Sunday, August 30, 2015

Driving BMW’s 2016 7 Series: the $81,300 contradiction

There is a preconception that as a car gets larger, it gets softer and gentler; it disconnects you from the road; it places you gently on a cloud of nothingness while you glide down the highway protected by excessive sound insulation. Even in the driver’s seat, it makes you a passenger.

These preconceptions don’t apply to the redesigned 2016 BMW 7 Series. (Except when you want them to.)

I spent a day with the new 7 on the winding country roads northwest of New York City last week, both as a driver and a willing participant in the absurdly comfortable rear, which has more LCD displays than my home and office combined. But before you drive the 7 — or even ride in it, really — there’s a lot of technology that you have to digest.

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