2023 BMW i7 xDrive60 - POV Review

MSRP: From $119,300
Range: 296 mi battery-only
Engine: Electric
Curb weight: 5,917 lbs
Dimensions: 212″ L x 77″ W x 61″ H
Horsepower: 536 hp
Battery charge time: 12h at 220V
Packages:
Driving Assistance pro package $2100
BMW individual composition $5450
Luxury rear seating (rear massage) $600
Parking assistance package $1250
Executive package $6550 (active comfort drive, automatic doors, crystal headlights, front massaging seats, active roll stabilization)
Rear executive lounge seating $7250 (reclining seat and footrest, executive lounge rear console, BMW theater screen)
BMW individual interior w/exec
21" Individual aerodynamic wheels $1300
Clmate comfort laminated glass $1300
interior camera $100
Bowers and Wilkins sound system $4800
Destination $995
Total MSRP $151,995
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[@simonmastromatteo5692]

You gotta do a night drive !! Curious to see the ambiant lighting at its best setting

[@FoodKart]

I AGREE +++

[@pofrof4910]

@@FoodKart I agree with his agreement.

[@ChowChannel00]

​@@pofrof4910I agree with your agreement to his agreement

[@md.boujee]

Yeah do that Topher

[@cartik8326]

Why so serious 2.0 ? Full as hack

[@tjh0078]

The back seat passenger space features are outstanding what impressed me was the reclining feature 💙

[@amrdaking1]

Your videos are so relaxing, keep it up! Would love to see more budget cars (Kia, Hyundai, etc.)

[@Schreibtisch1]

Yes, beside this one I only watch him driving budget cars.

[@itsoktobedummythicc8996]

I love everything about this video. It’s absolutely perfect❤ thank you❤

[@Jdm_fl5]

Not my type of car but interior is phenomenal

[@fmj1906]

Saw it in person yesterday. INCREDIBLE!!!

[@Ken_chic-Ken]

I love the fact that you choose sunset drives unlike milesprhr films under the eye drilling sun.

[@TripsandFeasts1]

I have one of these spectacular cars. Sometimes, a full charge has given me about 420 miles, but at other times, it’s been about 320 miles!!! Quite a difference. Based on my 3 months of driving this car, it seems that the difference is put down to 1) the weather and 2) the settings that determine how the electric is ‘received’ into the car. I’ve learned which settings prove best, but I set those settings depending on my own circumstances. It can be a very steep learning curve - and exceedingly time-consuming - to learn just what this car can do. Whether you want to dedicate that time or not is something that may influence whether or not you actually want to get one of these cars.

[@TripsandFeasts1]

p.s. the ‘theatre mode’ is quite something, once it’s been set up

[@Romantekker]

Do you have any tips? My i7x60 comes in January :-)

[@TripsandFeasts1]

@@Romantekker Well, it ultimately depends on what you want from it. If you’ve got kids, it can take quite a while to get the theatre screen all sorted out,as you have to get the esim figured out. I’ve got a unlimited data contract, but it took a while to get that sorted out as some of those sales people weren’t familiar with what I wanted the esim for. The I7 is not just a new car, it’s new technology and BMW themselves are many, many months away from fully understanding their own product. Plus, I wanted to learn as much as what I could about the car. It’s got every option available, so that’s been quite a learning curve to learn all of that. I’ve watched countless videos, many of which are on BMW’s KZbin channel. All of that has been very time consuming. If you’ve got a charger at home, that’s great. Just make sure that you familiarise yourself with the different options available to you when it comes to actually charging the car. Doing so properly will help the battery life. The battery doesn’t like cold weather. During summer, I was able to get about a 400 mile range. Now, it’s just over 300. All the best with it.

[@Romantekker]

@@TripsandFeasts1 Thank you very much for your informative answer! Have a safe and entertaining journey at all times! 🙂

[@TripsandFeasts1]

Another thing: during the summer, I was getting a range of 380 to 420. Now, it’s more like 240 to 280. The colder it is, the less range.

[@achaz_]

Hi ! In assist plus mode, you don't have to keep your hands on the wheel. When you activate the drive assist, whenever you take your hands off it will activate the assist plus mode. Green lights on the wheel means you don't have to touch it, orange means keep your hands on it and red means take control immediately !

[@syazwanabdull4835]

Superb sound system

[@jtm274]

Arguably, I don’t think the car looks that bad. I think it’s quite stately with a sturdy looking front and rear end. For some reason it gives me cyberpunk luxury car vibes.

[@Solotocius]

I think it looks great and the majority of its haters seem to be design purists in general.

[@jamescollett2625]

I think it's bizarley good looking

[@Techinvestor567]

The interior is incredible!

[@RealNameNeverUsed]

15:23 lol wished turning down the sound would be as easy as turning down the volume knob

[@Zero-sm8oi]

In Assist Plus on the Highway you need no hands on the Wheel as long as you are attentive and look forward.

[@j3rmy916]

I can see my daughter loving the recliner mode while im in the passenger seat

[@pofrof4910]

Well, consider it as a 2nd home with the feature of taking you where you want.

[@benlecluyse]

Insane i7 !! ❤❤

[@Owanray]

I would fall asleep so fast sitting in the back of that car on a road trip.

[@goat.as.azazel]

Beautiful car

[@StarryTemplar]

If they can make HATCH BACK VERSION would be AWESOME with BIG Screen TV and Lay down on the Rear

[@AdiiS]

todays car are so balls deep in electronics which will make it so sensitive to failures, my god

[@sdfawe-qo8eq]

what is Driver assist plus? Is it the same as DAPP? What's the point of having executive seat if this car can't even drive itself.

[@donnymat007]

Had the i7 in mind, but probably will take the ICE version...Battery tech is evolving fast and in couple of years this will feel like a first gen iphone and depreciate faster than it should...For someone like me who keeps a car for 5 years , maybe the next gen of EV cars will work fine

[@sholaesq]

And you think they won’t develop better batteries after the next generation of batteries ?

[@WalterDWormack214]

Kudos to you, for trying to treat the car 'respectfully'! (Like how you made a point of "dusting off your shoes", as you got into the back seat of the car!)

[@kennylee9959]

Beautiful and luxury EV .

[@laohac9425]

Interior looks so fantastic but exterior is rough as heck

[@MrsGondee]

How many rattles is there? or like creaks in plastic over bumps?

[@LandonJ2010]

This is the Nice BMW i7 for 2023!

[@user-ql4ig5fi1q]

want one!

[@edmi4816]

The new i7 is really leading the industry in luxury car segment in terms of design and tech and amenities, well done BMW!!!

[@arthurwright255]

The only thing BMW leads the way on is poor build quality and questionable electronics. BMW still doesn't have their life together.

[@chrispnw2547]

Mercedes has been caught and blindsided by BMW with this EV. Mercedes feels cheap in areas of the EQS and current generation S-Class. Can’t wait till the new generation 3-series is released.

[@edmi4816]

@chrispnw2547 totally agree on the MB's EVs are cheap looking compare to the gas models and low-tech except that hyper screen feature which I'm not a fan of, i prefer more physical buttons especially during driving!! The EQ series not wow at all, nothing really innovative there!!

[@arthurwright255]

All EV's are poorly made tbh. No matter the manufacturer they are all of questionable build quality.

[@bigboat8329]

The stupid ipod in the rear seats will be horrifically outdated and laggy in about 5 years. The overabundance of haptic feedback buttons make interacting with this vehicle an argument. Just give us real buttons instead of laggy tech. A vehicle is an inherently mechanical endeavor. It isn't an iphone where you should strive to get rid of every mechanical button.

[@Mabeylater293]

Probably the ONLY 7 series that will actually be reliable. And I absolutely love that lighted crystal interior.

[@jaymum23]

All BMWs are insanely reliable now, mostly because the B58 is the best internal combustion engine ever created. In historical terms, the E38 was a very reliable 7-series. Every 60k miles it’s gonna need some preventative maintenance and after that nothing breaks. Ever.

[@derbigpr500]

Every 7 series is perfectly reliable if it's maintained properly. My family went through 3 of them in the last 10 years, each over 500,000 km, with on average 200k done every year, and they were driven hard. Nothing, I repeat, NOTHING ever went wrong on any of them in a total of 1.5 million km's that they covered.

[@derbigpr500]

@@jaymum23 The myth of BMW's being unreliable is created by people who buy cheap used BMW's from someone who didn't maintain them and then stuff constantly breaks down. Fact is they're mechanically indestructible. Several levels above Japanese cars in terms of how much abuse they can take and not break a sweat.

[@erikh1041]

Doubt this will be reliable with all the electronics it has

[@justinedward4742]

Ah. He didn’t notice. But you can take your hands off the steering wheel in Assisted Plus. That’s the new Highway Assistant.

[@darkestpointofficial]

I think I’d choose this over a Tesla

[@indabasementyt505]

Does it have a security mode like teslas have?

[@md.boujee]

Future looking bright !

[@ehsanmehrabian5163]

I have one of them,the worst thing is no engine sound😊

[@mctatar]

cool car but what is this beautiful green town?

[@LegendCurry-pc2uv]

I'm a kid and this is my dream car

[@Solotocius]

Cool

[@AndersQ]

What color?

[@anywaays6992]

I would have bought one but those rear seat recliners take waaay too long

[@WalterDWormack214]

Give me a matte grey or black paint job, a tan merino leather interior, and I'm in 'lust'!

[@MrSinghFL]

Drove Both this and EQS and ended up buying 2 EQSs.. hands down beats any EV out there in tech and comfort.. plus the range on 108KWH battery is unmatched

[@brq4cars]

2?!

[@addisonblack4883]

@@brq4carssome people got that money😭

[@flowname]

@@addisonblack4883 it's not about money, it's abount wondering why not trying two different things instead of exactly the same experience twice, if you need two things in the first place.

[@ClipCinema123]

reminds me of a rolls

[@bigboat8329]

There isn't a single feature within this vehicle that harkens to a Rolls-Royce.

[@Solotocius]

IIRC, this car shares the same platform as the latest RR Phantom.

[@Solotocius]

​@@bigboat8329Rolls Royce is owned by BMW; a lot of parts of RR vehicles are from BMW vehicles (and technically vice versa).

[@bigboat8329]

@@Solotocius I know that. I'm simply saying that no elements of this vehicle's tacky design remind me of the timeless nature of a RR.

[@Solotocius]

@@bigboat8329 I for one prefer them having more variety in their design. You may not like it, but many do like the "tacky" nature of the 7 series interior. It's all about taste. And "timeless" my ass.

[@kenrosenberg6778]

I didn't see a single frame where the hood of the car went up. I'm sure a portion of this videos audience was interested in more then the interior design, and conceptions of RGB on the dash... This has been seen before(Superbowl commercials from 2020), personally I would like to learn about the engineering of this vehicle, and why its performance might stand out against its mainstream EV only rivals (Tesla).

[@unfathomable1876]

The i7 has no rival from Tesla.

[@bobbe7910]

Thank you for posting this, eveb though im not its target audience. I just love beautiful things. Hoping in a couple of years some of the needed tech would tickle down and more reliable companies like mazda can offer something premium without the luxury price. Dont need a self opening door, a cinema abd other pointless nonesense but it was beautiful to watch regardless.

[@pokeboi9553]

Bruh I seen one of my neighbours driving one of these I was like wtf

[@tempestsquall5882]

My favorite interpretation of this car is the inline 6 with RWD completely blacked out with the M performance and executive package. Just an executives car without too much extra jargan.

[@pascutia]

And that would be the least problematic and lightest version of this vehicle! Totally agree with you!

[@dimalit1]

how to turn off all this multi-colored lighting? it very annoing(((

[@keanencarguez4203]

It looks like a Spaceship

[@vuyolwethusithole]

❤❤❤

[@neho_itme]

remove the front top light and it perfect . . . the rear looks like upgraded old version

[@azdrijanmemedov]

WOW

[@unknowntotheknown2280]

What song is that?????

[@anuplayzz8629]

It feels like I'm driving the car 😂

[@emreonder3477]

Greetings from Turkey🦅

[@faheemabbas3965]

How’s the lira? I wish the best for you guys

[@emreonder3477]

@@faheemabbas3965 Thanks bro. The situation is going worse everyday.

[@kalmmonke5037]

why do youtubers not go through all the fake engien sound options , high torque low speed situation vs speeding after 30 and maybe theres a brake sound , and maybe 3d audio can show the torque vector sound if there is one

[@Aaron-ui9tj]

The interior looks like the inside of a teenagers jewelry box.

[@veronicazamora112]

My Best Freind Got This Car We Love It

[@Solotocius]

What on earth is that spacing

[@Bb-br3xg]

This car is stunning

[@ishb6911]

I have 3 new BMWs with the new IDrive8 and I cant tell you how many times i veered off my lane trying to use the climate crontols in the screen. They need to remedy that asap.

[@faheemabbas3965]

If i were to buy a newer BMW I’d get the ones right before around 2022 due to the climate controls. I agree. But no buttons are cheaper nowadays sadly.

[@brq4cars]

3?? You must be rich

[@FoodKart]

​@DarthV4d3r You taking him seriously... Maybe he owns one OR maybe hes driving an Nissan - who knows.

[@brq4cars]

@@FoodKart Well it’s possible he does own 3, but theres’s not point in owning 3

[@igor1793]

wow

[@RealNaomiMizushima]

Honestly i really like the I7, i like that there is a 7 series electric version, sure the design is not the best but i don't care about the design, i care about the confort and the Performance, for now the XDrive60i i peffer it being a chofer driven car, and the M70 more like a high performance big sedan. I'll totally drive this no matter the design.

[@jouhajohnny]

The new 7 series looks good in this trim ngl

[@zaranski2009]

I will never understand the case of someone who complains about 11 cubic feets of trunk. What normally he puts in his car's trunk? His mum?

[@rezfying551]

What are good cars that you guys would recommend to get it. My budget is around $2000 - 6,000. Gimme some ideas. Thanks bros

[@jackastor1650]

Probably 2000s Honda Accord or Toyota Camry would be great, they tend to last

[@j3rmy916]

Bmw i7 in 15 years

[@vincent308]

Henry Ford is shaking

[@user-be9ee6gm8t]

oke deside own distanation at serten points when or how far you go . so it make is huge diffrent. so . and maybe will find the place where is just feel ok this is good and i can stand here and feel this just mine space. aAnd nobody has been stand on or no one have to know.

[@scrutch666]

If it had a kitchen i would buy it

[@nou7401]

Then go with a rivian

[@scrutch666]

@@nou7401 touché

[@diggernick8628]

BMW Cullinan

[@Gabber10K]

this "design" is for the Chinese and Middle East market, it's not for americans or europeans, looks horible, like all new bmws with such design language

[@nicksikoryak1467]

That design is outselling the more conservatively designed BMWs in the USA so I don’t know what you are on about.

[@chore30]

I need me one of these

[@es4941]

Only thing I care for is those cool side vents in the pillars All those lights and stuff are way too distracting for me

[@erinsutherland1195]

My most favorite bmw....😀👍👍Very nice interior very beautiful

[@blackv2ff754]

creta?

[@Leemac69]

cool car really disappointed on the noise deafening for such a top tier of a car

[@Leemac69]

@@hassyg4083 i can’t and neither can you i’m just saying for such a price and class there is a lot of outside noise

[@Leemac69]

@@hassyg4083 and i actually drive a m340i

[@kaiden_17]

this is just a living room on wheels

[@360milliondollars]

Now I got to look back and see if a Rolls Royce make any road noises on these roads you driving on... LOL

[@piotrlenik7043]

game name ' ???

[@pluto2tone]

It sounds like you have a lot of respect for the car but you wouldn't own the car lol

[@GregChomko]

I absolutely hate the exterior design of the new 7 Series. It looks terrible.

[@siiNke]

Can you put this steering wheel in 2020 8 series?

[@dominiclallande]

I’m really not into these power doors but I guess I’m far from the target audience

[@gorile6944]

Same. I feel like it's TOO much luxury. But I also had a thought. Sometimes if ur leg is broken or smth, maybe that can be an advantage? But tbh the automatic doors are too much

[@b286guy]

Magnificent car! 😍

[@bu2369]

Почему силуэт этой машины мне напоминает Rolls-Royce?

[@arieljajajaorbea990]

Bro if u translate this channel to spanish u can get a lot of people. :)

[@brq4cars]

i don’t think so

[@facemask9270]

$120,000 for a BMW IA ridiculous

[@obamaphone5412]

Can’t wait to buy one in 3 years for 25k🤑

[@RELEVANT2KILL]

Hope you can afford the repairs though 😂

[@GulagFather]

For real 😂😂😂

[@FoodKart]

Good-Luck repairing ever tiny things 😅😅

[@j3rmy916]

Im buying it for the tv

[@facemask9270]

Facts 😅

[@Obiterarbiter]

not a fan of the exterior. The front kind of looks like something from Cyberpunk 2077. The interior looks amazing though.

[@Solotocius]

Funnily enough, the reason you don't like the exterior is the exact reason why I love it 😂.

[@lpmax3991]

@@Solotocius same with me

[@Fudge_Fantasy]

So aggressive on the touch screen.

[@lightlife6750]

Roof 😂 por people role

[@BobsUp83]

This ambient lighting is really horrible, what's next a strobe ball? This is supposed to be an elegant car...

[@gettcouped]

More disposable gimmick machines. 3 year lease, $2500 a month because depreciation, and drop it off right in the junk yard Edit: oh and a TV that drops down and block your view but they don’t include a review mirror camera. BMW is a shit show lately with their ultra luxury.

[@Rocketrecliner]

BMW needs to really consider releasing a base model of the i7 much like they do with the 740i. NVH (noise/vibration/harshness), suspension, and linear acceleration with the EV Motor are significant game-changers on this vehicle. IMHO it is probably the most perfect driving machine out there and there has never been anything like it. Tesla could have come close, but they have been so focused on range that their NVH is pretty poor at speed. They do everything they can to lighten up the vehicle. Not so with the i7. BMW got it right by allowing EV to be part of their equation and not everything like Tesla has. I think BMW wouldn't be able to build enough if they created a base model equivalent (like the 740i), kept the NVH, suspension, and great EV Motor AND got rid of so much superfluous stuff. All those electronics? IMHO it is way too much, something else to break, drives the price up, and adds nothing to the drivability of the car. Keep what matters most, get the price down, and watch them fly off the shelves. :)

[@quintonturner6967]

This car looks ugly and the back end doesn't scream luxury. And with the depreciation in value its a hard pass. The funny thing is some will say this looks better than the LS. Id have to disagree 😂

[@vipermoon_]

You often present your opinion on looks as fact.

[@soldierplays4616]

Would have chosen this over the s class or the a8L but god that exterior looks hideous

[@nikenzzo]

Lol from side is 100% saab

[@eduardoforneck3335]

To me it's incredible how disconnected the designers and project managers are from the public. Who is asking for these automatic doors? "Crystal" buttons, everything is glossy or piano black, everything is in the touchscreen (copying Tesla, but BMW's user experience is so much worse), even the following distance, that used to be a button in the steering wheel they moved it to the infotaiment. It looks like the people that design these vehicles have never driven them. Haven't even mentioned how ugly the car looks, from all angles.

[@joshuamorgado8209]

Not that crazy of a car, In my opinion mercedes does the luxury thing alot better

[@user-uw6nm2li6y]

Это точно бмв???? ВМW 🤔😂