BMW 7 SERIES (2002 – TO DATE)宝马7系列(2002欧元Â"至今)
"The more you see the 7 Series on the road, the easier it is to gear to it quickly. Only people who say 'I've got to not like something,' have a problem with it. This is the car to make a long-term statement, which will get its following and build on it over many years. If people have difficulty coming on to a design, then OK, back off and give them time to work on these things. Yes, more than ever I am convinced that we did the right thing with this car.""越看700系列的道路,就越有遇快点.只有人说『我不喜欢的事仰韶文化'有问题.这是使汽车长期声明这将启动下,巩固它多年.如果有困难的人陆续到设计、那么好,后退,给他们的工作时间在这些事情.不错,比以往我深信我们做正确的事,这车." These are the words of Chris Bangle, the man responsible for the design of the 7 Series.这是克里斯朿话说,该名男子负责设计的7系. Love it or hate it, the 7 Series is impossible to ignore and there are enough fans of the marque for it to have notched up some respectable sales.爱它还是恨,700系列是不可能漠视和歌迷有足够的劳斯莱斯它有一些令人尊敬的销售缺口. Controversial styling notwithstanding, the 7 Series is holding its value remarkably well as a used proposition.造型虽有争议,其价值700系列具有出色用来作为命题.
HISTORY历史
Few were expecting anything quite so radical as the 7 Series when it was first unveiled in 2001.少数人的期待有所相当激进当初7系亮相2001. Its predecessor was sleek, understated and austere but in the intervening years BMW?s design direction had veered off at a tangent.其前身是轻巧、低估,但在这段期间,严峻的宝马?收盘设计已经越过一个切线方向. The bulbous 7 Series that eventually landed in UK BMW dealers in early 2002 was challenging to look at, but beneath the unconventional lines was an engineering masterpiece.7系的铜铃,终于降落在英国于2002年初被宝马经销商有挑战性看不过下方是传统线路工程的杰作. Many buyers initially never got that far, being put off by the design and the frustratingly fiddly iDrive control system.起初,远远没有许多买家,而却步的设计和扼腕fiddlyidrive控制系统. Despite slow initial sales it seems the market is warming to the 7 Series and year on year sales compared to its admittedly ageing predecessor are up 8 per cent.尽管销售缓慢,初步看来市场升温至700系列和去年同期相比,销售其前身是无可老龄起来8%. The range was supplemented by a 730d diesel model in 2003 and the arrival of the long wheelbase derivatives some time later.被辅以各种模型730d柴油2003和长轴距的到来一段时间后衍生.
Early 2005 brought a series of major alterations to the 7.2005年初提出了一系列重大的改动7. Most notably, issues of the iDrive control system and the car?s styling were addressed.最值得注意的问题idrive控制系统和汽车?收盘造型处理. Inside, some of the key controls found their way out of the iDrive computer and back onto the dash while a series of small revisions were made all around the exterior to soften some of the more controversial edges.内他们发现的一些关键控制计算机和出路的idrive冲刺而走上了一系列小修各地外观软化一些较具争议性的优势. Engine wise, there were lots more alterations with the 730i and 730d models receiving power boosts while the 735i and 745i were replaced altogether.机上有相当多的改建与730i及730d型号接收功率增强,而745i和735i完全取代. Doing the replacing were the 740i and 750i which slotted in below the 760i.这样的740i和750i所取代被缝在以下760i. Further tweaks were made to the suspension and chassis in a bit to improve steering response and stability.tweaks作了进一步的悬浮和底盘在转向反应有点改善和稳定.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
Never a company to duck a challenge, BMW have certainly bitten a big bullet with the latest Seven Series.公司从不回避一个挑战,宝马肯定咬伤7大系列的最新子弹. That tacked-on boot may well be the most unusual styling detail since Fiat figured a people carrier that looked like a frog would sell, but if you put that detail aside, can the latest 7 Series compete against the unremitting excellence of the executive elite?该附在安长靴可能是最寻常的造型来详细菲亚特甲运载火箭,看上去像一个人就卖青蛙、但是,如果你把详细一边最新7系才能跟行政精英的不懈追求?
Trouble is, that boot is so difficult to set aside.麻烦的是,那是何等艰难拨出靴. It?s there peering back at you from the rear-view mirror, your eye catches one of its upper corners as you approach the otherwise sleek car from the front three-quarter whilst from the rear it?s plain bizarre.?收盘时回有看清你从后视镜、抓到你眼睛上的一个角落,你的态度,否则漂亮的汽车从前方三个季度虽然从后面吗?收盘平原异乎寻常. Still, when we think of some of the cars that we considered radical but soon got swallowed by the mainstream, BMW?s high-rise bootlid may not be the big but we all thought it was.还有,当我们想到一些我们的车子被视为激进,但很快吞噬主流,宝马?收盘高楼bootlid未必大,但大家都以为是. In many respects the styling of the 7 Series is a masterstroke.在许多方面对700系列的造型是一个归宿. It hunches over its wheels, all the weight stored in its haunches ?它预感自己的车轮全部存放在其重量屁股吗? think Lexus GS430 without the bulky bloat.凌志gs430觉得没有笨重臌. The headlights chew down into the butter-smooth front bumper unit, stern beads that wear LED indicators as jewelled eyebrows.该头灯嚼降入酥油光滑战线碰碰股,严正表示穿珠宝率领指标眉毛. The chrome kidney grille has been warped wide like a digital stretch effect, whilst pinhole parking proximity sensors are dotted at intervals along a sleek dado rail at the front.铬门锁被扭曲性肾脏像个数码弹力效果,虽然针孔停车接近传感器如茵每隔一个漂亮脱氧腺苷铁路沿线的阵地.
The signature cutback of the rear passenger window remains as a legacy of the bloodline, but in most other respects this is a breed apart from the flat planes of the previous generation Seven.签署削减后座乘客的窗口仍然遗留的血脉,但在大多数其他方面,这是一个孕育除了飞机上一代七个单位. The roofline arcs in a coupe-like sweep, a trick pulled off by the Mercedes S-class some years back now, but deftly performed by the Mac-meisters in Munich.roofline在采伐的弧线状扫,拉过了一把戏奔驰的S级若干年回头路,快手快脚演出陆委会-meisters慕尼黑. It?s a sleek shape that would be a winner if it wasn?t for that tacked on trunk.?一个漂亮的形状,如果它是一个赢家.其余?为此笔附在树干. Let?s give it time.让?收盘给予时间.
The other discussion point is BMW?s iDrive system, a set-up that dispenses with most of the previous car?s 117 separate switches, levers and buttons in favour of a rotary dial that accesses a menu-based system that flashes up on an LCD screen.另外一点是讨论宝马?收盘idrive系统一设置,抽离大多在前车?收盘117分交换机,赞成杠杆和按钮,旋转通道拨号菜单系统,液晶屏幕上闪亮起来. At first it?s desperately frustrating finding yourself adjusting the front/rear balance of the stereo when all you wanted was to demist the windscreen and your initial response to iDrive will probably be,"UDrive, I?m off to learn something easier like advanced Thai or particle theory."起初它?拼命寻找自己的沮丧调整前/后排立体平衡当你想要的一切是为了demist挡风玻璃和你可能初步反应idrive"udrive,我?米易产学粒子或像泰国先进理论." Get the system right and you?ll look like some sort of techno guru, a few deft nudges of the serrated silver knob where the gearstick should reside causing the computer to access a dazzling array of electronic functions.制权,并得到你?当地像某种技术大师碰到几个传神的锯齿的银色旋钮gearstick要住那里获得了令人眼花缭乱的电脑造成各种电子功能. Get it wrong and you?ll be thankful for the comprehensive help facility.说错,你呢?为全面协助当地康泰设施. The post 2005 facelift models have a simpler version of the iDrive which may be preferable to any technophobes out there.改版后的2005年版的简单模式idrive有可能比任何technophobes出去.
Due to the fact that so many functions are marshalled by iDrive, the cabin of the Seven Series is the paragon of elegant, pared down design.事实上,由于这么多的功能能再idrive,机舱的7系列的典范,是高雅、删减设计. Everything from the carphone, the satellite navigation and the audio system right through to changing the setting on the adaptive damping system from Comfort to Sport are controlled by iDrive, so you?d better put in the time to learn it.一切从carphone,卫星导航系统、音响通过更改设定权的自适应阻尼系统运动控制idrive安慰,这么好吗?丁投入更好的学习时间. As you will have deduced, a conventional gear lever has been dispensed with in favour of the world?s first six-speed automatic gearbox, evidence of which comes in the form of dinky chromed buttons on the steering wheel.你会推断,齿轮杠杆常规都被打破了赞成票世界?收盘前6速自动变速箱,其中证据的形式dinky铬按钮方向盘.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
Prices for the 735i model kick off at £26,200 for an SE model or £30,000 if you plump for the long wheelbase LI variant.735i价格为26200英镑模型揭幕的硒模式或30,000英镑,如果你胖了长轴距李变种. Opt instead for a 745i and you?ll need to find £32,800 and £33,800 respectively.而选择了745i和你?当地需要找到33,800英镑32800英镑. The desirable 730d opens at £33,200 on an 03 plate with the SE kicking off at £34,600 and the Sport weighing in at a hefty £36,200.Insurance ranges from Group 17 up to Group 20 for the mighty 760Li.理想730d开幕了33200英镑1903年启动的板块与硒康称重和34600英镑在36200英镑在大幅.保险则由组17至20人的小组,威武760li.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
No significant problems have yet to be reported with the 7 Series.任何重大问题还有待与700系列报道. Be very aware that the desirability of the car is very dependent on colour choice.很清楚,最好的车是非常依赖颜色的选择. Stick to safe silver, graphite or black and you shouldn?t go too far wrong but some of the more colourful hues won?t be so easy to sell on.坚持安全白银石墨或黑色,你不应当?笔走得太远了一些错误,但赢得了更多缤纷的色彩?笔会那么容易就卖.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(based on a 2003 760Li ex VAT) An exchange starter motor retails at around £172 while a windscreen with top tint will set you back around £180.(基于2003年前增值税760li)交流电动机起动零售172英镑左右,而顶级的色彩将挡风玻璃你回180英镑左右. Expect to fork out £485 for an exchange alternator while front brake pads costs a stinging £171.A xenon headlamp unit will detain you for the princely sum of £358.预期花上485英镑的费用,刹车皮交流发电机门前一记响亮而英镑171.a氙前照灯单位扣留你的王侯将一笔358英镑.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
It seems almost Dickensian to start talking about internal combustion engines after considering the 7 Series?看来几乎狄更斯笔下开始谈论内燃机经过700系列? technological tour de force, but the 7 Series does its best to further the engine builder?s art.车赛技术力量,但它是否700系列发动机最好再建设者?收盘艺术. There are two 3.0-litre engines that kick the 7 series range off, the entry-level 218bhp 730d diesel and the 231bhp 730i petrol engined model.有两个3.0公升引擎,揭开程客700系列,入门级218bhp730d柴油及汽油引擎231bhp730i模式. Both the 735i and magnificent 333bhp 745i (replaced by more powerful but similar 740i and 750i models in 2005) feature BMW?s innovative Valvetronic system, as does the desirable V12 760i flagship variant.既壮观333bhp735i745i(代之以更强大,但是类似740i750i模范2005)宝马特点?valvetronic收盘创新体系作为旗舰760i是否可取v12变种. This is engine design that does away with conventional throttles, the valves themselves dictating how much air reaches the combustion chamber.这是引擎设计,摒弃了传统的掐住,阀门自己支配多少空气到达燃烧室. This means a cleaner and more efficient powerplant entirely without the somewhat odd ?hollow?这意味着一个更清洁、更有效的动力完全没有有点怪?中空? throttle response of the smaller Valvetronic engines.valvetronic发动机油门反应较小. Factor in such high-tech features as the world?s first fully variable inlet manifold and variable timing on all four camshafts and you have something of a technological tour de force.这些因素在高科技会务世界?首完全可变进气管和可变的时间就全部四个凸轮轴、你有一个技术力量车赛. The 730d diesel supplements the petrol versions offering better economy, useful power and lower emissions, making the 7 Series increasingly attractive to company users.副刊汽油柴油730d的版本提供更好的经济、低排放、有用功率、700系列制作公司的用户越来越有吸引力. These customers may well be tempted by the long wheelbase iL versions.这些客户可能是由长轴距的诱惑伊尔版本.
The 7 Series has always been a permanent fixture in the board member?s car park and the latest model is bound to be even more popular, encompassing as it does enough state of the art features to punt it to the top of the class or thereabouts.700系列一直是永久的董事会成员?收盘停车场和最新型势必会更加普及,它包含足够现状特征踢它顶班左右. It?s not a class that stands still.?这不是一个阶级的固步自封. Jaguar?s XJ8 and Audi?s A8 are continually being fettled and improved whilst the Lexus LS430 still mops up sales and the Mercedes S-class?美洲虎?收盘xj8和奥迪?收盘A8规定仍在不断完善,而喷补凌志LS430汽车销售最多的仍拖把奔驰的S级? position as chief claimant to the World?s Best Car crown isn?t going to be wrested away from Stuttgart without a concerted struggle.作为世界首席索赔?皇冠轿车的最佳肖国?笔会被掠夺远离未经斯图加特奋斗. As you?d expect from BMW, the driving characteristics are predictably superb.如你?丁期待宝马的驾驶特点是料精湛. Dynamic Drive Control is an electro-hydraulic system that does clever things to the anti-roll bars of the 7 Series, artificially dictating the amount of body roll ?动力传动控制是一个机电液系统的东西是否聪明反滚酒吧的700系列,人为支配金额体滚? none at low speed and a few degrees off kilter during more enthusiastic cornering to remind you where the electronics give way to sheer physics.无以低速行驶,期间数度对开失调更热衷垄断提醒你那里纯粹物理电子让路. Drive like this and you?ll appreciate the Sports suspension setting.驾驶这样,你呢?当地欣赏体育暂停设置. At first you?ll be disappointed, the syrupy ride quality making the 7-Series seem a trifle bloated, but as soon as you encounter a corner the dampers up their game, keeping everything taut and resolved with just enough information flowing up the steering column and through the chassis to keep you appraised of what the tyres are up to.起初你?当地失望,syrupy乘坐品质使700系列似乎是小事臃肿、但是只要你遇到了一个角落的阻尼游戏拉紧和公正解决一切保持足够的信息流,并通过督导专栏底盘把你的轮胎是什么评价最多. Switch into Comfort mode and you?ll breeze effortlessly over the sort of scabby surfaces that constitute the British road network.转换成舒适模式,你呢?过去那种用力当地轻拂面构成scabby英国道路网.
OVERALL 总体
No doubt you?ll have your opinions on the 7 Series but whether or not you?re a fan of the styling be in no doubt that there?s a great car underneath the controversial sheet metal.毫无疑问,你呢?当地有700系列,但大家的意见是否你?再一种是风扇的造型无疑有?备受争议的汽车底下的一个伟大板材. The 730d looks to be the best buy of the bunch, offering competitive fuel consumption and emissions showings.730d看起来是最好的买了一大堆,提供具竞争力油耗和排放美术馆. Perhaps the last word should go to Chris Bangle.也许要到硬道理克里斯朿. "People just haven't had a chance to learn yet. We haven't been open enough, explained [the design] as well as we should.""人们只是没有机会学习.我们没有足够的开放,解释[设计]以及要." Arrogance or genius?傲慢或天才? You decide.你们决定.
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