Looking at a BMW 7 Series model, Mr. Moneypants? BMW's 2016 flagship will awe Alistair at the yacht club with some Bond-worthy gadgets. We've seen the most interesting feature demo'd by Volvo, Audi and BMW before, but it has yet to arrive on a production car: remote control parking. Using the touchscreen-equipped BMW Display Key, you'll be able to automatically squeeze into (and out of) a parking space without even being aboard. Self-parking is already available on BMW's i3 electric vehicle and others, but the 7 Series is the first to let you park from outside the car.
Another much talked about, but so far un-buyable feature is gesture control. BMW's 7 series will let you wave your hands around to accept or reject phone calls and control media volume, to name a couple of features. Along with a touchscreen, the system will take single finger, two finger and full hand movements, and BMW says you'll be able to create custom gestures for various functions. To top it off, the new vehicles will get driving assistant systems including steering and directional control assistance, lane departure warnings and cross traffic warnings.
The vehicle's body will use copious carbon fiber for 130 kg (280 pounds) less curb weight, and sport highly tunable drive dynamics thanks to an air suspension. There's no word on pricing for all that yet, and tsk, tsk for even asking -- but the 2015 models start at $68,500 and run all the way up to $130,000.
Filed under: Transportation
Via: Autoblog
Source: BMW
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