The alerts, unlike on most Asian cars, politely vibrate the steering wheel rather than wake up the whole cabin with warning beeps. These features combine a forward-facing camera and side/rear-facing sensors (BMW doesn't call them radar). Not that any normal person cross-shops a $100,000 7 Series and a $35,000 Nissan Maxima, but the 2016 Maxima hits you up for just $1,000 for adaptive cruise control (just not below 20 mph), blind spot detection (but not lane departure warning), forward collision warning, and forward emergency braking.Īctive Driving Assistant is the basic-but-optional level of BMW automation. It will be interesting to see where BMW prices them. BMW bundles most of the tech into two packages. The car will do the usual adaptive-cruise-control and forward-collision-warning tricks, and now show when it's unsafe to pull out and pass. Jaw-dropping driver assistance in 2 partsīMW is taking driver assistance and automation another half-step, making it possible for a driver to let the car drive on interstates so long as he or she still has a hand lightly on the wheel. Here's a tour of the new 7 Series as BMW unveiled it at BMW Welt, the customer center and showplace near its headquarters. The technology will trickle down to the mainstream, just as airbags, anti-lock brakes, and stability control did a generation ago.Īs with the the first iDrive BMW in 2001, there is so much new technology to present, so much Kool-Aid to drink, that BMW splits the announcement into a global unveiling of the car and its specifications this week, hands-on test drives later in the summer, another announcement at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September, and delivery in the fall. When it ships this fall, the BMW 7 Series becomes a checklist for what is possible at the high-end of the automotive spectrum. Life at the top can be short, especially since Audi, Lexus, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche all have access to much the same third-party driver-assist technology.
iDrive gets a touchscreen LCD and the ability recognize finger gestures, if not the rude gestures made by BMW 2002 partisans crying over progress.
There are more than a dozen ways to help the driver if he or she wants help. The cockpit is cocooned with weight-saving, life-saving carbon-fiber. The 2016 BMW 7 Series uber-premium sedan takes technology beyond the cutting edge. MUNICH - This is the world's most advanced car.
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