Bmw idrive review 2017
Optional safety equipment includes everything night vision to a watchdog sensor that flashes a coffee cup if it sees you getting tired.ĭriver Assistance Plus Package II includes adaptive cruise control, active lane-keep assist, Side Collision Avoidance, and Traffic Jam Assistant. Standard safety equipment is bountiful, from active headlamps to active headrests to rearview camera.
Bmw idrive review 2017 series#
The 7 Series hasn’t been crash-tested because it’s a low-volume product. We’re not sure we want our transmission shifting based on a nav system that’s lost half the time. We wonder why anyone would want their car to do this. The automatic transmission downshifts on its own, based on what the navigation system tells the transmission about the road ahead, for example a hill. On all models, a complex system called Active Comfort Drive with Road Preview adds anticipatory functions to the active chassis with air suspension, while the Integral Active Steering (variable-ratio rear-wheel steering) now comes with all-wheel drive. The steering, throttle, suspension and transmission can be set in three modes, Sport, Comfort and Comfort Plus settings. The technological leap this latest-generation BMW 7 Series made was mostly in electronic chassis control. The 750i packs a 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 making 445 horsepower, mated to a silky 8-speed automatic transmission, pulling zero to sixty in 4.3 seconds. Most popular is the BMW 740i, which uses a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 making 320 horsepower, a sweet engine. Also new for 2017: the Alpina B7 xDrive with Integral Active Steering that combines variable ratio electric steering system at the front axle with active steering on the rear axle, while blasting to 60 miles per hour in 3.6 seconds. Also new is the 2017 BMW M760i xDrive with a twin-turbo V12 making 600 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque BMW claims can blast to 60 miles per hour in 3.9 seconds. That’s saying a lot, for a big car, and the handling of the BMW 740i backs it up.įor 2017, the BMW 740i is available with all-wheel drive. Aluminum doors, trunk lid and suspension help bring the balance to a perfect 50/50, front/rear weight distribution.
Today’s 7 Series uses carbon fiber in the chassis, saving 90 pounds. The BMW 7 Series is in its sixth generation, after a technological leap for 2016, including engineering learned from the i electric car.