STUD Or DUD? BMW 7-series M-Sport Package Images Leak Out

Has some nice visual upgrades, but I prefer the 19" multispoke wheels on the sport package that is currently available.

— HSCenterconsole (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:24:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

Two fat Chrome bars on front and rear bumpers are a bit ugly and unnecessary. Wheels are nice.

JUGNU

— JUGNU (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:29:08 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

New wheels, a different set of bumpers front and rear and some interior tweaks do nothing to improve the overall design of this car. It remains a big, blockish and not very interesting shape. I'm sure it drives well, but for style it's a loser.

— 204E60 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:38:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

BMW 750 = DUD
I would rather Walk then drive his BMW...Inside line has one on a long term test and the cup holders already broke and a weird noise is coming from the engine that sounds strange with a rrrRRRRrrrrlike a power steering pump on an old car from the 1980's!

— pennfootball (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:41:18 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

it screams
I AM THE WALRUS....

— pennfootball (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:41:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

I think they did a good job and did not over do the image of the new 7er. I like the wheel I would have preferred BMW do a deep-dish look on the M-Sport wheels and maybe give the side skirts just a little more flare for this....but I can deal with this.....they left the sport touches subtle>>....DOES THIS MEAN WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO AN M7 IN THE NEAR FUTURE or EVEN A 7ER COUPE(is what i am really looking for)

— B7FAN (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:45:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Instead of those crome bars, they should add fog lights....most of time missing in the M models.

— Yonder7 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:48:30 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

pennfootball: I'm not fan of BMW but if the car is good, then I recognize that the reliability of BMW is improving a lot, so it sounds to me that, that specific car is lemon and some times it happens, but it doesn't means that all 7 are bad cars...

— Yonder7 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:56:48 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Not so different from a regular 7.

— Designer1 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 3:22:52 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

Stud.

Add a twin-turbo V8 making 600 hp. The greatest.

— weaponX (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 3:28:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

Absolute and total understated hotness!

— kuvakas1 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 3:47:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I LIKE IT!...THE REAR REMINDS ME OF A LEXUS LS

— NISSANINFINITI (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 5:02:17 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

NO amount of makeup can beautify this pig :(

turtle + Super Mario = 7 series

— sector (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 5:13:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

Stud, just lose the chrome strips.

RDSport has an ECU upgrade for the twin turbo V8 that ups the power to 580hp.

— GreenPlease (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 5:25:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

that rear end is hideous

— 0to60 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 5:49:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

The interior design is the best aspect of this car, except for of course, the typical BMW performance. However, those chrome strips look awkward and I prefer one without the M package. Whatever happened to the clean, sporty & sophisticated BMW exterior deigns of the past? (I am especially talking about the E39 M5)

— bimmerMeister999 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 6:10:56 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

The BMW M7 will be awesome.

You can count on it ;->

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 7:47:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

On a slightly different yet related note, here's my feel for what the new 7 should have looked like:

http://www.contourpixel.com/bmw_7_mod.jpg

The real 7 is not bad, just too bulky in places (especially in the back) And IMO the rear lights are just too "amorphous" for a German/European design.

— dotuno (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 8:28:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Same old "hurts my eyes" 7.

— Steve (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 9:27:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Ho Hum.....

— clsboy (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 10:22:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Wow, total studness IMO, although not a drastic improvement over the standard body, since it looks so great already. Now, if I can get that kit with the 311 star spoke 21" inchers, I'd be in automotive heaven...

— CBOTGuy (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 11:17:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

The big goofy chrome trim in bumpers look out of place and cheap like they came from Pep Boys. Luxury models usually have the extra chrome trim and this is a sports model which doesn't make sense. This car doesn't look that much better looking than the standard model and it looks boring for a high performance car it's supposed to be. The wheels are ok but a little more on the boring side also. Overall on a scale of 1-10 and 10 being the highest I'll give it a 4 for style/design especially considering what this car will cost.

— carenthusiast (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 1:04:45 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

eh...

— CarCrazedinCali (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 1:51:51 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Rims need to be bigger to fit close the big gaps. But the design is nice. The side profile looks like a 4 door rounded version of the 8 series.

— Inline6 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 1:52:36 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The kit looks nice and I love the wheels. But the chrome is completely unnecessary.

— M53R (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 4:25:45 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

STUD

— xj13 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 10:08:48 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

HUGE DUD! Seems like a rushed BS job to just to put the car out. The chrome on the rear bumper is no good. Instead of chrome they should of threw carbon fiber or color matched. The steering wheel looks as if it came from an E46 M3. It's 2009 and people want their car to feel special. Throw alacantra or whatever audi/lamborghini puts on their wheels, and maybe improve the design if possible. The rims are also a joke, BMW offers better selection of wheels already for the 7er.

With Mercedes or Audi, when they do an AMG/S-Line trim package, you think its a whole different animal. With the 7er M-Package, you get a perfectly good 7er with ugly chrome accents. Why would you pay more for a car that looks worst?

— dt32886 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 5:29:13 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

So, four big pieces of chrome on a Sport Package BMW?

I thought most Sport Package BMW's feature Shadowline trim?

Probably should have stuck to the "blacked out" theme. Otherwise, not that bad.

— Agent00R (View Profile)

Posted on 6/26/2009 10:23:50 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I think the four chrome strips (front & back)"highlight" the Sports package and sets off the car rather nicely. Like you, I had initial doubts as the car ought to be totally "blacked-out" but the chrome should help it stand out better on the road. It appears to be a wonderfully resolved paradox that the BMW stylists have dealt with....

isaacu

— isaacu (View Profile)

Posted on 6/27/2009 11:24:04 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1