BMW i7 xDrive60 First Edition interior review

[@alainwan1594]

The i7 shares many components including the body with its ICE counterpart. Hence the hump at the back and overall non optimal usage of space.

[@s.kxx1956]

The I7 still has that full size limo feel that is so popular like the s class,a8 and the normal 7 series, the eqs looks kind of weird and had lost something that this and the s class has

[@slavko321]

BMW's obsession with giving their cars extra long phalluses with teeth in the front is ridiculous.

[@make4all2000]

45% of the sales of these cars are in China, so what is demanded there is decided by the entire car market...

[@londonwestman1]

But this must be the only car that offers your passengers "pelvic activation!"

[@oldirtybastard213]

Its not an obsession… most ICE Bmws are equipped with straight 6 cylinder engines… which are longer then 4 cyl, V6s or V8s, thus require more space under the hood. so its a necessity not an obsession. This EV is built on a shared platform with the classic ICE 7 series. Oh and yes… bmw customers dont care for the short hood - hyunday/ prius aestethic. Sports cars generally have long hoods.

[@slavko321]

@@oldirtybastard213 ok, that kinda makes sense and shows how their EV strategy is lacking. SO much space and not even room for cables. And a trans tunnel. Hope they develop more "from the ground up" EVs.

[@Alexander-ig6jm]

Two reasons why I (as long time BMW driver) would always decide for the EQS over the i7 and the EQE over the upcoming i5: Firstly, I think it is important that I can approach my car from the front without thinking how ugly it is. Secondly, this is a compromised design where a ICE platform was electrified and, hence, you do not get the full benefits of an BEV, but all the disadvantages. It reminds me of early ICE car designs like the Daimler Motorkutsche of the 19th century which were horse carriages with an attached combustion engine - equally compromised designs which quickly disappeared.

[@koenbraggaar4380]

Eqs with it's purpose built platform performs worse as an ev than the i7....

[@Alexander-ig6jm]

@@koenbraggaar4380 Based on which KPI? The EQS 580 which matches the the i7 xDrive60 best in power (385kW vs. 400kW) and torque (855Nm vs. 745Nm) accelerates faster in standardized acceleration tests (4.3s vs. 4.7s for 0-100kph) delivers a higher EPA range (340miles vs. 318 miles) and better energy consumption (36 kWh/100miles vs. 38 kWh/100miles) and has a lower weight which translates into less "built in CO2-equivalent". DC charging time according to the manufacturers from 10% to 80% is 31min for the EQS (meaning 238 add. miles) and 34 min for the i7 (where it translates to 223 add. miles). Finally it offers equal interior space despite being significantly shorter. So again, based on which quantifyable measure other than kidney-size is it better?

[@koenbraggaar4380]

@@Alexander-ig6jm for a car on an built on an ev dedicated platform, with is quite a bit smaller. Not that much lighter and designed with aero in mind. In don't find it to be impressive. And the car is a lot smaller in the back. I’ve sat in both cars and they don’t compare

[@Alexander-ig6jm]

@@koenbraggaar4380 "I don't find it to be impressive" is not an objective measure and certainly not quantifiable.

[@koenbraggaar4380]

And without added options the claimed range on the i7 is higher than that of the eqs 580

[@JonasBerg]

Björn, the part of the massage settings had me laughing out loud! You are brilliant HAHAHA

[@raj2022]

@bjornnyland do you always take the seat pack off the frame for your pram? We usually fold it all down still attached. Would be useful to see if that made a difference to how it fits in the boot as that is way more convenient than reassembling the Priam every time 7:28

[@bjornnyland]

I will try it

[@MrVeeBlog]

It would be a tough choice for me but the EQS by a hair. Thanks for the review.

[@stormdancer1910]

2:50 It has a sprayer... the BMW logo pops out :)

[@matsci]

2:50 The back camera does have a sprayer. The BMW emblem pops out and water is sprayed on the camera.

[@SeemsLegal]

No Thai massage with happy ending 🤣

[@nicholasrigg8999]

This is not a dedicated EV platform so is inefficient in its use of space. I'd choose the EQS, or more likely the Lucid

[@mrmuds8624]

16:57 those icons look like they're from windows 3.1

[@der-e-wolf]

Cool features, but I would choose the EQS with Hyperscreen. Compare it with the "tiny" i7 screen ...

[@der-e-wolf]

@@RANINAGHI We haven't seen what this is about. But I am the driver and only my daughter would use it.

[@jacobandersson3356]

Don't know why but I really like the i7 and would actually choose it before EQS. Think it needs to be black exterior, the grill looks better in that color.

[@Voltsandvibes]

The rear camera washer is consealed in the BMW roundel, they call it 'Shy Tech'

[@Thulebeez]

I7 is nice but would still go for the EQS

[@byddf]

I think, In Thailand, Benz brand image is still more luxury and BMW is more sporty, so EQS may has some customers.

[@idiopatisk0steatore]

Why aren't you using the Yoyo stroller? :O Much easier to use and to fold

[@jadziadax8658]

The backup camera should have a sprayer under the BMW plaque

Indeed: kzbin.infoQ1ocSdakImE

[@HerrRiebmann]

ISOfix is very well done in all BMWs, also the i4. I can´t understand why Korean or Japanese car makers totally fail here... especially in the Ioniq 5 which is a good family car

[@Radium3D]

LOL no frunk... c'mon Germany!

[@benedictuswinner3995]

its xdrive bro

[@martink.9442]

For what? I life without a frunk in 2 cars.

[@Radium3D]

@@martink.9442 for my bodysurfing gear dude. BMW and Mercedes used to be the kings of engineering now they just pile hoses everywhere in a gigantic engine bay. Tesla has taken the precision engineering reigns 100%.

[@martink.9442]

@@Radium3D nice that a frunk is more important than other specs.

[@Radium3D]

@@martink.9442 Think of it the other way around, I'm referring to the engineering of all the primary components. A frunk is a positive side effect of all the rest of the components precise engineering.

[@johnnyg8206]

Love your accents and fun ways of using the language! Show some surroundings, maybe 10% of the video to make it more entertaining

[@make4all2000]

I think that an I7 is much bigger than an EQS, that the dimensions are not in the same class... As for the free space under the hood and the central transmission tunnel, the reason is that this platform also comes with internal combustion engines

[@leotek..]

exactly, compromised engineering.

[@Alexander-ig6jm]

The i7 is significantly longer without providing more cabin space or trunk space. The reason is that it wastes length in a non necessary extra long hood - same applies to the i4 and will apply to the i5.

[@alanhold2468]

Very Yakuza. Lol. Very nice but if I had the money I would pick the ground up EV. EQS🙏👊

[@ziggyyo]

17:28 Theater Mode 😳👍😁

[@ziggyyo]

18:11 Massage function 😮😂

[@mikaelskoglund373]

The EQS will be my choice

[@danmancas2724]

As an EQS owner I can say i7 has nothing to do with EV world from outside , it is a classical ICE car. But also inside. If we enter în a new trend the cars must show clearly this. Technically I am happy EQS has not heat pump because thus I have less parts prone to break. Better reliability is good while there are enough charging stations for autonomy , it is not necessary to add a heat pump în the car.

[@andrewjones3887]

EQS for sure!

[@tymanot]

Thanks for the Video. Ugly monster of an EV.

[@ArasPundys]

Zayne takes it like the man he is 😘

[@mrmerm]

Wagon i7 would be very interesting also wagon EQS

[@fineartz99]

Explorative details in balance. Good.

[@chenwong1036]

How do you guys like the black exterior with the brown interior as shown in this video? Just a questions since I'm curious and considering what is the best looking combination. Black and black would be to straight forward and will not allow this car to show it's potential on luxury feeling in my opinion.

[@willmac5642]

Had a 5 series with that interior colour and after a few weeks hated it tbh.

[@7necromancer]

i7 definitely seems more luxurious and has the road presence the EQS lacks.

[@rkgsd]

8:00 Same issue as the rest of the xDrive lineup which is they're built on an I.C.E. chassis at the moment.

[@TheSirviceroy]

EQS for me, this styling isn’t doing it for me

[@ericvet8b]

Still like EQS more… i7 is compromised as ICE car converted to EV…

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

Not really the i7 was always planned to be an EV - a modular platform, not backward converted. The i7 is a luxury Sedan with the needed presence, that's why it's looking like that. Would I buy it? No thank you.

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

@@ciybersal9833 it was planned for both, so its modular

[@ericvet8b]

@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 so why has it got a massive central tunnel in the middle on the footwell? 😜

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

@@ciybersal9833 in the case of CLAR platform it is. This is an excellent EV, very efficient and luxurious, even Björn loves it more then the EQS. There sonly one dedicated EV platform with BMW which is the iX, quite good too. And yes no frunk and a tunnel in between.

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

@@ericvet8b I know I know and no frunk, but a tunnel, but its an awesome luxury EV sedan is it? Better than all bespoke EV´s. that's what counts for me, test driving all before buying.

[@timoliver8940]

The people who will buy this monster will not be at all worried whether or not it has a frunk - they will have a man to arrange how their designer luggage gets to their destination if the rear trunk is already full

[@0-Will-0]

I have my man fill the frunk with ice and champagne when we go to the races. Soo yes it matters.

[@watataenjoyer]

0:52 i know many people that are shorter than that wow

[@YTcolinT]

Perhaps it could have a rack on the bonnet!!

[@electrikoptik]

The interior makes the already terrible quality of the Tesla Model S seem even worse!

[@alexmat106]

Back camera has a sprinkler hiding in the BMW logo

[@erdalbesiktas4113]

How is the real Range.

[@bjornnyland]

Is that a question.

[@gabrielbourke1194]

If Sandy Munro did a tear down...some inefficiencies would be uncovered...

[@JanSevera]

A lot of cool features, but the car is not cool at all. I would prefer EQS.

[@fazelsiratfazly216]

Try full option Eqs than it will be fair to compare.

[@Char1ieC]

That thing is HUGE

[@bjornnyland]

That's what she said.

[@londonwestman1]

@@bjornnyland lol.

[@tridrean]

❤️❤️❤️

[@tridruankham2657]

❤❤❤

[@rickp6731]

BMW 9 Series will be out in 2024 or 2025 ! Much better car...for $145K starting out

[@Luis-xr9ye]

Neither! 😊 if you whant to offer me one, i choose the more expensive one, then sell it and then order a Plaladium 😂

[@johnnyg8206]

They are not diamonds, they are called crystals lol

[@bjornnyland]

You must be fun at parties lol

[@tesla-spectre]

I find it totally ugly on the exterior. Inside pretty nice. But I anyway think, I never need a car like that and actually noone needs it. These cars are mainly for people who do not know what to do with their money 😂 so yeah take their money...

[@Riptidevulture]

One of the ugliest BMW`s I`ve seen...

[@ronexus]

That hood 😂

[@MAR771N]

the i7 seems like a proper luxy car, but that front face is such a let down.

[@johnnysmile01]

Shit this is a proper luxury car EQS go home wowwww i want this i7, i like EQS but i think i like i7 more 💪 macho man car.

[@Russo6996]

EQS

[@martinthe3rd664]

How to reduce complexity like a complete clown 101: Share components between two totally different drive trains resulting in a less efficient EV, while still offering a ton of different car sizes and trims etc (1-serie, 2 serie, 3 serie, 4 serie, 5 serie, 6 serie + all of those in SUVs/coupe/SUV-coupe etc etc). Rip BMW

[@JulioLuisEduardo]

Why does this car look like a genesis with a bmw grill

[@HanYou2]

any shiny surface inside the cabin is a big no-no. Hopefully the cringy crystal shit can be opted out

[@andreidragomir4460]

"EQS go home" 😹😹😹 bmw will never be at mercede's level, mercedes has been the leader ever since it was created!

[@Robert-mu9ek]

nice seeing you in that executive car with just shorts and a T-Shirt 👍 Suits are just unnecessary, fragile and unpractical. Keep up your own style :)

[@markkoh888]

The BMW design concept has driven from bad to chaos.... It's a bugs bunny with skinny eyes....

[@bsbsbspl]

Tank

[@grahambrown42]

BMW has issued a recall through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on certain 2022 and 2023 iX, i4, and i7 models, totaling 14,086 vehicles.

[@cannygrowabeard]

I cannot believe that a car as luxurious as this does not have a Schuko/3-pin outlet in the rear. I guess the chauffeur-driven criminals do their crime on phones nowadays.

[@nakfan]

ABC = Always Bling Cars 😅

[@mihaicostescu]

Still EQS the king...

[@MikaelKock-dq4cx]

No way! I think all car rewvievs say the same, i7 kick EQS ass like a bozz!

[@PaulTC97]

the king of jellybeans

[@tomektonienieja6552]

Eqs is ugly outside.

[@sergeikulichkov7748]

EQS is way worse than S class. i7 is on par with 7 series

[@johnnysmile01]

i7 is the big boss that's a proper luxury car

[@ehørnchenontour6305]

Blow me down with this fromt Oink. This is a very big Pig nip car. The BMW Pig Nose on the Road 🙈🤓🤣

[@Angelboy99]

Let’s face it, this « executive » car is not for 5. I still don’t understand why there is no frunk with the longest nose in the EV lineup.

[@gregorygant4242]

Many EV's don't have a frunk, why do YOU need one anyway?

[@RobertPuklin]

If you want a top luxury vehicle built on an ICE platform, just get the S-Class.

[@gregorygant4242]

I prefer the ICE 7 Series, not EV cars , but S-Class is still very good .

[@danielstoicamusic]

Daamn, that is one ugly car!

[@MrBazsi888]

too much bling bling on the dashboard. should be illegal while driving. nonsense reflections straight into your vision. together with touchscreens usage, its a recipe for disaster.

[@rubenbraekman4515]

This car is so huge but so cramped inside, apart from the rear leg room the rest inside feels small 🤷‍♂️

[@Dr01d1]

Perfect car for CEOs between 0-4 years old who like to sit in the back, shame that you can't reach the control screen from your child fortuitous should be adjustable! The car knows you're in Thailand and can't compete with the real deal so it doesn't offer Thai massage! BMW always fills on the right side in Thailand the driver is on the wrong side!😁

[@Richnetm]

Not my thing, for its just to big and ugly

[@AlvinBul]

A ridiculous car..

[@ThavaMaths]

BMW will fail to capture the young executive market.

[@gregorygant4242]

It already did , in the 80's ,where the hell have you been , living under a rock ?