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Black M5 · 4th July 2008, 21:19

With all its specs and on board equipment. This car is very impressive

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"Active Cruise Control
with new stop-and-go capability; Lane Departure Warning*, Active Blind Spot
Detection*, Head-up Display*, High Beam Assistant*, BMW Night Vision with
new Pedestrian Detection, Side View* and Back-up Cameras.*"

canysmc · 4th July 2008, 23:41

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Originally Posted by lyldvlsh1

is it me or does this look like BMW will be paying royalties to Lexus for ever 7 Sold.

But at least the LS looks nicer. this looks like the ugly version of Lexus LS460

From the back it looks like the Infinti G35...

m5rocks · 5th July 2008, 00:41

they should have let Bangle go all ballistic with flame surfacing, new 7-series just looks too plain.

joenjolera.com · 5th July 2008, 00:50

Ya way to plain... I was expecting a more WOW factor! Too conservative for my taste. Its wierd because I feel like BMW pushed the design limits with the current 7 series and now have retreated.

T Bone · 5th July 2008, 01:07

There are 2 big things wrong....

Fake tailpipes! Look at the pics of the rear of the biege car with the dual exhaust....awful
Needs an integrated browser that has the M5board.com as home

I love the new hi res LCD screen....I wonder what the HUD looks like.

Gustav · 5th July 2008, 01:13

I think the WOW factor is in the technology: 4WD steering, integrated hard drive, etc.

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Originally Posted by joenjolera.com

Ya way to plain... I was expecting a more WOW factor! Too conservative for my taste. Its wierd because I feel like BMW pushed the design limits with the current 7 series and now have retreated.

m5baller · 5th July 2008, 01:13

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Originally Posted by joenjolera.com

Ya way to plain... I was expecting a more WOW factor! Too conservative for my taste. Its wierd because I feel like BMW pushed the design limits with the current 7 series and now have retreated.

Joe, I agree with the design appearing too sublime in comparison with past evolutions.

However, your term of too conservative might be on point ,in a different context! We are not privy to the Market Research that occurs prior to a redesign or new product. We, as M consumers are a niche market, even though we obviously buy other vehicles, but our perspective is swayed and maybe too much in the minority vs. mainstream markets. Again, I don't know what percentage of the luxury vehicle market the 7 series possess vs, Mercedes and Lexus, however, the similarities to the latter may indicate some product of their research.

T-Bone! Do you know? We may need some actuary analysis here.

Boy, my post have digressed to boring!

T Bone · 5th July 2008, 01:17

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Originally Posted by Gustav

I think the WOW factor is in the technology: 4WD steering, integrated hard drive, etc.

8 gigs is too small....way too small. I would expect a 500 gig or a 1TB drive..... they are so cheap these days.

joenjolera.com · 5th July 2008, 01:47

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Originally Posted by m5baller

Joe, I agree with the design appearing too sublime in comparison with past evolutions.

However, your term of too conservative might be on point ,in a different context! We are not privy to the Market Research that occurs prior to a redesign or new product. We, as M consumers are a niche market, even though we obviously buy other vehicles, but our perspective is swayed and maybe too much in the minority vs. mainstream markets. Again, I don't know what percentage of the luxury vehicle market the 7 series possess vs, Mercedes and Lexus, however, the similarities to the latter may indicate some product of their research.

T-Bone! Do you know? We may need some actuary analysis here.

Boy, my post have digressed to boring!

Good point. Never really looked at it from that perspective. In support of your post we are a niche market and I am no car expert just a guy busting his ***** to try and get myself into an M - hopefully they stay on the same path with that division

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Mr Janne · 5th July 2008, 09:44

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Originally Posted by T Bone

8 gigs is too small....way too small. I would expect a 500 gig or a 1TB drive..... they are so cheap these days.

The hard drive is 40 gigs.