[Pelo Cat]

I agree, many are for hotels and ferrying around people as the intended chauffeur role, shame but also an advantage as it means most people don't consider them.

As several of us have recently seen, they can be a nicer car for less money than an equivalent 5 series in reality, depending on circumstances!

While it seems every other car in London is an S or a 7, outside the feeding grounds we tend to be lone whales wandering the wide land oceans...

It is great to see one once in a while when underway, almost a rare sighting but that makes it interesting to own but it also makes it lonely on the forum as you mentioned due to less people having one.

Hoping others will chime in about numbers and whether they like the 'lonely life' or would rather be one of a larger population!

Also worth noting that for 2016 combined Europe and USA 7 numbers were 43% of total worldwide 7 sales that year.

For 2017 the combined Europe and USA 7 numbers were only 32% of total worldwide 7 sales.

It seems the numbers in traditional areas are indeed declining and the new emerging markets (Far East) are picking up the slack and then some...