Comments on: 2009 BMW 7 Series Review

By: ashly

ashly — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:29:01 +0000

this is one wonderful BMW, a real luxury saloon, something expensive but worth the cash, just by the smell of the interior you can that you’re in the 100k + car territory.

but here is a problem

i own a VZII 6.0L L76 260kW/510Nm Calais 2006 with an old outdated 4 speed transmission with 3.07:1 diff.
The thing is quite simple, modern but its year “2006″ indicated that its getting older and the design dates back to 1997.

But, there is something special about my 6.0L underpowered , detuned and conservative fours peed V8. Its 260kW feel like 350kW, its 510Nm of torque feel like 600Nm+ , and its 4 speed feels like its not changing gears at all.
Its very smooth, it will do close to 100km/h in 1st, 160 in 2nd and over 240 in 3rd while the 4th could take it up to 265 with ease.
The car its not very expensive now days, sure its a lot simpler than this BMW, but there is something about it, the engine characteristics of the L76, the way it responds the way it breathes “in stock factory form”, just the way the car is.
Cruising down the highway at 100km/h at just over 1600rpm in 4th, not quite 1700 like in similar cars.
I wonder why spend $200000+ on a car when you can have something raw, powerful, refined and still luxurious and much cheaper to run, fix and thrash around?

After test driving cars worth $200000-500000 i realized that my car is either on par with them or quicker than all of them.
For performance and luxury versus dollar, go for a Holden Calais SERIES2 VZ 6.0L V8 or the VE Calais V 6.0L. You can’t go wrong.

ASHLY

By: biboooo

biboooo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:15:44 +0000

thank you bob ,but shifting up and down using clutchs on the rear of the steering wheeles? or just moving the gearbox(P R N D+\- )up and down whitout a clutch pedal ?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:06:41 +0000

It allows you to manually select your gears in an automatic gearbox, flick it up to (+) and it goes up a gear, flick it down to (-) and it goes down a gear.

By: biboooo

biboooo — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:06:08 +0000

can some one tell what does D/+ – M/S mean in bmw gearbox ?

By: Neo Utopia

Neo Utopia — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:31:48 +0000

The front looks a lot better than the previous generation, the rear I’m still not too sure if the designers could have done a bit better to have it more consistent with the front.

By: ChineseDriver

ChineseDriver — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:11:23 +0000

This car looks like a very aggressive PIG.

>OO<

By: Ed B

Ed B — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:37:05 +0000

I dunno. Just doesn’t do it for me. Doesn’t look grand at all. Prefer the Benz or even the Lexus.

By: Tor_M5

Tor_M5 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:05:40 +0000

they are making a m version with a twin turbo v12 then merc can suck it

By: pious

pious — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:43:07 +0000

Yeah, I like the xj shape myself, but the suggestion is that the change is going to be radical, and it is probably needed to stop xj sales going to the xf/xf-r. They are keeping it very secret, so far. being a jag owner too, I am keen to see them capture more of the market and a revitalised xj should help with that

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:22:32 +0000

Pious, I have heard that and I’m glad. The only thing that I am not sure about is a different shape for the XJ. I like the iconic low and sleek look with the tapered off back. I hope they don’t get rid of that because it’s iconic with good reason, but they probably will.