12/20/2023 0 Comments 2023 bmw with tv screen![]() ![]() On the way, movies can be previewed on the screen, which works in stretched or letterbox format and can tilt toward the passenger if there’s only one.The XM's starting price is high, but it does come loaded with luxury features, including leather upholstery, huge 23-inch wheels, a cool curved infotainment display, and a host of driver-assistance features. It would be ideal on the autobahns of Europe, racing across Germany and France to Cannes for the film festival, perhaps. The all-wheel-drive BMW proved a non-fatiguing companion on a long road trip. The central storage bin is deep, and the trunk quite cavernous. The wireless phone charging is helpful, and accommodates larger phones. The cabin is ordinarily hushed, but not when Sonny Rollins is blasting forth through the Bowers & Wilkins. Of course, there’s Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. That’s complemented by a 14.9-inch infotainment screen. The instrument cluster is a 12.3-inch screen that can dial in mood accents. The sense of luxury extends to the jeweled controls (shifter, iDrive controller, even the power seat knobs), mirrored by a matching lighted bar for the front passenger. The doors have 12 ultrasound sensors that detect objects in the door’s path, and limit the travel if so. A button push causes the doors to pop open-carefully. Here it’s integrated into air intakes below, giving the impression of an open-mouthed humpback whale feeding on krill.Īesthetics aside, the BMW is set up for ease of entry and exit, especially because the executive package includes automatic doors. The BMW is Germanic handsome from every angle but the front, where the onlooker is confronted with a blacked-out version of the huge kidney grille first seen in the 4-Series. In line with updated systems from other automakers, it also has an automatic lane-changing feature. The car was equipped with BMW’s highway assistant (part of a US$2,100 package), which permits hand-free freeway travel at up to 80 mph. Should you select sport mode, the shocks stiffen and the ride height drops. The car rides on air springs with adaptive shock absorbers that sense the road ahead, and it totally ignores rough pavement. ![]() It’s a big car at 17.6 feet long, but it’s easier to maneuver in parking lots than you’d expect thanks to the standard rear-wheel steering. The whole ambience of the car discourages unseemly displays of power, but overtaking is a dream on the highway. The new 760i is 100 pounds heavier than the old one, but is still capable of reaching 60 miles per hour in four seconds. This is by no means a hybrid along the lines of a Toyota Prius, but the V-8 system does improve fuel economy, from 19 miles per gallon combined on the older model to 21 on this one. The V-8 replaces the 600-horsepower 12-cylinder engine that was in previous generations of this car. ![]() ![]() The electric motor (coupled to a one-kilowatt-hour battery) adds 18 horsepower and an impressive 148 pound-feet of torque. It’s powered by a 536-horsepower, 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 with a 48-volt mild-hybrid system, coupled to an eight-speed sport automatic transmission. But still, many owners will end up driving their cars and the BMW satisfies in that regard as well. There are first-world problems, like the rear seat not reclining when the front passenger seat is occupied. There’s no question the passengers in this car have a great experience, enough to satisfy any demanding buyer. The BMW 7601 as tested was US$149,045, but that’s from a base of US$113,600, meaning there’s a big package of extras on the tester, including luxury front and rear merino leather seating with massage, automatic doors, crystal headlights, parking assistance, an alcantara headliner, and more-US$35,445 of add-ons. ![]()
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