2020 7 Series: What we know so far

[JayPichardo]

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- We will have full specs, order guides, etc next week around the 15th

- Allocation and ordering starts a week after

- SOP is 3/19

[Wills2]

What we know so far is the grilles are mahoosive!

[XBMW6]

Extensive changes to exterior design

[Epiplatys]

Slightly uglier, but no big deal

[vpatel867]

I want this back.

[AlteBMW]

Originally Posted by vpatel867

I want this back.

I don't. I don't want my rotary phone back either.

[akoch]

Originally Posted by vpatel867

I want this back.

Amazing that this old design still looks more modern than the current "modern". I'd take it too.

[Wills2]

Originally Posted by akoch

Amazing that this old design still looks more modern than the current "modern". I'd take it too.

Looks very classy, it's been a few years since I drove one but they were lovely cars as I remember.

[Epiplatys]

I'm pretty familiar with these, drove it a fair bit. No doubt the F01/G11 drives a lot nicer and is a nice vehicle. But looks are a different thing, and not in favour of the current generation BMW cars. Something really weird happened around 2001 exterior design-wise, and the company never recovered from that.

[Jlnike]

When do you think first customers can expect delivery in United States?

[ewoody]

Some new picture of the LCI....

BMW changed some pictures of a couple of options in the 7 Series configurator... (found in Switzerland and Germany)

[Kmish]

I NEVER thought I would ever say this but I like the hockey stick MUCH better than this current right angle! This does not flow with the lines of the car whatsoever.

[timmahh]

Originally Posted by ewoody

Some new picture of the LCI....

BMW changed some pictures of a couple of options in the 7 Series configurator... (found in Switzerland and Germany)

Damn. I was hoping to see them replace the shifter/iDrive area with the new layout, my thought being "it couldn't be that difficult", and then assume it would trickle down to the G30 LCI later this year. Sad face.

[advantage20]

Originally Posted by Kmish

I NEVER thought I would ever say this but I like the hockey stick MUCH better than this current right angle! This does not flow with the lines of the car whatsoever.

Totally agree, the 'hockey stick' trim piece made perfect sense design-wise as it basically highlighted that crease that runs along the lower side of the bodywork then shoots up diagonally around the front door / front fender junction, introduced by the 2007 CS Concept and subsequently carried over to production models such as the F12 6 Series. Unfortunately the average buyer doesn't seem to have a very acute sense of design and probably can't see anything else than a frigging 'hockey stick' on the side, especially when it's been repeated thousands of times on this forum alone. To the point where BMW has decided it was worth to completely overhaul this design element to something definitely less flowing and coherent visually but more stately, more Range Rover / Rolls-Royce like, and likely less prone to criticism This right angle design looked better on the boxy X7 Concept.

[JayPichardo]

I was off by one day!

[B-HQC]

Are the order guides out yet?

[JayPichardo]

Originally Posted by B-HQC

Are the order guides out yet?

No but allocation is open

[JayPichardo]

Well this is new or at least something I have never seen before.

[530iDriver]

Originally Posted by Epiplatys

I'm pretty familiar with these, drove it a fair bit. No doubt the F01/G11 drives a lot nicer and is a nice vehicle. But looks are a different thing, and not in favour of the current generation BMW cars. Something really weird happened around 2001 exterior design-wise, and the company never recovered from that.

For what I have been reading, future BMW are going back to pre-2001 design cues. Single lines and back to clean simple looks.

[530iDriver]

Originally Posted by timmahh

Damn. I was hoping to see them replace the shifter/iDrive area with the new layout, my thought being "it couldn't be that difficult", and then assume it would trickle down to the G30 LCI later this year. Sad face.

I don't like the new center console and much less the location of the engine start/stop button there. Much prefer the current console.

[530iDriver]

Originally Posted by akoch

Amazing that this old design still looks more modern than the current "modern". I'd take it too.

The interior is pretty dated though and definitely pays homage to a car that was designed in the early 1990s.

[Epiplatys]

Originally Posted by 530iDriver

The interior is pretty dated though and definitely pays homage to a car that was designed in the early 1990s.

Yes, the interior is just OK (actually was just OK even back then). The current G11/G12 interior compares favourably to pretty much anything on the market today. So a blend of the two would be great!