Autoleaks: 2016 BMW 7 Series Found In Parking Garage

by Cameron Aubernon

Published: January 5th, 2015

autoleaks 2016 bmw 7 series found in parking garage

Want to know what the big man on the BMW campus will be wearing in 2016? You’ve come to the right place, B&B.

AutoBuzz posted a couple of the photos of the upcoming 2016 7 Series — the 730d, in this case — on its Facebook just before 2014 gave way to 2015. The main draw is its new face, sporting a pair of laser headlamps originally used in the i8. It will also have an option to replace its plastic engine cover with leather, a feature available to i8 owners who choose the $10,000 Pure Impulse World package.

The 2016 7 Series — the first to use BMW’s new 35up modular platform — will also undergo a weight-loss regimen, thanks to a combination of aluminum and carbon fiber. The new car could shed as much as 300 to 400 pounds over the current model’s 4,400 base weight, if not more: MotorAuthority believes the big luxury sedan could fall below the current 5 Series’ 3,700 pounds.

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Cameron Aubernon

Seattle-based writer, blogger, and photographer for many a publication. Born in Louisville. Raised in Kansas. Where I lay my head is home.

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Car Ramrod on Jan 05, 2015

To echo Corey's sentiment above, I've seen this interior before-- on every car they currently make, save perhaps the Z4. I sat in every current model at the dealer this morning while waiting for an alignment on my car. Are they going to anything new? The amazing thing about the BMW interiors is I bet they have less interior bits in common than the old cars did, and yet they manage to look increasingly similar. The E38 and E39 shared HVAC controls, radios, instrument clusters, etc.

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Jkross22 on Jan 05, 2015

Wasn't LaserLight a CD label in the mid 90's that put out crap recordings of Classical music?

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