Review: BMW 760i

One glance at the tested model - a 760i, the second-most expensive of four trim levels of BMW's 2006 7 Series - certainly offered the prospect of many happy motoring days ahead. Everything on the car looks bigger than life.

The monster-size, 20-inch performance tires look like rock crushers, with the rubber wrapped around alloy wheels that seem to contain 20 spokes each.

Those big tires make the 760i seem like it has the dimensions of a mini-limo, yet it actually falls just short of 200 inches in length.

The engine driving all this is a 6-liter, quad-cam V-12 with 48 valves. Those big numbers generate even more big numbers: 438 horsepower and 444 foot-pounds of torque stepping up at just under 4,000 revolutions per minute.

Full review here

Steve - 5/18/2006 8:23:06 PM

+1 Boost

That picture caught the one angle from which the 7 looks good. In a profile shot, the trunk still looks awkward and gagly. From the front, the face still looks "off". iDrive is still there, and hated by most customers.

I have no doubt that EVENTUALLY, BMW will get it right. But it will take a few more tries.

Steve - 5/18/2006 8:23:06 PM

+1 Boost

That picture caught the one angle from which the 7 looks good. In a profile shot, the trunk still looks awkward and gagly. From the front, the face still looks "off". iDrive is still there, and hated by most customers.

I have no doubt that EVENTUALLY, BMW will get it right. But it will take a few more tries.

L0RD0FTHER1NGS - 5/24/2006 8:44:22 AM

+1 Boost

Forget what you herd the S-Class kills all the cars in its segment, the 7-series ain't nothing.