New Video Gallery: 2016 BMW 7 Series

The new 7 Series handles the tight and twisty and elevation changes around Porto, Portugal with a level of verve and enthusiasm that isn’t typically associated with large luxury sedans. Steering and turn-in are sharp and accurate. The steering lacks feel, but this is by design as 99 percent of customers in the segment find the little wiggles and tugs associated with good steering feel to be more annoying than engaging. However, the Big 7 does handle sharply, with excellent chassis control for such a big luxury car.

See how you can self-park your BMW 7 Series by using the key fob.

The interior is said to be of extremely high quality, with real wood and real metal accompanying anything that might look like real wood or metal. According to head designer Karim Habib, these metal buttons and design touches are as real as they come, so they will be cold in the winter and hot in the summer, so be aware of this before touching a metal button that’s been sitting in direct summer sunlight for hours.

The BMW 7 Series is arguably BMW’s most important car, as it currently stands as the Bavarian’s flagship. It’s the car in which most new production car technologies and techniques debut.

Timo Resch, vice president product management gran series, talks about the new 2016 BMW 7 Series