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BMW i7 M70: The man-machine

The BMW i7 M70 is almost everything. It is also a bit of an electric social and mobility discourse. Above all, however, it is simply good.

Oh yes: a detailed price list for the optional extras is also included free of charge.

  • Text and Photos:
    Matthias Mederer • ramp.pictures

You immediately feel like wearing a suit yourself. The dark blue silhouette is effective. And the one-colour lacquer version doesn't look too bulky. Mono looks more like an elder statesman. There are many pictures circulating in the media with two-colour paintwork, at a surcharge of around 12,000 euros. You can do it. But you don't have to. Because this segment is always about dialogue, the correspondence between man and car, between the individual and society. The tone has to be right. The colour tone has to be chosen wisely. Prejudices need to be broken down, structures need to be opened up. Every journey becomes a diplomatic summit meeting. Remain friendly, even if the i7 doesn't really get by with just one designated parking space.

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BMW i7 M70 xDrive Limousine

  • Drive
    Two synchronous machines
  • Vmax:
    250 km/h
  • Power
    485 kW (660 hp)
  • Acceleration 0-100 km/h:
    3,7 s
  • Max. Tourque
    1.100 Nm

The mood in the rear is completely different, with hardly any light, the blinds are up, the ambient lighting is blue and the atmosphere is more like a piano melody. Two-coloured, vegan business class lounge chairs. Adjustable in all directions. The surfaces flatter the hands, the armchairs flatter the whole body, massaging, as desired. The i7 M70 is so much at the same time that you can be playfully distracted from your thoughts. What was that again? Ah yes...! "So that's the crux of the matter!" The great Goethe. No one else comes into question here. No one else would have the quality to describe the essence of these complex mobile things in such simple words. The eternal seduction.

The i7 M70 xDrive is a true master at this. Depending on the encounter, depending on the mood, depending on the need, it appears one way or the other. It can be a contemporary luxury saloon, then again an almost antique Biedermeier figure. Sometimes it changes from curve to curve. It would be fundamentally wrong to drive against it. Have we already mentioned the boost rocker switch on the steering wheel? No. The all-electric i7 has a single rocker switch on the steering wheel where the rocker switch for downshifting gears is located in combustion vehicles and in Formula 1.

Surrounded by a signal red signature line, the word Boost is printed in white letters. Pull once and all systems go into attack mode, acoustically accompanied by an inhaling Star Wars wrap drive noise that sounds like it was composed by Hans Zimmer himself; which is probably because Hans Zimmer composed it himself. The very sensitive accelerator pedal in the footwell becomes an alert, tense trigger. Almost surreal. Somehow unworldly for all those who look at the i7 M70 from the old automotive world.

Therefore, at this point, simply a list. With a claim to completeness.

- 0X1G BMW Individual Frozen Tanzanite Blue metallic (6,900 EUR)
- ZDIF BMW Individual "Merino" leather with exclusive features, taupe grey and night blue
midnight blue (800 EUR)
- 0356 Comfort glazing (without surcharge)
- 03CD Automatic doors (1,500 EUR)
- 0407 Panorama glass roof Sky Lounge (950 EUR)
- 04A2 "CraftedClarity" glass application for interior elements (EUR 850)
- 05DW Parking Assistant Professional (without surcharge)
- 0654 DAB tuner (no extra charge)
- 07ML M Performance package (950 EUR)
- 0754 M rear spoiler (without surcharge)
- 03DN BMW kidney grille Iconic Glow (without surcharge)
- 04F5 Executive Lounge rear console (without surcharge)
- 04HC Thermal comfort package (without surcharge)
- 06AF Legal emergency call (without surcharge)
- 06C4 Connected Package Professional (without surcharge)
- 06FR Rear Seat Entertainment Experience (no extra charge)
- 02VB Tyre pressure display (without surcharge)
- 03DM BMW crystal headlights Iconic Glow (EUR 2,100)
- 04T3 Flexible Fast Charger (Mode 2) (without surcharge)
- 04T7 Front massage function (without surcharge)
- 06AE Teleservices (without surcharge)
- 06PA Personal eSIM (no extra charge)
- 06U3 BMW Live Cockpit Professional (without surcharge)
- 0416 Sun blinds (without surcharge)
- 07M9 M High-gloss Shadow Line with extended features (without surcharge)
- 0801 Germany version (without surcharge)
- 02VC Puncture repair kit (60 EUR)
- 04F4 Executive Lounge Seating (without surcharge)
- 06F1 Bowers & Wilkins Diamond Surround Sound System (EUR 5,800)
- 0230 EU-specific additional equipment (without surcharge)
- 0428 Warning triangle (no extra charge)
- 0465 Load-through system (no extra charge)
- 04FL Travel & Comfort System (EUR 400)
- 05AU Driving Assistant Professional (without surcharge)
- 05AW Active Guard Professional (without surcharge)
- 06NX Storage for Wireless Charging (without surcharge)
- 02PA Wheel bolt lock (without surcharge)
- 0302 Alarm system (without surcharge)
- 0453 Active front seat ventilation (no extra charge)
- 046A Multifunctional rear seats (no extra charge)
- 04NR Interior camera (EUR 190)
- 04T6 Massage function in the rear (without surcharge)
- 06AK ConnectedDrive Services (without surcharge)
- 07M8 BMW Individual interior with exclusive features (EUR 9,150)
- 07R7 Innovation package (EUR 2,390)
- 03M3 M sports brake, high-gloss black (without surcharge)
- 0420 Sun protection glazing (without surcharge)
- 0454 Active seat ventilation in the rear (no extra charge)
- 04T2 Charging cable Professional (Mode 3) for public charging (without surcharge)
- 06U7 BMW Natural Interaction (without surcharge)
- 0879 German / on-board literature (without surcharge)
- 09DC Connoisseur package (EUR 2,150)
- 09TB Specific additional features M Sport package Pro (without surcharge)
- 08TF Active pedestrian protection (without surcharge)
- 09DA Executive package (4,350 EUR)
- 0XEE BMW Individual fine wood finish Ash Flowing Grey open-pore (without surcharge)
- 09DB Executive Lounge Package (6,730 EUR)
- 09DD Climate-Acoustics Package (2,490 EUR)
A total of 56 optional extras for a surcharge of EUR 40,060.

Gross list price for the vehicle:
229,560 EUR.
Matthias Mederer

Matthias Mederer

Editor & Photographer
One car. One camera. A driver. The location? Gladly a city like New York, Cape Town, Berlin or Tokyo. If, on top of that, a typhoon passes through, the conditions are almost ideal. Matthias Mederer may swear like an ill-bred bare-nuckle fighter, but he also delivers. Compulsory and freestyle. His style: cinematic. "Basically, it's like a harmless Tarantino film for me: good soundtrack, a few crazy dialogues and with a few little tricks, in the end it's mainly the story that makes the mark." Well, and he can also write more than remarkably.

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