►Follow us on Instagram @autogefuehl and @thomas.letsgo ►Subscribe here: ru-vid.com ►BMW X7 40i R6 vs M60i V8 comparison: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yG3z7m6UqNg.html ►Compare the Mercedes GLS: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AUDBlg6gXTU.html 00:00 BMW X7 facelift in Brooklyn Grey 00:16 M Sport with Extended Shadow Line 00:32 New headlights 01:02 Length and wheels 01:50 Rear-axle steering 02:09 MHEV system 02:32 Rear design 03:21 Sparkling Copper Grey 03:34 Frozen Marina Bay Blue 04:00 Verde Ermes 04:09 Interior: Key fob and doors 04:44 Updated cockpit 05:10 Sensafin comfort seats 07:25 Cockpit overview 07:50 Infotainment system OS8 09:34 Apple CarPlay integration 10:20 Digital instruments 10:55 Head-up-Display 10:07 Ambient lighting 11:27 Apple and Google Maps in instruments? 11:49 Still with buttons! 12:45 Lower middle console 13:58 Rear seating 2nd row 16:10 Access to 3rd row 18:08 Trunk / boot 20:11 6-cylinder engine 20:28 V8 M60 20:47 Driving BMW X7 facelift 21:02 40i 6-cyl fuel economy 21:59 Acceleration test 22:39 Agile driving fun 23:24 Steering feeling 27:03 Is it the best luxury SUV now? 28:23 BMW X7 or X5? 29:02 Assistance systems #BMW #BMWX7 Transparency note: Autogefühl videos are independent and free from editorial influence on opinion and rating. But since manufacturers enable us to do the reviews in the first place, for legal reasons this video is marked as _advertisement_.
I really love this review. Y'all do an amazing job at doing a thorough presentation of the vehicle, and showing off all of its functions. There's also something relaxing about just sitting back and watching your reviews. It's nice. Thanks for that.
Great review. I ordered my BMW X-7 40i and received it in December. It only took 5 weeks from the day I ordered it to my receiving it. I chose it after watching all of your excellent reviews. Thanks for helping me make a great decision. Love the X-7!
@@autogefuehl Yes I did, based upon your recommendation. I went with the Mineral White exterior, M Sport package with the cognac colored Sensafin seats. The seats are very comfortable, and we love the massaging feature.
This symbolises everything that has gone wrong with BMW: big, ugly, heavy. 40 years ago they were a sports car specialist with good looking, nimble and driver-focussed cars
One thing that always looks weird to me in modern BMWs is the steering wheel. Imo it looks really dated, like it wouldn't be out of place in a car from 2007. The iX remedies this slightly with the weird shape but it's not much better.
As a former BMW fanboy and owner, I have no qualms with the performance of the modern BMW vehicles. However, the designers have lost the plot when it comes to the exterior and interior designs-I can no longer stick with the brand. I have flipped over to Audi.
Spoiler alert that you gave us ; soon update on the new X5, I didn't knew when the x5 will be launched, but because of what you said, I suppose this year we will get the LCI 😈
Great revirw !!!!! I watch most of your car review video . Can you pleease help me for this question . If money is not considered you will pick 40i or 60i ??? Thx
Well the 6 cyl offers better milage and range and is 175 kg lighter on the front axle. The V8 gives u more growling sound and a second faster in acceleration. I guess the six cyl makes more sense even if money doesn’t play a role
It doesn’t make sense , it has physical buttons for track change but not for climate , it already has the commands in the steering wheels , make the climate buttons
25:09 a German driver among Americans would be the fastest, even if he was driving a wheelbarrow ;-) brilliant presentation of the car, I had a lot of fun.
Got to admire the psychology at work here. How to sell more X7s? Introduce the social pariah XM and then, in parallel, revamp the previous social pariah. Suddenly the X7 looks like the aesthetic preference. And that green is lovely.
yea!! Love the green, and the door closing sound must be sublime in person as it sounds great in the vid...Thanks Thomas for your work and always love the door closing sounds...Sorry to hear that schmoozie is no longer😪😪
Interestingly enough, the big grill and split headlights work on the X7 but not on the 7 Series. Perhaps it's the height and some differences in the shape of the grill and headlights that make it work on the X7.
Tbh, the i like the facelift if the car is black, but on the white one like i ordered it must be without facelift it looks way better without it. And the interior with the smaller screen & analog buttons fits me way better. Such a nice car. Another one in my collection of a hand full :)
Good to see you here in CA, Thomas. I have a similar one with 23 inch . Fantastic car. This is not for racing , people should go for M60 in case they want faster pickup.
Excellent and thorough review as I've come to expect from this channel. I genuinely don't understand who at BMW is making the exterior design decisions, but they need reassigned. If it's not these ridiculous headlights (which look like the Hyundai Santa Fe redesign, which was also bad), it's the gigantic beaver-tooth grills. I don't love the infotainment changes either, as although they're matching the market, the gigantic ultrawide monitors from 2014 are not the move they think it is, and looks way worse and older than the previous generations design, which looked more user-friendly and futuristic. I want buttons, physical buttons, and many other customers do too, not only in the infotainment but the key fob as well. I can't say that I love the extended side bar, although they had that on last generation too, so it's moot.
Hi Thomas. Thanks for yet another informative review. I am bout to receive my 2024 X7 40i (my 4th X7). Is there anyway to disable the auto Start/Stop? I noticed that there is no longer the "A" button in 2024. Can the dealer switch it off?
Thanks! Sadly not, that is mandatory by law. You can deactivate it in the infotainment or use sport mode, but it will be re-activated every ignition start
When your friend introduces his girlfriend to you and you say, "lovely to finally meet you," and give her a kiss in the cheek yet your mind is saying, "What was he thinking?" Looks are subjective. Unfortunately I am a friend in this case. 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈
The tank class is definitely not my vehicle segment, but the design has evolved positively and I at least appreciate the attempt to not end up with a generic design as Mercedes currently delivers. As for the exterior, the interior is great, though I'm not sure since when this touch-only design was considered luxurious. Sorry - I might still put up with something like this in a Volkswagen entry-level model or a French car that at least looks extravagant. In a vehicle that costs more than 20k, I feel screwed with such inferior ergonomics. I don't buy something like that. When did cheap become luxurious?
I absolutely despise this trend of having the thinnest possible headlights. It makes the car look like it's squinting and is blind - it's just horrible
Laughed out when you mentioned US customers. SUVs here are getting bigger and bigger. You will find Yukon and Tahoe everywhere. Sadly, Manufacturers here should learn how to make a luxury, well handling SUV. Escalade V might be the only one they made, but 50k more than a X7 M60, plus dealer markups 🤦♂️
How is it even possible for the fake leather to use less resources. The real leather comes from cows that's been used for meat. So now we wasting the leather. Where we were using everything of the cow previously. That makes no sense
After 4 and new 7 series this has the same tacked on front end to the 7 saloon. Hmmmmmm. And XM design too. These designs are far far too extreme. For me. Seams like BMW don’t learn. Audi never make a poor design language choice. Classical design
The best car for the European cities where we will see them the most. I can't stand the current hypocrisis of car manufacturers marketing these big vehicles and though knowing thew will be sold to rich city people that just want the biggest in order to show off.
I am 195cm tall, and I would like to have a comfortable car for me. I have a big family and a lot of baggade when we go for a trip. Sorry I dont want to show off, but I can not feel well in Audi A1 with 4 people and luggage.
@@nkitapetrov1177 well, you are among the very few that might need this vehicle. We never had so few children per person and therefore never had so big cars. In the meantime the cities are still as tight as before.
Team hate... Definitely because I don't know why bmw is doing like this spoiling the exterior even with the xm, 7 series and this one... The previous was the best and will be the best forever
@@pokest225 i know that but it should've been mercedes benz! those 2 are pretty much identical when it comes to prestige history, winning championships, the fanbase and etc....
I just don't see what BMW is doing with the design. Every car they've released recently has some flaw. G20/G21 LCI was exception here. Modern design does not mean that company needs to forget it's heritage (like headlights with some kind of "angel eyes" as DRL)...
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The interior build and material quality on this is impeccable. I spent some time in this and the GLS and the X7 feels like a much much more expensive vehicle. Even the 3rd row has leather armrests on the side and carpet all the way up the sides. The GLS is hard plastic. Same for the door panels and even just the general build quality.
Great video. I find your content very informative. I think BMW should’ve made the front grill run vertical on the M3/4. And slanting the headlights balances out the front grill on the X7 and 7 series sedan.
Luckily we bought the original version X7 2 1/2 years ago. It’s super plush and comfortable while still being sporty, peppy and holding firm onto the ground on sharp turns. BMW really screwed up with that new fascia and copied Mercedes a little too much with the new dashboard. The X7 interior and dashboard was one of the reasons why we chose it over the GLS. The exterior between the X7 and GLS, we liked the X7 a little better, can’t tell that anymore. The modern shifter is hideous. The updated vents are very nice though. Great review!
LOL. 2023 model is better by orders of magnitude. Mild hybrid, anti roll bars, real axel steering, etc. The front fascia looks way better as long as you don’t get the black grill. 2019-20 X7s are so common they are literally everywhere. 2023 model is better in so many ways.
@@elwpta7830 2 1/2 years ago was 2020. We love the classic, most likely we will get another vehicle next time. Hope BMW doesn’t carry over this ugly design across the board.
something's seriously wrong with German automobile engineers . . . what's wrong with you BMW??? your way better than this . . . why why . . . why on earth would you destroy your own achievements with your own hands??? your BMW for crying out loud . . . where's the ultimate driving machine gone???
I saw it in person and it looks much better than photos. Definitely has presence and much better than the Mercedes equivalent. I just don't love how BMW puts an M badge on everything now.
There's a deferential in the M badges. A M behind the number is the true M. A M in front of the numbers is just a sport appearance package. In the X5 for example X5M is the true M modification vehicle. X5 M60i is the X5 with the sport appearance package.
When you allow someone a bit of freedom with a very important project you end up with this. Ask a friend to get you a girlfriend, he'll choose what's desirable to him. A true definition of ugly. 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵
Interesting that they didn't want to put that huge rear TV screen in the back like the 7 sedan has. It would make way more sense in this vehicle with two rows of people that could watch it.
After properly thrashing as many high end luxury SUV’s as I could find it may look soul less to a few but I assure you it has the best driving experience of any large luxury SUV on the market right now.
Hey Thomas ! I really like the fact that we know who is working with you. It makes me feel good to know that you re not afraid to introduce your crew working with you behind the scene. And it’s valuable for them too. Good job and continue like that. 😊
