2016 BMW 7 Series: We're Driving It In New York City This Week

Usually when we attend BMW press events, be it for motorcycles or automobiles, we are shuttled between the airport and the hotel in a BMW vehicle. More often than not it is in a 7 Series sedan, in which we get to experience the roomy and luxurious backseat.

This week we get to take the wheel of the new BMW 7 Series, which has been redone for 2016.

The 7 Series enters its sixth generation, and BMW's flagship sedan boasts a lighter, more rigid chassis that sheds up to 86 kg compared to the outgoing model. It uses a frame that consists of steel, aluminum and carbon fibre components.

Engines include a 4.4-litre, 445 horsepower twin turbo V8, a 3.0-litre, 320 horsepower turbocharged inline six, and coming early in 2016 will be a plug-in hybrid that uses a 2.0-litre turbocharged four. All engines are mated to an eight-speed automatic.

Now online ! Our complete review of the 2016 BMW 7 Series.

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