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I remember my first encounter with BMW’s 7 series line up when I was 14 years old, I saw it in Bond’d film, Tomorrow Never Dies, I was stunned by the gadgets and gizmos which was shown in car in that movie. But after that I was not at all familiar with the 7er. Though I loved the 5th series clean effortless styling and meaty stances, and I do feel 5th series is a scaled down car of 7er. These all thoughts were one and half years old. I never driven 7er till this Christmas. All things happened sudden. Called up for BMW for 7er’s drive as I was over curious for the car. Got car after a nice Tis the season charm. Car was already parked for us, Singapore Grey colour, 730Ld, I’m fan of BMW’s paintjob for years and this current generation G12 was not exception to this, I simply loved the paintjob. Smooth, refined, shaded upright. Initial impression was timeless. When I grabbed the door handle, the solidity of German built was absolute. Door padding was in dark tanned quilted nice non sweaty leather, wrapping all the way till inner edges of the doors. Door thunk was heartily satisfactory.  Steering was typical BMW 3 spoke, i8 style, new design language can be seen through the steering itself, speaking of dash layout, was less cluttered, cutting edge techno are used in every inch of dash. AC blower functions were touch screen too. I spend my solid 20 minutes to understand how the whole system works. To my surprise most the commands are operated though the in air gestures of our hand. I was surprised and confused at a same time, I do feel owners will take some time to get used to it. After understanding how technology has grooved the car, I fired up engine, 3 litre i6 engine came to life with refined and non clutter manner. I can’t even hear engine noise from inside. It took less than a minute to know that I’m driving a car which is over 5 meters and have L in her name! Sheer length, though her design has been designed in a way that no one car feel the car length from driver seat. Engine have a creamy response, subtle power delivery and very minimum body roll. The body roll was there, but being car of over 5 meters with extended wheel base, handling was tight and grippy. there was some amount of tyre noise coming from A pilar on higher speed. I loved the way she tackles corner, for car like this it was a delightful expierence. For this engine, it’s same as the outgoing inline 6 we find in 5th series. A bit noise I felt over 3000rpm.

Me being an avid Mercedes lover, in back of the mind, I was searching for flaws in car, but at the end of the drive, I didn’t found any flaws. The only flaw I felt was a missing 3 pointed star, but no, it’s a BMW, the says new 7er is a driving luxury, and yes she is. Quality of interiors, wood accents, fit-finish was at par with German rivals. She is made for Autobahn. She have a young appealing charm, perfect for young multi millionaires. Will she last generations and generations? If you ask me, I’ll say how much young we’ll feel after 20 years from now? The same she’ll be. She can be a luxury sleeper for a wealthy mid-aged gentlemen, or she can be a luxury driving machine for rich young men. Will I go for 7er over S class? A bit tricky question for everyone out there, but for me, yes I’ll definitely go for 7er as my young car.