
kubrick
says
I guess it's time to say goodbye to the E65 - it won't be missed by too many. Its predecessor, the E38, was a competent, if too conservative car back in its day and the E32, well that's the car that put BMW on the luxury car map and was a stunning design by the great Ercole Spada. The current version was at odds with BMW's idea of always offering the sportiest car in its class, both visually and in terms of performance. And in pre-facelift shape it had some really awkward styling aspects (like the front lights-grille-ratio, among others) and thus allowed the A8 to lure away too many former 7 drivers. And that A8 Mk. 2 was also a very good car, better than the 7 in many respects. So when Merc presented their (also stylistically challenged) current S, which meant a return to quality and technological leadership, it also meant the 7 would fall into oblivion, despite one of the best facelifts BMW has ever made.
I'm really looking forward to the new version, hoping it will be less of an E90 irrelevance and more something of an E32 for the noughties.
18 March 2008 18:25