All new 7 Series

[Almuliman]

Originally Posted by Cos270

I like the profile, I like the rear, then we get to the front....wow. It's like they had a team of designers and everyone wanted a different design element and ALL of them got to include it in the final product. Shockingly incohesive.

This may be what happens when your designers look at the previous gen Civic Type-R rear and think "Yes! Scale that up by 50% and it's the new face of the 7.".

[OM3RTA]

Originally Posted by prompt

I wonder who approves this ugly and bad executed designs

I'm waiting for the comments: "is going to grow on you and is going to look better in black"

Congrats BMW another ugly masterpiece

LOL

It will and it does. In the matte black of the M760 it looks like Darth Vader on wheels!

[surbrar]

Getting uglier each year - wow - feel sorry for BMW owners

[heavyD^2]

I'm not a fan. It's strange in that the front is way over designed while the rest of the car is ultra-vanilla with it's straight side lines and yawn inducing rear end treatment. This isn't a segment I'm overly interested in so maybe this is what buyers in the segment want but to me it's a totally forgettable design.

[ntg44]

Outside is ugly (not surprised at all at this point), but the interior is what matters on this kind of car. Personally, I think it's pretty cool.

But the rear screen's 32:9 aspect ratio is a huge fail. Viewing any kind of 16:9 content which is the vast majority of media uses only half the screen. And I doubt any 21:9 content will actually fit correctly. Instead of expanding to fit, it's probably going to shrink the image even further with pillarboxing and letterboxing. Great idea, looks cool, but execution is a miss.

Unless the idea was to have two 16:9 screens side by side to view 2 different things for each of the rear passengers. That could work, but the experience might be a little distracting.

[Sunnystone]

Whilst I cannot argue with the design of new EV interiors BMW, they arent half making a mess of the exterior.

The only 1 recent decent looking EV from BMW is the i4 and thats basically a 4 series GC.

C'mon. The designers have a blank slate here. An exciting futuristic electric premise and they strap wheels and batteries to slab sided, squinty metal boxes. Wow.


Im sure we'll hear that it'll look way better in the flesh as recent BMW designs have proven that, much is lost through a camera lens.

Goodness me though, its a stinker!

[M8Bimmer]

What I find hilarious these days is this.
They stick these enormous screens right in front off the driver basically. What is that thing about 24 inches of screen?
Anyway my point is this


DISTRACTED DRIVING MUCH ?


Here in Ontario they frown huge on even picking up your phone to glance at it. It's a big fine. Cops actively watch for folks using their phones while driving (moving ). It's hands off for sure.
But the funny thing (maybe) is we have these huge screens to play with. I know in my M8 the screen is quite distracting at times and temps one to use it. I ABSOLUTLY know I'm not as safe in this car as I am in a vehicle with no screen. From a distracted point of view I mean.
I dunno I never hear any of what I just said referenced to. All the talk is about size, functionality, placement, ease of use, apps, attractiveness etc.
In my mind these things are outta control safety wise. A person can do WAY TO MUCH while driving with these things. Some folks can barely drive as it is never mind give them one of these things to play with. No wonder they are making self driving cars more and more. People are too busy fucking around with shit to look at the road anymore.

[RM7]

Originally Posted by M8Bimmer

What I find hilarious these days is this.
They stick these enormous screens right in front off the driver basically. What is that thing about 24 inches of screen?
Anyway my point is this


DISTRACTED DRIVING MUCH ?


Here in Ontario they frown huge on even picking up your phone to glance at it. It's a big fine. Cops actively watch for folks using their phones while driving (moving ). It's hands off for sure.
But the funny thing (maybe) is we have these huge screens to play with. I know in my M8 the screen is quite distracting at times and temps one to use it. I ABSOLUTLY know I'm not as safe in this car as I am in a vehicle with no screen. From a distracted point of view I mean.
I dunno I never hear any of what I just said referenced to. All the talk is about size, functionality, placement, ease of use, apps, attractiveness etc.
In my mind these things are outta control safety wise. A person can do WAY TO MUCH while driving with these things. Some folks can barely drive as it is never mind give them one of these things to play with. No wonder they are making self driving cars more and more. People are too busy fucking around with shit to look at the road anymore.

But collision avoidance and lane keeping features.

[tom2021]

A bimmer in disguise.

[Lance_Goodthrust]

[prompt]

Originally Posted by OM3RTA

It will and it does. In the matte black of the M760 it looks like Darth Vader on wheels!

I think you missed my point
If a car looks good just in black what means?

[OM3RTA]

Originally Posted by prompt

I think you missed my point
If a car looks good just in black what means?

Colour sensitive??

[Chihuahua]

I like what BMW did with the interior a lot, especially the center console; it's very reminiscent of the E65. The exterior is either bland or god awful, depending on which angle you're looking at it from. The front is atrocious, yet another car from BMW that only looks passable in black. Bring back Bangle, his cars still look good all these years later.

[SCOTT26]

Live.

[Tambohamilton]

The exterior is just insane! Side; normal. Back; normal. Front; wtaf!?!? I just don't understand.

And if the only way to have it look 'good' is to black it out, I think that says it all; it looks best when you can see it the least. Almost as laughable as the other new teeth - I mean grilles - where they look better when obscured by a numberplate.

And they "look better in person"? No; not at all. That's not the design growing on me, that's me being resigned to the fact that I have no say in the matter; the car isn't just a picture on a screen - it's real, and it's right in front of me.