BMW 7-series 730d (2016) review - CAR Magazine

Like its illustrious predecessors, Audi’s A8 and the Mercedes-Benz S-class , the sixth-gen 7-series strives to be a kind of low-flying Lear, a ground-hugging business jet for those keen to cocoon themselves from the noise and tumult of road travel. So there are fabulous massaging front seats, back seats like thrones from First Class, little trace of road noise (were the 7 allowed to run without mirrors, you’d struggle to hear anything above the sound of your own breathing) and such niceties... Found a parking bay a little tight to be able open the door and squeeze out comfortably. Just hop out in front of the bay, close the door and, using the 7’s astonishing baby iPad of a key, prompt the car to park itself. It’ll use its cameras and sensor array to steer around the dust-laden running machine in the corner of the garage and stop short of the back wall. Reversing into an evil-looking driveway, perhaps around a corner and between two particularly stout-looking gateposts. Select Surround View, stifle a gasp as a fully rendered 3D representation of the car and its surroundings appear on the iDrive display (one that you can rotate using a pinch and move gesture) and effortlessly back the big Seven in like you have... Source: www.carmagazine.co.uk