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Old 11-30-22, 05:29 PM
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I don’t know that it’s a preproduction vehicle. The production vehicles are out…
Journalists usually get these vehicles months before they reach dealer lots and aren't allowed to share their reviews until the embargo is lifted. In Canada that was lifted today, which is why Straight Pipes also uploaded their video at the same hour as TH.

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Note the snow on the ground in their videos though…these weren’t filmed months ago.
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Note the snow on the ground in their videos though…these weren’t filmed months ago.
It's Canada lol. Snow comes earlier for them than us. This may very well have been filmed in October.
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Old 11-30-22, 05:50 PM
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I enjoyed the throttle house video on this. It’sa beautiful car (interior)
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October isn’t months ago, this could be a production vehicle.
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Old 11-30-22, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I’m surprised about the paint, the previous 7 had beautiful paint…
This was posted on Bimmerpost by a guy who was taking delivery of his new 760i the next day. I'm still not sure about the two tone but overall, the paint looks very good

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Old 11-30-22, 05:53 PM
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Hard to tell from that distance. I don’t remember the one I saw having a lot of orange peel though.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
October isn’t months ago, this could be a production vehicle.
It's literally two months ago lol. Tomorrow is December.
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This car has road presence unlike EQS. From the design point of mass and sculpting they did a great job but that's where it ends. Sucks for western world but car dominance have shifted to Asia, now China and tomorrow Vietnam and others. Now we can feel exactly how Asian customers and automotive enthusiasts have felt for previous thirty years when it comes to car design
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My grandmother's i7 should be here by end of January. Very interested to see how this turns out. I have found repeated in-person exposure to this car has made me like it less. The front is inelegant, the car too tall, and the interior too busy with it's festival of shapes and textures. Very odd Cadillac used to get criticized for using many shapes and textures in the interior but not a peep out of anyone in regard to this BMW. I get the materials themselves are far better but the design issue remains the same.
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Originally Posted by TangoRed
The front is inelegant, the car too tall, and the interior too busy with it's festival of shapes and textures.
festival of shapes and textures, LOL

Very odd Cadillac used to get criticized for using many shapes and textures in the interior but not a peep out of anyone in regard to this BMW.
double standard much?

this car is flat out tacky.
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Originally Posted by TangoRed
My grandmother's i7 should be here by end of January. Very interested to see how this turns out. I have found repeated in-person exposure to this car has made me like it less. The front is inelegant, the car too tall, and the interior too busy with it's festival of shapes and textures. Very odd Cadillac used to get criticized for using many shapes and textures in the interior but not a peep out of anyone in regard to this BMW. I get the materials themselves are far better but the design issue remains the same.
On the the BMW forums there are a lot of peeps. Reaction to the new model has not been too good overall.
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The two-tone is kinda cool
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
this car is flat out tacky.
Garish, I totally agree.
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Originally Posted by Hoovey689
The two-tone is kinda cool
I read that the two-tone is a $12k! option and is aimed at some overseas markets. So we won't be seeing many of them on the street.
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