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You mean, the new 7er is getting the great "x-drive" ...!

Yes, according to my info F01 & F02 will have some different exterior & interior trims. F01 will have some kind of sporty exterior kit, while F02 will be more elegant (eg. similar to M-pack kit vs standard kit). Also the interior trims will be more luxurious in F02. The difference is expected to be much more obvious than in current E65 vs E66 case. But it could be market dependent decision what differential features to offer.

xDrive is coming on some models.

Hydrogen car will be also offered - I guess in similar way as current one, since no H2 infrastructure is available.

Adaptive Drive Ver. 2.0 will feature air-suspension on F02, not sure about F01.

Some 7er models will be offered with DCT gearbox in the future.

F01 - No!

Just out of interest, do you work at BMW?

F01 was said to feature a specific - more sporty suspension ... yet that could be market specific as well.

Thanks for this post...

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Calm!

Wow, another BMW insider


Best regards, south

I told you guys so! S'pimp knows his sh!t

tec teaser:
next 7er obtains 14/42-Volt vehicle voltage.
that means, next (8+12Cyl.) Motor-Gen. gets electromagnetic-Valve (e-Valves)[none to do w. Gordon Freeman ]

http://www.germancarforum.com/201829-post259.html

So, Martin - now you know the secret about the engine that bothered you so much.


And - dear friends at BMW - it was S'Pimp & his dirty mouth ... I'm completely innocent here!

So finally we will get this technology after talking about it so much.

Ok...I have no clue what this means....Translate to normal English please

Edit; The next step in Valvetronic tech????

it means that what controls the opening and closing sequence of the valves is not a mechanical system via the camshaft, but rather an electromagnetic system that uses EM fields and as a consequence the force arising from the field to force open and close the metallic valves

in other words this new engine is no longer termed as DOHC or whatever since it effectively is camless
the technology should be based on solenoids

this should greatly improve engine efficiency especially during idling times

yes people this is the new development of what used to be valvetronic

42-volt system: 42 Volt Research Report

Camless engine: Camless Engines Report

Oh Gosh!

The F01 7er would have to be BMWs most technologically advanced car ever. From what i've been reading it'll be setting benchmarks in all areas of automotive engineering.

It's probably the reason why it's development chief, Dr Klaus Draeger, got promoted so quickly.

OMG!
my filthy gab!
am i now out?

Can anyone, *khmS'Pimp*khm, predict when we will see the first official photos of F01/02?

June / July 2008.

And FEP cars with lighter camo will be out within 2 months.

I don't think anyone really knows, but it won't be until somewhere near the 3rd month of next year I think.

What I do know is that Scott said that spy pics with very little cladding will appear near Christmas....

Edit; So six months Tine? This will be a loooong eight months

What's the engine line up expected?

LOT'S of new stuff in the petrol engines. I think the diesels will be the 3.0TT and an updated 4.4 V8.

Eni can tell this story better.

Scans from this months AMS. Judging from the spy pics, I'd say their CGI image looks pretty dead on.

They also said that the next BMW 7-Series might be "more serious" meaning it could loose some of its sporty attributes and focus more on luxury and higher comfort levels to be more competitive in this class.

The Scans

I say the CG is car from the real deal. There is no way that BMW are going to design such an ugly 7-series again. The body lines are sexy but the head and tail lights are hideous. Don't like the front bumper either.