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0:00this is the new 2023 BMW i7 and it's one
0:06of the most impressive luxury cars I've
0:08ever been around this car is a big deal
0:11for one it's the new fully redesigned
0:13BMW 7 Series so a new look new features
0:16new technology new everything and this
0:19is the new fully electric model the i7
0:22today I'm going to review this car and
0:24show you all of its many quirks and
0:27features
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1:26all right time for the quirks and
1:29features the new BMW 7 Series the
1:31electric one the i7 there are a lot of
1:35quirks and features to cover but let's
1:36start with one of the coolest and that
1:38would be the doors now you walk up to
1:40the doors and you see there's a little
1:41panel on the side where you can insert
1:43your hand and then just open it normally
1:45which you can do if you're a loser I say
1:50that because you also have another
1:51cooler way to open the door and that is
1:53a little button directly to the left of
1:55the door opening panel you push it and
1:58the door pops open for a second and then
2:01it opens automatically from there take
2:04another look at that I pressed the
2:06little button the door pops open for a
2:08second and then it waits and opens fully
2:11automatically so I can climb inside and
2:13of course once you're inside you can
2:15also close the door automatically which
2:17I will show you in a second but if
2:19you've watched my videos you're
2:20realizing that power opening doors are
2:23starting to become fairly really common
2:25on new luxury cars not all that special
2:27however these power opening doors are
2:31more exciting than any others and the
2:34reason for that is that these doors are
2:36smarter than any others okay check this
2:38out I press the button to open the door
2:40it pops open I move out of the way and
2:42then it opens up all the way so I can
2:44climb inside pretty standard but if I
2:47press the button to open the door and
2:48then stand next to the door watch this
2:51it will only open as far as I am it
2:55won't open all the way because it knows
2:59that I'm there if you look on the side
3:01of this car you will see a series of
3:03little sensors on the rocker panel sort
3:05of like parking sensors but on the side
3:07when you have that over on the passenger
3:09side as well you also have another
3:10sensor in the door handle where you
3:13press the button to open the door and
3:15all of those are looking at the side of
3:17the car to make sure the door doesn't
3:18open up and hit something and so the
3:21door only opens as far as it can open
3:24before it might hit something and the
3:26sensors will let it know when it has to
3:28stop which is pretty cool but anyway
3:31next we move inside the i7 where you
3:33will quickly discover that the rear of
3:35this car has an enormous array of quirks
3:38and features and let's start with the
3:40door panel where you have three separate
3:42controls to open and close the door this
3:45upper one is the butt new press to open
3:47or close the door automatically so you
3:49push that the door opens push it again
3:51the door closes that is the automatic
3:53function which is what you'll probably
3:54use most of the time now below that in
3:56the middle of the door panel you have
3:57this black button you can press that and
3:59it just pops the door open and from
4:01there you can push it open the rest of
4:03the way manually if you desire but there
4:05is also another door opener in here and
4:08it's hidden lower in the door panel this
4:10is a manual latch to get out of the door
4:13because all the rest of this stuff is
4:14electronic in case that breaks or the
4:16battery dies you can pull on this manual
4:18release to manually mechanically open
4:21the door if all else fails three
4:23separate door controls on the door panel
4:25and yet that's not the most interesting
4:27thing on the door panel that owner goes
4:30to the screen this tablet screen is
4:33included on the door panel on both sides
4:36in the back of this car now previous BMW
4:387 Series models had a screen tablet that
4:41came down from the center console
4:43armrest and you could take it out and
4:45play with it in the back now they've
4:46dropped all that rear passengers have
4:48their own tablet integrated into their
4:50door panel and it's a touch screen and
4:53you can do a lot of stuff with it the
4:55obvious one is of course climate control
4:56you go into the climate settings and you
4:59can change the fan speed change the
5:00temperature turn on your heated and
5:02cooled seats all of your rear seat
5:04climate functions but there's a lot more
5:07integrated into this screen you can
5:08change the music for the entire car
5:10after all sitting back here you're being
5:12chauffeured you control the music you
5:15can answer telephone calls as you can
5:17see you can also control seat
5:18positioning back here you can move the
5:20seats forward or backward to make them
5:22as comfortable as possible you can turn
5:24on heated or cooled rear seats which is
5:28a pretty nice touch for rear seats and
5:30you can even turn on massaging rear
5:32seats which is an extra special luxury
5:34touch that not too many cars have except
5:37for the very top luxury vehicles but
5:39unquestionably the craziest thing you
5:42can do with these rear screens is deploy
5:45the rear theater there's a little menu
5:48in these screens to fold down the rear
5:51theater you press that in a 31 inch
5:54screen deploys from the ceiling you can
5:56see it fold down here a massive screen
5:59that spans the entire rear of the car
6:02folds down and rear passengers now have
6:05a theater screen that they can look at
6:07instead of tiny little individual
6:09screens on the backs of front seats like
6:10most cars a giant theater screen to
6:13watch movies or whatever else you want
6:15to do back here and there's even a
6:17theater mode if you fold down the screen
6:19using theater mode not only does the
6:21screen fall down but all of the sun
6:23shades and blinds in back go up to make
6:26it dark almost like you're actually in a
6:28theater when you're simply sitting in
6:30the back of your BMW sedan it's a truly
6:34incredible feature and a truly
6:35incredible rear screen but anyway beyond
6:37all the screens of the technology back
6:39here there is still more fantastic
6:41luxury to cover in the rear of the new
6:44i7 you fold down this Center console
6:47it's an armrest but at the top part you
6:49can see it's also a wireless charger
6:51which is rare for rear seat passengers
6:53to have a wireless charging pad but you
6:55do here now you can also extend this
6:57panel out and you will see cup holders
6:59come out from it as well which obviously
7:01gives you a place to store your drink
7:03back here man just in case you want even
7:05more luxury the headrests aren't just
7:07headrests they have pillows strapped to
7:09them fluffy pillows that allow you to
7:12lie back in extreme comfort and stare at
7:15your theater screen surrounded by closed
7:18blinds while you're being driven along
7:20in the news 7 Series but anyway next we
7:23move up front in the new i7 where there
7:25is a lot more quick and feature
7:27craziness up here starting with closing
7:30the door once again you have the same
7:31three buttons you did in the back the
7:34little black button to pop the door open
7:35the little mechanical release underneath
7:37everything kind of hidden and the power
7:39door button but this time it's located
7:42here on this little panel to the left of
7:44the steering wheel and it's not a button
7:45at all it's a touch pad you press it and
7:48then the door closes or opens not
7:50actually like a button same deal over on
7:51the passenger side also a touch pad sort
7:54of at the end of this trim on the
7:56dashboard you press it to open or close
7:57the door and in fact this trim on the
8:00dashboard very much worthy of mention
8:02because it's one of the most unusual
8:04things in this interior for one thing
8:06look at it it's all sorts of lines and
8:08angles and triangles all throughout the
8:11dashboard to the left of the steering
8:12wheel and to the right it's just one big
8:14piece of kind of odd unusual design in
8:17this car's interior that is certainly
8:19distinctive doesn't look like basically
8:20anything else but there's a lot more
8:23quirkiness to this panel for one thing
8:25it hides the climate control vents
8:27they're located well here you can't even
8:29see them they're underneath the panel
8:31this tiny little opening is all you have
8:34for climate control vents in this car
8:35they're totally hidden so there's no big
8:38vents steering you in the face in this
8:40dashboard like there is in basically
8:42every other car interestingly to move
8:44around these climate vents you have this
8:46odd little Control located here in the
8:49center for the two Center vents you move
8:51it up and down and left and right and it
8:54does what it's supposed to but it's kind
8:55of a strange control and you can't
8:57actually see the vents working although
8:59they do move when you move that control
9:01it's all very hidden the other
9:03interesting climate vent control is this
9:05one here this little screen slider lets
9:08you choose how much air is coming out of
9:10the climate vent so instead of a little
9:11dial in your car to block off the vendor
9:13to open it up here it's this screen
9:15slider and they have one for each vent
9:17all four screen sliders to open or close
9:21the climate vents kind of interesting
9:22also interesting in this vicinity and on
9:25this Jagged Edge panel you have this
9:28button which opens the glove box you tap
9:30it and the glove box opens right up as
9:32you can see not a traditional glove box
9:34latch but possibly the strangest thing
9:36in this Jagged Edge interior panel is
9:39the hazard lights they're mounted right
9:41here in the center you can see the
9:42universal symbol for them but you put
9:43them on and the entire panel flashes
9:47with the hazard lights not just the
9:49button itself or the turn signals in the
9:51gauge cluster the whole panel turns on
9:53and flashes to let you know your hazard
9:55lights are on which is rather
9:57distinctive never really seen that
9:58before in any other car but that's the
10:00situation here but anyway next up on the
10:02subject of quirks and features there is
10:04so much more to cover in here starting
10:06with the crystal controls in the center
10:09console the gear selector is this little
10:12switch in the center which is Crystal
10:14you move it back or forward for reverse
10:16and drive very unusual same deal with
10:18the start stop button directly above it
10:20you can see it's like mirrored Crystal
10:21and the volume knob for the stereo which
10:24is also in the center and also Crystal
10:26and unusual the last Crystal control in
10:29here is this giant Circle which you can
10:31see through it reflects light that's the
10:33control for the infotainment system and
10:35you can move it to the left right this
10:37wheel around up down whatever to control
10:40the infotainment system so various
10:42Crystal controls it here to add to the
10:44luxurious Ambiance but
10:46speaking of the infotainment system it
10:49has a lot of interesting quirks and
10:51features too some really weird ones in
10:54fact probably the strangest is an app
10:56called the clock 2 which appears on your
10:58home screen and tells you the time but
11:01it's written out in this like word
11:03puzzle I looked this up but apparently
11:05Clock Two is this trendy new thing that
11:07calls itself part art object and part
11:10poetic time display and they've
11:13integrated it into the infotainment
11:15system in this car so you could have
11:16your art object poetic time display or
11:19you can just look at the regular time if
11:22you want to and then there are the
11:24different modes in your plebeian car you
11:27probably have a comfort mode and a sport
11:29mode this has that too but it also has a
11:33digital art mode that is one of the
11:36modes of this car and if you select it a
11:38piece of unique digital art made just
11:40for this car shows up on all of the
11:43screens you can see it throughout the
11:45car and the ambient lighting changes
11:47color to match that digital art as well
11:49so there's not just a normal mode and a
11:52sport mode but also a digital art mode
11:54that displays a specific Unique Piece of
11:57digital art which is certainly a new one
12:00to me and here's another new one this
12:03car has an interior camera now some
12:06minivans have an interior camera so you
12:08can look at your children in the back
12:09and see what they're doing that's not
12:11what this one is for instead this will
12:14take a picture in your interior if for
12:16some reason you're driving along and you
12:18want to take a picture of all the people
12:19in your car you can do that with this
12:21interior camera check out the settings
12:24you can take a picture you can use a
12:25burst mode take a bunch of pictures you
12:27can set up a self-timer or you can
12:29program it to only take a picture when
12:32you're looking at it and smiling it will
12:33recognize that you're finally smiling
12:35and then immediately take the picture
12:37and that it will save it this is the
12:39picture of me smiling that I've just
12:41taken and it's saved into the car I have
12:44no idea why you might want this but you
12:46have it in the new 7 Series and there's
12:49more one of the other apps in this
12:51infotainment system is YouTube you can
12:54pull up YouTube and as long as you're in
12:55park you can watch while you're sitting
12:58here which is actually more useful than
13:00you might think because if you're
13:02charging in this car you've stopped
13:03somewhere to charge up you might want to
13:05watch YouTube while you're charging and
13:07you can do that through a built-in app
13:09in the car here's another cool app
13:12uneven Road surface apparently this car
13:15will remember where potholes are and you
13:17can turn the uneven Road surface app to
13:19make sure that it reminds you every time
13:21you're approaching a pothole and that
13:23way you can steer around it or remember
13:25that it's there and avoid it thanks to
13:28an app that your car has in fact this
13:31infotainment system is really fantastic
13:32in a lot of ways very responsive very
13:34intuitive I really like these features
13:36and all the others the only drawback is
13:38climate controls they've been integrated
13:40entirely into the screen and you have to
13:42go into a climate menu to do basically
13:44everything you can change the
13:46temperature on on the home screen as you
13:47can see but everything else requires you
13:49press climate menu and then go into this
13:51bizarre screen of a lot of different
13:54like menu switches which looks
13:57intimidating and kind of annoying
13:58basically every other car displays this
14:01stuff better than this long list of
14:03toggle switches it's not really an ideal
14:05situation to figure out exactly what
14:07you're changing since everything is the
14:09same size and shape and there's a lot of
14:11things but anyway on to the other big
14:13screen in the front of this car that
14:15would be the gauge cluster screen Which
14:16is impressively configurable far more
14:19than in BMW models before you can adjust
14:21the gauge cluster screen to show all
14:23sorts of different items a map you can
14:25see your range various different pieces
14:27of information driver assistance systems
14:29or you can set it to the augmented
14:31reality display which basically just
14:33looks like a camera is showing you
14:35what's in front of you which seems kind
14:38of redundant but it's useful when you're
14:40using the navigation system check this
14:42out the navigation system is actually
14:44showing you on the screen where you you
14:47need to be turning and that way you'll
14:48never miss a turn because it's showing
14:50you in real time right in front of you
14:52where your turn is and where you're
14:54going which could be surprisingly useful
14:56a lot easier than just following Along
14:58on a map you can also use the gauge
15:00cluster display screen to cycle through
15:01various different options for your heads
15:03up display which is projected onto the
15:05windshield in front of you and it shows
15:07a large variety of different
15:08configurations and screens that you can
15:10choose from my very favorite is the
15:12sport mode screen which has well this is
15:15what it shows and BMW says it's supposed
15:18to look like a fighter jet and while
15:19you're driving you can see it changes as
15:21you drive sportier and I guess it's
15:23supposed to be a g meter slash fighter
15:25jet looking thing in one which is
15:28unusual you don't usually have that
15:29level of configurability with your heads
15:31up display but you do here and there's
15:34still more to cover in here another
15:36interesting Quirk is the lock unlock
15:38buttons which are not buttons but rather
15:40capacitive touch pads on this Crystal
15:43looking Jagged Edge panel mounted on the
15:46door where you just tap for lock and
15:48unlock and it locks and unlocks which is
15:50kind of cool you can see you also have
15:51your memory settings over here too again
15:53not a button just capacitive touch you
15:55also have your seat controls over here
15:57another Crystal controller which looks
16:00very cool far better than the standard
16:02boring seat control and also on the door
16:05panel you have the speaker cover which
16:07is very eye-catching kind of a cool
16:09futuristic design that helps draw your
16:11attention to it serving more than just
16:13function but also kind of creates cool
16:15Ambiance in this interior and one other
16:17interesting control up here is a pedal
16:19on the steering wheel which doesn't seem
16:22to make sense at first because this car
16:23doesn't have a transmission with gears
16:25but it's a boost paddle if you pull the
16:28Boost pedal you get 10 seconds of boost
16:31where you have extra acceleration
16:33obviously this will probably deplete
16:34range quicker but it gives you like an
16:36extra punch of speed in case you need to
16:38merge or pass somebody you have your
16:40Boost pedal now also worth pointing out
16:42you have your controls for the driver
16:44Assist Technology in this car on the
16:46steering wheel over on the left side
16:47looks like cruise control but it's the
16:49driver assist Tech and it's excellent in
16:51this car in the news 7 Series you can be
16:54fully hands off on the freeway at speeds
16:57of up to 85 miles an hour as long as
16:59you're looking ahead the car is
17:01monitoring you to make sure that you're
17:02monitoring the road and then it does
17:04basically everything else steers
17:06accelerates breaks it'll even Lane
17:08change if you tap the turn signal it'll
17:10do all of that stuff you don't have to
17:11work the pedals or the steering wheel
17:13just as long as you're looking ahead a
17:15pretty impressive feature and a pretty
17:17good driver assist system that works
17:19fantastically well and now works up to
17:21highway speeds which wasn't true on
17:23other BMWs in the past and one other
17:25very cool Quirk or feature of this car
17:28is the app that you can use to remotely
17:31control various aspects of this car the
17:35app is here and you can see you can lock
17:37or unlock the doors you can flash the
17:39lights you can turn on the air
17:40conditioner you can even honk the horn
17:42all through the app you don't have to be
17:43near the car you can do this remotely
17:45from your phone no matter where the the
17:46car is that's all pretty cool and it
17:49also shows you like the driving range
17:51that you have left how many miles till
17:52empty and you can pull up a map to show
17:55you exactly where your car is located
17:56all this stuff is pretty cool but
17:58somewhat commonplace with these car apps
18:00the coolest part about this one is that
18:03you can use the app to take pictures so
18:06that interior camera that I showed you
18:08before that you can pull up in your
18:10screen and take a picture of your
18:11passengers you can do that from the app
18:14so if for example someone is breaking
18:16into your car you can program it so the
18:18app starts taking pictures or even
18:20recording video of the people inside
18:23your car you can do the same thing with
18:24the exterior cameras as well so if you
18:27want to you lend your friend this car
18:28for a day you can take pictures of them
18:31while they're driving on the app and
18:34then send it to them if you really want
18:35to creep them out it's a possibility
18:37with this app and by the way it's also
18:40worth pointing out this app also
18:41functions as a key so you get keys when
18:44you buy this car but you don't really
18:45need to use them as one long as you have
18:47your phone and the app with you the car
18:49will sense that and lock and unlock with
18:51the app and next up we move on to
18:53exterior storage in this car which is
18:55about as you'd expect the trunk and back
18:57is quite large as you can see large
19:00trunk for a large sedan no surprise a
19:02lot of room to put stuff back there the
19:04front however is not a cargo area at all
19:07in fact you open up the hood and you
19:09have this giant plastic panel the
19:11biggest I've ever seen you remove that
19:13in two seconds you just pull it off and
19:14you can see it's all mechanical
19:16components underneath that's not really
19:18a surprise the biggest competitor to
19:20this car the Mercedes-Benz eqs also does
19:23not have storage up front and I'm
19:25hearing from automakers that people just
19:26generally don't use the front trunks
19:28that some electric vehicles have so no
19:31front storage here but traditionally
19:32large storage in the trunk and elsewhere
19:35in the interior but anyway since I'm up
19:37here let's talk powertrain right now
19:39there is only one version of the i7
19:41available it's called the xDrive 60
19:44model and it comes with full electric
19:46power like I said about 535 horsepower
19:50and 0-60 in four and a half seconds now
19:53this car comes standard with all-wheel
19:55drive hence the name X drive 60 and it
19:58starts around 120 000 base price and
20:01then options bring it up from there the
20:02full electric range is around 300 miles
20:05according to BMW and BMW also says that
20:08if you find a fast charger capable of
20:10charging it as fast as possible it can
20:13add up to 80 miles of range in just 10
20:16minutes which is a pretty quick charge
20:18time for an electric car now it is worth
20:21pointing out that the new redesigned BMW
20:247 Series does still offer a gas powered
20:27version this is the electric version of
20:29the new 7 Series the i7 but there's also
20:32gas powered models the base version is
20:34the 740i which comes with a turbo V6
20:37about 375 horsepower or you can upgrade
20:40to the 760i which is a turbo V8 that has
20:44the same 535 horsepower as the i7 but
20:48obviously gas instead of electric so you
20:50still can get gas power as for the
20:54styling of this car it's a little
20:56questionable and it's been a little
20:58controversial just like a lot of modern
21:00BMW models have the giant Grill and
21:03rather large upright front end is the
21:06biggest complaint most people have
21:07frankly I think all of that is
21:09neutralized in a dark colored car like
21:11this dark Grill dark color you don't
21:13really see it and it looks pretty good
21:15but I understand the complaints with the
21:17lighter colored cars certainly a little
21:19distinctive in terms of exterior styling
21:22with that said I kind of like it I think
21:25it looks stately and boxy and big and
21:28important it looks like it says to
21:29everybody I am carrying around diplomats
21:32and I find it kind of funny that one of
21:34the chief complaints about this car's
21:36biggest rival the Mercedes eqs is that
21:38it's too oval too Jelly Bean and then
21:41people are complaining that this is too
21:43boxy and too square if you don't like
21:45the eqs and this is definitely the
21:48antidote and speaking of the exterior
21:49one interesting thing is the turn
21:51signals and the way they light up sort
21:53of this gradual flash that feels kind of
21:56urgent almost emergency vehicle-like
21:58definitely different from standard turn
21:59signals that are just on or off it's
22:02true both front and rear in the new 7
22:04Series and kind of a strange look but
22:06everybody's experimenting with lighting
22:08I guess including the new 7 Series all
22:11right driving the new BMW i7 this is
22:15quite an interesting review because not
22:16only is this the new BMW i7 their new
22:18electric car but it's also the new 7
22:20Series because this is the electric
22:21version the new 7 Series and so this
22:23gives me a chance to test out not only
22:25this new electric powertrain with a lot
22:27of power 535 horses but also the new 7
22:29Series I have to say the first thing
22:31that's impressive about this car is the
22:33sheer amount of Technology it's stuff I
22:36can't even show you all of it because
22:38there is so much to cover for example uh
22:41you can just talk to it hey BMW
22:45will you lower the temperature
22:49I'm lowering the temperature so it will
22:52be more comfortable right away let me
22:54know if it gets too cold for you let me
22:57know if it gets too cold here I'll be
22:59fine uh and she lowered the temperature
23:00by five degrees uh this this car is full
23:04of stuff like that you can also say hey
23:06BMW open or close the doors and it will
23:08do that and there's all sorts of other
23:10Tech you can set it to learn how to park
23:13in your parking garage like if you have
23:15a parking garage at work it can learn
23:17like the Maneuvers that you do to get
23:18into your parking spot and then you just
23:21press a button when you get near your
23:22spot and it will do them all I mean
23:24there's just it's endless the screen
23:25that folds down this car is just loaded
23:27with tech and I've been in a lot of new
23:30cars lately and they've been very high
23:32tech increasingly so but this is on the
23:35next level the Mercedes-Benz eqs is an
23:37amazing car with amazing Tech but this
23:39dwarfs that it just has a totally
23:41different level of crazy in terms of
23:43what it can do and what it's capable of
23:45but I already showed you a lot of the
23:47tech now let's talk about the Driving
23:48Experience for one thing perform
23:49performance
23:51this car is fast they say 0 to 60 and
23:55four and a half seconds feels that best
23:56maybe even a little quicker you drop the
23:59throttle and it goes this is a
24:01surprisingly fast car
24:03um and it's no Tesla Model S plaid it's
24:06no Porsche tycon Turbo S but it's also
24:08not intended to be that's not really the
24:10segment this is playing in this is a
24:12full-size luxury sedan first and a
24:14performance car second or third or
24:16fourth and it's great at being a fast
24:19accelerating car in addition to being a
24:21full-size luxury sedan now one thing I
24:23do want to mention uh is like Driving
24:25Experience steering and handling I've
24:27been driving this car around for a
24:28little while it steers and handles fine
24:30but I wouldn't say it's incredibly
24:31sportier light on its feet I think it
24:33used to be that the 7 Series felt a lot
24:35sportier than like an equivalent S-Class
24:37and I think now you know technology is
24:39overtaken as like the big thing that
24:41distinguishes these Brands and BMW still
24:43makes amazing driving cars but it's not
24:46quite like the thing they're known for
24:48to the same extent and I don't feel this
24:51drives dramatically different from an
24:52eqs I think now we're looking at wow the
24:54tech is great or wow it looks cool or
24:56wow the range the charge time that sort
24:58of thing and the Driving Experience
25:00isn't quite as much of a distinguishing
25:02Factor it does Drive well but the really
25:05impressive thing is like the tech and
25:07the feel of this car and on that subject
25:09the ride quality is absolutely
25:12outstanding in this car it's really
25:15really exceptional now I think it's as
25:17good as the eqs so it's not like it's
25:19amazingly better than anything else but
25:21eqs I feel is one of the best riding
25:24cars that I've ever driven and this is
25:26like that incredibly soft incredibly
25:28comfortable just feels like a modern day
25:29luxury stance shut and because it's
25:32electric there's no sound from a
25:33Powertrain and they've done a good job
25:35of drowning out all the other sounds
25:36around you as well so you really feel
25:39like you're sitting inside like a just
25:41total quiet chamber in here and it's
25:44like really nice it's very nice and very
25:47luxurious and that's really the great
25:49story about this car I think and that's
25:51I think the the takeaway here is this
25:53car is just so so luxurious
25:55Mercedes-Benz comes out with the eqs and
25:57kind of hits first in this full-size
25:59luxury sedan going Electric World and
26:01BMW bounces right back with the i7 and I
26:04feel that this car is every bit as good
26:05as that if not better it's fast uh it
26:08has unbelievable Tech unbelievable
26:10luxury in here and it's just so quiet
26:12and calm and comfortable and so that's
26:15the new BMW i7 this car is amazingly
26:20luxurious with some truly impressive
26:22amenities some great Tech some really
26:25incredible features and it clearly
26:26previews the future of the BMW 7 Series
26:30and probably BMW in general anyway now
26:32it's time to give the new i7 a Doug
26:35store
26:40and the Doug score is here 68 out of 100
26:42which is an impressive showing the i7
26:45beats out the Mercedes-Benz eqs which is
26:47its closest rival and it even beats out
26:49the new Mercedes S-Class which has long
26:51been a gold standard luxury sedan
26:53truthfully the i7 is amazing with a
26:55fantastic pillowy soft ride great
26:58technology and I think decent looks and
27:00if you want a luxury sedan that will
27:02deliver just about everything you could
27:03want from a luxury sedan plus an
27:05electric powertrain this is the one
27:09[Music]

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