Okusha I-BMW 7 Series (G70/G71) inedethi yokufika elinganiselwe yokuphela kuka-2022, kodwa ama-prototype ambalwa okuhlola asevele "azingelwa" amalensi abathwebuli bezithombe emgwaqeni kulo nyaka.
Isizukulwane esisha salo modeli sithembisa ukugcina impikiswano mayelana nokubukeka kwayo, njengoba kwenzeka ngokulungiswa kabusha kwesizukulwane samanje (G11/G12), kodwa futhi sithembisa ukuba nekhono kwezobuchwepheshe, njengoba umuntu ebengalindela ku-flagship ye-BMW.
Okuthile esizokwazi ukukuqinisekisa ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba, ngesikhathi sombukiso wezimoto iMunich Motor Show, lapho abakwaBMW bezokwethula khona imoto yombukiso ezosinika umbono wokuthi yini okufanele siyilindele kulolu hlobo lokukhiqiza oluzayo.
Idizayini yangaphandle kuzokhulunywa ngayo
Kulezi zithombe ezintsha zenhloli, ezezwe kuphela, ezithathwe eduze kwesifunda saseJalimane saseNürburgring, eJalimane, singabona ingaphandle futhi, ngokokuqala ngqa, ingaphakathi le-7 Series entsha.
Ngaphandle, impikiswano emayelana nesitayela samamodeli abo ephethe izingxoxo ngabo ibonakala iqhubeka.
Qaphela ukubekwa kwamalambu ngaphambili, aphansi kunokujwayelekile, okuqinisekisa ukuthi i-Series 7 elandelayo izosebenzisa isixazululo se-split optics (izibani ezikhanyisa emini phezulu nezibani ezinkulu ngezansi). Ngeke kube yiyona yodwa i-BMW ezosebenzisa lesi sixazululo: i-X8 engakaze ibonwe kanye nokuhlelwa kabusha kwe-X7 kuzosebenzisa isixazululo esifanayo. Amalambu asemaceleni ezinso ezikabili ezijwayelekile, njengaku-7 Series yamanje, azonikwa usayizi omkhulu.
Ngokwephrofayili, ukugqamisa “ikhala” elibonakala livusa amamodeli e-BMW kwezinye izikhathi: ikhala likashaka elidumile, noma ikhala likashaka, lapho iphoyinti eliphambili langaphambili liphezulu. Kukhona futhi izibambo ezintsha eminyango futhi i-classic "Hofmeister kink" ibonakala ngokuphelele ku-trim yangemuva yefasitela, ngokungafani nalokho esikubona kwamanye amamodeli wakamuva womkhiqizo, lapho "yahlanjululwa" noma yavele yanyamalala.
Ingemuva lalesi sibonelo sokuhlola ilona elinzima kakhulu ukulichaza ngaphansi kwe-camouflage, njengoba lingakabi nawo ama-optics okugcina (amayunithi okuhlola esikhashana).
Ingaphakathi elinethonya le-iX
Ngokokuqala ngqa sakwazi ukuthola izithombe zengaphakathi le-saloon yokunethezeka yaseJalimane. Izikrini ezimbili - ideshibhodi nesistimu ye-infotainment - zigqama zivundlile, zihlangene, ngejika elibushelelezi. Isixazululo esibonakale okokuqala kwi-iX electric SUV futhi okulindeleke ukuthi isetshenziswe kancane kancane yiwo wonke amaBMW, kuhlanganisa ne-7-Series entsha.
Siphinde sibe nombono we-centre console eveza isilawuli se-rotary (iDrive) esizungezwe okhiye abashisayo abambalwa bemisebenzi eyahlukene. Naso isiteringi sinomklamo omusha futhi sibukeka sihlanganisa izindawo ezithintekayo namabhathini abonakalayo amabili nje kuphela. Nakuba ingaphakathi limbozwe yonke into, kusengenzeka ukubona “isihlalo” somshayeli, esimbozwe ngesikhumba.
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I-BMW 7 Series G70/G71 yesikhathi esizayo izobheja kakhulu ekufakeni ugesi kunesizukulwane samanje. Kodwa-ke, izoqhubeka nokufika ifakwe izinjini ezivuthayo zangaphakathi (uphethiloli nodizili), kodwa kuzogxilwa kakhulu ezinguqulweni ze-plug-in hybrid (esezikhona esizukulwaneni samanje) nasezinguqulweni zikagesi ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili ezingu-100%.
I-BMW 7 Series kagesi izosebenzisa ukuqanjwa kwe-i7, nohlobo lwaseMunich luhamba ngendlela ehlukile kunezimbangi zalo ezinkulu iStuttgart. I-Mercedes-Benz ihlukanise ngokusobala iziqongo zayo ezimbili zohla, kanti i-S-Class kanye ne-EQS kagesi inezisekelo ezihlukile, okuholela ekwakhiweni okuhlukile phakathi kwalezi zinhlobo ezimbili.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abakwaBMW bazosebenzisa isixazululo esifana nalesi esesivele sisibonile phakathi kwe-4 Series Gran Coupe kanye ne-i4, okuyimoto efanayo, kanti i-powertrain iyona ehlukanisa kakhulu. Sekushiwo lokho, ngokwamahemuhemu, i-i7 kulindeleke ukuthi ibambe iqhaza eliphambili le-Series 7 ezayo, kanti inguqulo enamandla kakhulu futhi esezingeni eliphezulu igcinelwe yona.
Kucatshangwa ukuthi ikusasa i7 M60, 100% kagesi, ingase ithathe indawo ye-M760i, namuhla ifakwe i-V12 ehloniphekile. Kukhulunywa ngamandla angu-650 hp nebhethri elingu-120 kWh okufanele liqinisekise ibanga elingu-700 km. Ngeke kube yiyo yodwa i-i7 etholakalayo njengoba kusazohlelwa ezinye izinhlobo ezimbili, eyodwa edonsa ngamasondo angemuva (i7 eDrive40) nenye eyi-all-wheel drive (i7 eDrive50).