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This on the other hand does look fantastic. Glad to see an improvement in the engine bay.




Arrghh, All these crappy spy pics are really painting a bad picture in my head. I know its wrong but I already have these pre-meditated feelings now telling me that this car is going to be disappointing From all that we have seen thus far, not much seems to be going right...I just hope I am wrong.

I concur

Can anybody else see what looks to be the door grab handle built in behind the woodtrim. Notice the metal trim around the top that is slightly concave in its appereance. Looks like there is enough room to grap behind there and use as a door handle. I like that idea. The door panels looks very clean and have more leather then the S Class. This is pre-production so I expect the final verision to look more upscale.

Alot of people are looking for the negatives. This is preproduction so all I am looking for is the positives in the hope that come reveal time, all those dodgy area's will be long gone...

Oh damn, you really are a brain surgeon, I didn't notice that at all. Very neat idea. It looks like the door will be operated by a button rather than a traditional mechanical lever used to open a door from the inside.

The design looks executive class, not limosine class. Its lacking the class and sense of occaision I was expecting. Still it is preproduction, so their is hope.

I agree. It seems almost 5 Series level at the moment. I don't buy into this nonsense about the 7 Series no longer being BMW's Flagship. It is to me!!! Any car that competes directly with the Mercedes Benz S Class is a flagship and deserves the best interior the company can offer.

Your move now BMW...

I guess this is pretty close to the real deal..

The front to me looks better than the current car.. but still not a stunner..
The rear is a freakin disaster.. whats up with the TimeSquare sized lights?

Is this Huck's work??? That rear has to be wrong? Front bumper is definetly wrong. Front looks great except for that bumper. Headlights seem pretty correct except I expect them to be less bulky... As this spy image shows, the headlights don't look anywhere near as bulky.



They certainly haven't correctly identified the rear lines and shape as per this spyshot.



PS. Found this on Autolies.com - Good idea of what the new iDrive will look like...

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Is that a shot of the 7er or facelifted 3er interior???

I'm 99% sure that's FL 3er interior...