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On April 13, BMW officially released the new BMW X7 official chart, and the new car is expected to go on sale in China in November. As a medium-term revamped model, the new car has "abandoned" many classic design elements of BMW. Compared with the current model, the appearance and interior of the new car have changed greatly. In terms of appearance and styling, from the official picture released, the new car adopts the latest design language of the BMW family, and the biggest change is that the lights have been replaced with split headlamps, which are very popular in the market. In the past, BMW X7 models used an integrated angel headlamp design.

Specifically, the new car split headlights for the upper part of the double L-type LED daytime driving lights, the lower part for the far and near integrated laser headlights, looks very domineering. The front face retains a large double-kidney active intake grille to support active opening, closing and lighting. In addition, the new front bumper has also been redesigned and the new vertical air duct is used to cool the front brake disc. On the side of the body, the overall outline of the new car has not changed much. a big change in the new car is the replacement of a new set of multi-rims with a 23-inch rim size, which is the first model in the BMW family to use 23-inch rims. In the rear part, the new car basically maintains the design style of the current model, but the details have changed, such as the new car taillights use 3D three-dimensional suspension LED taillights, both sides are decorated with diamond pattern, the exhaust system is decorated with chrome plating, and the interior is a bilateral four-way structure. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 5162/2000/1819mm and the wheelbase is 3105mm.

In the interior part, the new car has also been greatly adjusted. The new car has been replaced with an integrated floating curved screen from iX, which consists of a 12.3inch full LCD instrument and a 14.9inch central control screen. A lot of wood grain decoration has been added to the central control area of the new car. At the same time, the new car is equipped with the latest iDrive 8 operating system, which has a stronger sense of technology than the current model. In terms of seat layout, according to the configuration, the new car offers two options: 2x3x2seater and 2x2x2seater. In terms of power, the new car provides 3.0T and 4.4T V8 engines with 48 volt light mixing system as standard, all models match the 8-gear automatic transmission X7 with ejection start function, of which xDrive 40i is equipped with 3.0T+48v light mixing, maximum power 280kW, maximum torque 520N ·m; M60I carries 4.4T V8V 48v light mixing, maximum power 390kW, maximum torque 750N ·m. It is understood that the diesel version of the model xDrive40d will also be available in overseas markets.

As for the change in the appearance of the new car, some netizens believe that the shape of squinting is no small retrogression compared with the previous BMW's "angel eyes", and the BMW headlights are getting slimmer and slimmer, or the "angel eyes" 10 years ago. Some netizens think it's acceptable.

Regarding the appearance of the new BMW X7, ideal Automobile founder, Chairman and CEO Li Xiang forwarded the relevant news on Weibo and expressed his views as an auto professional. Li Xiang believes that the main reason for the BMW X7 to abandon the previously acclaimed "angel eye" headlight design and switch to "split headlights" is to comply with the latest pedestrian protection laws and regulations. "an important reason for the modification logic of the front of the car is that for the latest pedestrian protection regulations, the engine cover should be all covered on top of the lights, and there must be enough buffer zone between the cover and the lights," Li said on Weibo. China is expected to begin implementation in 2024, which is mandatory and cannot be sold without conformance. New cars this year and next will have to consider whether they are directly compatible or changed again in 2024. It can also be solved with a pop-up cover, but the SUV running bad road is easy to trigger by mistake. In fact, in addition to the BMW X7's split headlights, both Mercedes-Benz and Audi, both German luxury brands, have also launched new cars with 'split headlights', while the L9 official drawings released by ideal Motors have also adopted the design of 'split headlights'.

Data show that the X7 model is the flagship SUV of BMW. In June 2008, BMW released the news that it would produce a large-scale SUV BMW X7, and positioned it as the largest SUV model in the BMW family, but the X7 project ran aground due to the bad global economic situation at that time. It wasn't until the economy improved that the BMW X7 was back on the agenda. On April 15, 2019, the BMW X7 was officially listed in China. It offers a total of four models, positioning large luxury SUV, with 40i and 50i power specifications, equipped with two sets of powertrain 3.0T+8AT and 4.4T+8AT respectively, and the vehicle price is between 100.00 and 1.628 million yuan. In terms of sales, the X7, BMW's flagship model, has sold about 150000 vehicles worldwide since 2019. Looking back at the domestic sales of the BMW X7 in the past year, the data show that the domestic sales of the BMW X7 exceeded 10000 in 2021, an increase of 23.8% over the same period last year.

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