Official Images Of The 2009 BMW 7 Series Breakout In Advance Of Paris

That's quite an interesting arm rest in the back.

And thats all interesting about this old-mans boat...

Why are we still being totured with pictures og this Mini-Cooper-7-Series???

It's hard enough as it is we have to live another 5 or 6 years on something that looks already outdated and hasn't been release yet....

Is this all BMW could do because people was only paying $300 a month on their 3-Series Leases???

Only one very minor (hardly noticeable) design flaw: 14 spokes on the wheels rather than 15. I want the number of spokes to match the number of bolts or be a multiple of the number of bolts.

I believe an oldman's boat is an Lexus LS not a 7 series.

NO,Lexus LS is intelligence "boat".....

"Mini-Cooper 7-series"

Corolla-Yaris LS-series.
Hows that for ya?

OMG,Audi VW_R8

Do you know what I love about the styling of the 2009 BMW 7?

It's conservative, and that has got Lexus going nuts.

:-D

I love this Rolls Royce-Z8-M1-McLaren F1-Seven Series! It is the BALLS!! I just found out the Roll Royce uses a BMW designed engine! The McLaren F1, yes THAT McLaren F1, uses a BMW engine! That is Fricking Incredible!!

Check this out!!

http://www.toyotaforklift.com/products/

Supa cool numba one!!!

I find it annoying that BMW takes a conservative styling and still cannot get it right. I don't like AUDI but maybe this is the reason why its sales goes up. Too many bad design since E90 3. It really prevents me from trading in the E46.

FIRE BANGLE FIRE!

It's better than Bangle!

Another Home Run from BMW....

yeah right

Hey this ain't no Noissan POcrap.

What is new about this post? These photos have been out for weeks on BMWs website.

Try months.....And from the pictures it looks like years...

Yea,the Pic came from 90 century.....

Love the antique radio look of that interior... wait a minute, that is an antique radio!

Yes, the entire car is....

How many "official" photos of the 7 series are we going to see on this site?

Hopefully no more! We are being punish for this crap for the next 5 to 6 years

Now That's how the E65/E66 (2002-2008)should have looked like. Which means that this one is already due for a refresh. Definitively a step forward but a pretty small step. This comments are ofcourse directed towards its styling and not the technology incorporated.

is that an interior shot of the A8? the idrive looks like mmi with the surrounding buttons. as a matter of fact, the whole center console looks audi-esque. the instrument cluster looks just like my B6 audi. maybe if bmw got rid of chris bangle i would love the brand again. go ahead, de-boost.

yeah but if you look back at the old 8 series the instrument cluster is the same they just brought it back out

So whats new?

To all my BMW fans this car is starting to grow on me I didnt like it at first and people say the pictures dont do any justice until you see it in person but Im feelin it especially the interior I think they did a great job on the interior.....Good Job BMW I think the frontend needs some work but good job.

Come on, this car looks too much like the current Lexus LS. It's practically a copy! The only thing beautiful about this car is the engine. BMW, what's up? They should fire Bangle along with hooydonk.

EXACTLY

*GASP* A BMW w/o orange-colored backlighting for the gauges?! Seems they went the way of the rest of the auto industry opting for bluish-white gauges.

I'm tired of the orange guages. BMW interiors need more colors besides orange.

Finally, updated back lighting. I was tired of the orange too. The display looked very much ancient and was considering how long it has been around in BMWs. I am happy for the switch in lighting and updated gauges!

Submarines use red instrument lighting and the USAF uses blue filtered white light in cockpits I have seen. I find that my old eyes focus better on numbers with blue and white lighting than on red lighting and I do not have glaucoma or anything. Tired old eyes work ok with green lighting as well.

A8 Complex & S Class are still so much superior

I have to agree with you because the A8 is made of aluminum which does not rust and the S-class has the best seats on the planet. Moreover the AWD system of the A8 is unmatched because of the Torsen ® center differential that it uses. BMW has an advantage in the 6-cylinder engine department as its 6-cylinder engines are in line while the 90-degree V6 configuration in Audi and Mercedes engines is inherently out of balance.

what cracks me up none of BMW haters have even been in the new 7 series so give it time it will shut down the game

I like the rear arm rest.

I love the interior color in the fourth from last picture, very warm and classy. Reminds me of the wood that Alpina uses in the current B7.

However, these pictures are the same ones that have been out since it leaked over a month ago.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/paris/2008/audis4unveilednews.html?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..1.*

S4 go to insideline they have the new S4 on there. thought you might be interested.

I already saw it :)

LOOKS LIKE AN LS FROM THE SIDE

That's because an LS is a copy of a BMW.

LS, if anything, is a copy of Merc.
LS has never aimed for BWM ever since day 1.

that's because lexus has been following BMW's design lead for years now...

The last few pictures looked like they were from BMW's Individual division.

The wheel has a chrome strip where it usually says "Individual," making that evidence number one.
Evidence number 2 is the surprisingly warm feeling in the latter pictures.
Evidence number 3 is the different pattern of "dual-tone" effects (except for the seat belts) and the interesting wood.

And then there's the fact that the rear armrests seem to be even harder to fold up. My 730 Li from the outgoing generation has that problem. Even a little kid complains about that seat.
Anyways, I must admit that the rear armrest is better looking than the five-seater Lexus LS. I only wish that they added more rich leather to the door and extensive double stitching in another color (which goes against my theory that the latter pictures were previews of the Individual 7 model).

Awesome car nevertheless.

the orange gives it a warm and comfy enviorment,and i think the new 7 seires it the new luxury king...

In RE 1dott8's comment 'is that an interior shot of the A8? the idrive looks like mmi with the surrounding buttons. as a matter of fact, the whole center console looks audi-esque'...

BMW better had hope nobody spills their coffee on that center console. Audi A8's have a huge problem in that if a drink is dumped on the MMI, start button, trans selector, etc. the car's CPU electronics short out - as Audi located them under the console. Costs about $4000 to sort out.

Anybody dump coffee on their BMW 'joystick' transmission selector yet (X5, 5 series, 6 series) and care to share whether the car required a big repair?

MB's console has only minimal electronics, so avoid's this fate

One of the worst looking cars ever produced. BMW took the wrong parts of the CS concept when they designed this. So disappointing...

The interior(besides the cheap looking steering wheel) looks pretty good though

pure class, another hit 4 BMW.

Two words, it Fugly and Ugly.....I cannot belief this design came from BMW? The current BMW 7 Series look way better than this, come on BMW...what were you thinking when you design this?

The front light look like it borrow from the new MB C-class, and the rear light look like it from a Hyundai?

I guess the Hyunai Genesis is definite going to steal sales from this BMW 7-Series as well. Yeah...Yeah..laugh all you want, remember what happen when Lexus first came out, people laugh at them, and look at them now.

Between this and the Hyundai Genesis, I would choose the Genesis anyday. You want to know why? because I am NOT a Badge Whores, that why.

And what with the front bumper? it Stick out, like it wearing braces or something.

Totally a loser,ugly, and fugly when compare to the MB S-Class, Audi A8, Lexus LS460/600 hl, and the Hyundai Genesis.

well, you totally discredited yourself when you said you'd choose a hyundai over a 7-series. apparently, you've never driven a bmw.

good luck to you.

Did it lose weight? I like the design much better. Much more sleeker. Good job BMW.

I agree, I love the sleek, longer hood. I also really like how BMW adapted the exhaust tips from their previous model X5 4.6 and 4.8, NICE!! These wider exhaust outlets have been copied by many posers since BMW used them so many years ago, I am glad to see BMW take them back!!

And what with the rearlight and exhaust that look similar to Lexus LS?

LOL.....

I got to say this new 7 is really nice, especially the interior, it’s gorgeous.

And, as usual we do not see any German fan boy here acknowledging the exhaust copy of the LS460. But that's ok, ideas have always been shared between engineers, and each one put their own touches on them that what gives us variety of products and creates competitions.

Exhaust tips came from this:

http://www.sjlcustomauto.com/myadmin/images/catimg49.jpg

Like I said earlier, the engine is a work of art. Too bad this car isn't. The E38 was the last great 7.

Agreed.

Again a really bad design from Bangle. Can't they just come up w/ something that looks as nice and balanced as my E46?

Why is the nose this huge?
Why does the tail light look so cheezy plastic? Spider man?
Is the wood grain directly from Home Depot?

I'm sure it drives fine and the engine is great, but It basically looks like a stretched 5 series. BMW can never get its flagship right against Mercedes or even Lexus now.

Alas, who cares, I'll just buy the 3 series.

looks better then the current, not sure if the interior will beat the LS,A8,S, but im sure the drive will...

The front end is butt ugly, only a mother could luv that nose!

Lexus fans really makes me laugh, Like their cars are better,
Lexus = Redesigned Toyota
Looks rubbish, drives like a 50's car.
They copy innovation, they are uncreative.

and what's up with the "Mini Cooper 7 Series" thingy?
Oh! So the LS ain't a Mercedes Camry?

A lot of nice wood/color combinations!

hilarious the amount of haters. the only people who do like like BMW's are the ones that cannot afford one.

Going back through the pics, it is going to be one amazing vehicle.

The car has grown on me except the rear end. Anyway looks much better than it's predecessor.

JUGNU

I like the current model more. This one looks cheaper. The interior looks better, but the front looks Cadillacish. Love the backseat. 7's always have tons of room for the taller people, even though I never sit in the back.

It took me a while to warm up to this too, but after seeing a couple real-life pics I have to say BMW did a terrible job with the press shots, it doesn't do the car any justice. In black, this car will look extremely sinister and sexy, you just wait.

I remember seeing them on X5world.com, so they're probably posted on several other BMW fan sites.

Better-looking than the ugly-ducking 2002 7 series, but still, not a beautiful car. The "face" still looks awkward to me. Well, to each his own, I guess.

it looks like lexus ls460 and I wouldn't think bmw
would copy from lexus

I always thought lexus was a copy cat of bmw and mb but I'll shut up after I see how close this is to an ls460