMW developed the i7 alongside its flagship gasoline 7-series.
In the future, we don’t need buttons, at least according to BMW. Screens abound practically everywhere inside the baller sedan. The driver’s display and the infotainment display sit behind one continuous, curved pane of glass, and everything is controlled through BMW’s iDrive or the voice recognition system.In truth, BMW has made the iDrive and the voice assistant system so robust and easy to use that you really don’t need any buttons.
And, of course, the sound of all the drive modes, start-up, and shutdown sequences have been composed and designed by none other than the famed composer Hans Zimmer. Then there are all the bells and whistles in the back seat, which, sadly, I did not get to try while underway since I was driving. Passengers in the rear seats have tons of legroom, but surprisingly little headroom, at least when the seats are in their most upright position.
The most notable option in the i7 is the absolutely huge 8K, 31-inch theater screen that comes with Amazon Fire capability. It folds up flat against the lined sunroof when not in use and completely blocks the driver’s rear-view mirror visibility when it’s lowered. You can control all the features of the rear seats, the screen, and even the infotainment system using those little 5.5-inch touchscreens in the doors’ armrests.
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