The 2023 BMW X7 xDrive40i Is The Ultimate Driving 3-Row Family SUV

Aug 3, 2023

The 2023 BMW X7 xDrive40i Is The Ultimate Driving 3-Row Family SUV

The #BMWX7 was late to the large 3-row SUV family segment but when it came onto the scene 3 years ago, #BMW made sure the new #X7 had their ultimate driving DNA built into the chassis. For 2023, the #X7xDrive40i is still the entry-level model, but BMW has made some nice improvements that remind buyers this is intended to also be the #7Series of their SUV lineup.

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0.179 -> when it comes to large Flagship

2.04 -> three-row luxury SUVs the BMW brand was

5.22 -> a little bit behind the company finally

6.899 -> entered the space with the very large

9.059 -> BMW X7 back in 2019 and when I first had

12.179 -> a chance to drive the vehicle I was

13.74 -> blown away it was essentially was the

15.839 -> best driving three-row large luxury SUV

18.18 -> that money can buy now since that time

20.699 -> frame there have been a lot of new

21.96 -> competition entering the space which is

24 -> why for 2023 we're seeing a fully

26.4 -> revised 2023 X7 as you can see this week

29.46 -> BMW has loaned me this X7 painted in

32.04 -> Brooklyn gray with the base xDrive 40i

35.399 -> which means we have a 3-liter

36.719 -> turbocharged inline six electrified with

39.239 -> a mild hybrid system and making about

41.6 -> 375 horsepower and you can see from the

44.04 -> design it got the same front fascia from

46.5 -> the also recently redone BMW 7 Series so

49.5 -> if you guys have been looking for a

50.82 -> large three-row luxury SUV but you want

53.28 -> something that also has a little bit

54.48 -> more spunk when you actually get behind

56.399 -> the wheel how does the revised 2023 X7

59.039 -> stock up stay tuned find out

61.38 -> [Music]

69.5 -> now before we start talking about the

71.76 -> exterior styling changes and trust me

73.68 -> they are pretty significant for 2023 let

76.02 -> me go ahead and pop the hood and show

77.28 -> you guys what's powering this thing now

78.6 -> BMW offers a choice of three different

80.4 -> engines here in the US this right here

82.56 -> is actually the base motor now there

85.08 -> isn't really too much that's basic about

86.88 -> this engine this is the same b-58 Twin

89.88 -> power single turbo inline six cylinder

93.06 -> that we know and love from BMWs it's

94.74 -> also been upgraded this year with a 48

97.14 -> volt mild hybrid system which means this

99.42 -> three liter inline six now develops 375

102.479 -> horsepower and when it's accepting the

104.7 -> the assistance of the 48 volt system it

107.28 -> delivers up to 398 pound-feet of torque

109.979 -> that's a pretty heady uh 40 horsepower

112.259 -> increase and like over 50 more

113.82 -> pound-feet of torque versus the

115.5 -> pre-refreshed model so it's a nice

117.18 -> healthy jump uh you're only you only get

119.22 -> one transmission Choice it's an

120.479 -> eight-speed ZF torque converter

122.04 -> automatic X drive all-wheel drive is

124.079 -> going to be standard this vehicle is is

125.46 -> built off of a rear drive cluster

127.259 -> architecture the same one that underpins

128.759 -> the BMW X5 and fuel economy is actually

131.58 -> pretty impressive considering the size

133.8 -> of this vehicle

134.94 -> it's ready to get up to 21 in the city

136.8 -> and 25 on the highway premium gas is

138.66 -> going to be required of course with that

141 -> large 20 plus gallon gas tank you're

142.62 -> looking at over 450 miles of range on a

145.86 -> full tank now BMW also says performance

147.66 -> should be around 5.6 seconds 0-60 and if

150.66 -> you guys need to tow this is also a

152.4 -> really good tow vehicle it'll tow a

153.959 -> maximum of 7 500 pounds as this one sits

156.599 -> here it weighs in at around 5400 pounds

158.459 -> keep in mind there are so are also two

160.44 -> V8 versions The m60i which has up to 523

164.459 -> horsepower and then the Alpina which

166.26 -> also got a boost to 631 horsepower but

169.2 -> let's go ahead and close up the hood

171.42 -> and talk about the exterior styling now

173.58 -> as you can see how could you guys not

175.44 -> notice the front fascia this is the same

177.3 -> front end that we saw on the new BMW 7

179.28 -> Series and some of you either love or

181.44 -> hate the design I actually prefer the

183.66 -> pre-refreshed model in terms of the look

185.819 -> I just don't love the way this looks I

188.099 -> also I'm really glad that BMW isn't

189.78 -> carrying over this design theme on the

192.42 -> revised X5 and X6 which I'll eventually

194.459 -> show you guys their full review on that

195.72 -> you can see my tester has the M sport

197.64 -> package and the extended Shadow line

199.319 -> package so you can see the twin kidneys

201.06 -> are blacked out there's active Grill

202.8 -> shutters I also really like it with the

204.3 -> Brooklyn gray you can see the headlights

206.34 -> my tester is missing the crystallized

208.86 -> headlights where the LED daytime running

210.84 -> light and turn signal would be a crystal

212.099 -> effect down here you can see it's split

214.62 -> it's divorced from the daytime running

216.3 -> light where you have an LED low and high

217.739 -> beam no fog lights it appears but I

220.019 -> believe there are some cornering lights

221.34 -> BMW's full LED headlights are standard

223.5 -> you can see the black extended Shadow

224.879 -> line trim also includes more blacked out

226.319 -> trim down here along with the sensor for

228.239 -> the radar cruise control and the parking

229.799 -> sensors overall the vehicle certainly

232.319 -> still looks premium but I still think I

234.84 -> prefer the pre-refreshed front fascia as

237.48 -> opposed to this new version but moving

239.58 -> around the side profile you can see the

241.14 -> X7 size is a little bit deceiving

242.879 -> because this is built on the cluster

244.5 -> architecture and it's a big vehicle at

246.86 -> 203.6 inches long this is about 10

249.239 -> inches longer versus the X5 so you

252.42 -> really are going to feel that in the

253.439 -> Interior Space it's wheelbase is around

254.64 -> 122 inches long this is about as big as

258.06 -> you can get for a crossover type large

260.519 -> luxury SUV obviously if you're looking

261.9 -> at a Yukon or an Escalade that's going

264.18 -> to be another 10 inches longer versus

265.74 -> this vehicle now you can see my tester

267.72 -> has an optional 22 inch wheel you can

270.12 -> see massive design it's a newly designed

272.34 -> wheel with the M sport brakes you can

273.84 -> see it has upgraded twin or four piston

276.24 -> calipers and then the tire size is

278.24 -> 275.40 R22 in the front so these are run

281.1 -> flat tires Pirelli run flat tires the

283.62 -> rears are fatter they're 315 so you have

286.199 -> a staggered wheel setup you can see all

287.759 -> x7s also come with an Adaptive air

289.56 -> suspension which can raise in lower the

291.66 -> ground currents almost two inches this

293.52 -> is with it in its normal setting you can

295.56 -> see moving around the rest of the side

296.639 -> profile it's a boxy shape I mean it

298.979 -> pretty much just looks like a super

300.18 -> sized X5 here it has that signature kind

302.699 -> of almost looks like a hockey puck in

304.919 -> the side sill I like how it's blacked

307.32 -> out of course when you guys go for the

309.419 -> shadow line package along with the

310.62 -> window trim over here you can see the

311.88 -> mirrors they electrically fold in they

313.56 -> have an integrated turn signal and then

314.82 -> you can see my tester also has a big

316.44 -> panoramic glass roof which actually has

318.36 -> a roof panel over the third row which is

320.04 -> nice and then you also have the blacked

322.199 -> out roof rails if you guys want to put a

324.479 -> roof a rack or something or a roof

326.34 -> basket on top of the vehicle now moving

327.66 -> around the rear you can see the rear got

329.34 -> a more subtle upgrade which it didn't

331.32 -> really need changes I always thought

332.699 -> that the X7 was a handsome vehicle

334.259 -> especially from the back you can see you

336.24 -> have a slightly tweaked tail light

338.4 -> design where it's a full LED tail light

340.02 -> I'm surprised that chrome trim in the

342.479 -> center of the tailgate isn't actually

344.28 -> blacked out down here you can see you

345.9 -> have dual exhaust Outlets which I

348.12 -> believe on the V8 you'll get a quad

349.38 -> Outlet exhaust system it's also blacked

351.24 -> out which is nice and then what I like

352.919 -> about the X7 is just like a Range Rover

355.139 -> for example it has a split design to the

357.78 -> tailgate which means if you open this up

359.34 -> and you have a bunch of stuff in here

360.419 -> it's not going to roll out and fall onto

362.34 -> the ground push a separate button here

363.84 -> that's going to lower down that lower

365.82 -> portion of the tailgate and you can see

367.259 -> here this is the problem with the X7 if

369.36 -> you guys need to regularly carry a bunch

371.16 -> of people and their stuff you only have

373.34 -> 12.8 cubic feet of storage space with

376.139 -> the third row seat up so that's pretty

377.94 -> small it is well carpeted back here you

380.52 -> have a pretty deep under floor storage

382.56 -> area over there which is nice but you

384.78 -> can see if you want to fold down the

386.34 -> third row seat you can do that by

388.919 -> basically just

391.139 -> pushing this button over here which it's

393.72 -> power folding so you can see once I push

395.819 -> that it actually can lower the second

397.5 -> row which is also power folding and

399.84 -> lower the third row so you can see I

401.16 -> have to push one button first that

402.6 -> lowers all the rows of seats you can see

405.6 -> that side is only lowering that for some

407.46 -> reason but you can also just hit a Max

409.5 -> button here which if you hit that button

412.62 -> it actually will lower all the seats but

415.74 -> for some reason it's not wanting to work

417.419 -> but anyways in terms of cargo space when

419.58 -> that seat is folded down you can see it

421.08 -> takes a second so this is where it's

422.22 -> kind of finicky I would just prefer

423.479 -> something a little bit simpler but when

426 -> you fold down the third row you can see

427.56 -> that will give you a maximum of 48 cubic

429.84 -> feet and then if you fold down the

430.86 -> second row BMW says you have a total of

433.44 -> 90 cubic feet now 90 cubic feet is

435.539 -> actually a pretty good amount although I

436.74 -> was just in something like the Toyota

437.759 -> Grand Highlander which will spawn a

440.16 -> Lexus version that offered around 98

441.9 -> cubic feet of Total Space so that's

443.52 -> definitely a little bit more but this is

445.86 -> also still pretty good as well I can't

447.66 -> remember off the top of my head with the

449.16 -> GLS Mercedes has but this is going to be

451.5 -> less spaces which are going to find in

453.06 -> something like the Escalade the

454.199 -> Navigator and the GMC Yukon

457.68 -> so now let's go ahead and move on to the

459.419 -> interior of the revised X7 so if you

462.06 -> guys don't like the exterior you're

463.259 -> going to be spending most of your time

464.4 -> inside which this vehicle did get

465.96 -> upgrades before we do that let's go

467.46 -> ahead and take a look at the key fob you

468.599 -> can see this is BMW's newest fob it is a

471.24 -> fairly large and heavy feeling fob I

473.88 -> mean it feels really well made it has

475.62 -> your usual buttons to lock to unlock to

478.5 -> open up the tailgate to panic use the

481.199 -> Panic alarm and then there's also a

482.52 -> remote start if you double or if you

483.78 -> triple tap the lock button here in

485.759 -> sequence it should also remote start the

487.38 -> vehicle you can also have access to it

488.639 -> through your phone on the app as well

491.28 -> which you can also use your phone as a

493.02 -> key now you can see door handles are

494.639 -> traditional unlike some other other

496.86 -> modern BMWs with the pop-up handles you

499.259 -> can see just touch that little Ridge

500.58 -> area here that locks the door electric

502.02 -> folds the mirrors this vehicle also has

503.58 -> the walk away unlock and lock feature if

506.099 -> you have it set on which is kind of a

508.139 -> nice touch where if you walk up to the

510 -> vehicle with the key it'll automatically

511.139 -> lock or unlock the door for you if you

513.479 -> guys walk away from it as well but you

515.279 -> can see my tester with the Brooklyn gray

516.599 -> has the black full Mourinho upgraded

519.36 -> leather interior now you can see I

521.219 -> personally wouldn't go for a black

522.24 -> interior you can also go for like a gray

524.039 -> an oyster uh several different Hues of

526.92 -> brown it would look really good with the

528.12 -> gray exterior BMW sadly doesn't offer

530.04 -> their red uh interior on the X7 I hope

532.92 -> they eventually change that but you can

534.3 -> see with the upgraded leather you can

536.58 -> see you've got leather stitching on the

537.779 -> door panels here with the contrasting

539.399 -> stitching you have some nice aluminum

542.1 -> trim nice glossy wood although most

543.959 -> people are not going to a matte finish

545.16 -> wood and then my tester just has the

546.959 -> Howard Harman Carmen audio audio system

549.36 -> upgrade not the Bowers and Wilkins for 3

551.22 -> 400 bucks if you're an audio file I

552.959 -> really I'd highly recommend that the

554.399 -> Harman Kardon is fine but it's not quite

556.08 -> as nice as the Bowers and you can see

557.94 -> down here it's a soft touch material

559.14 -> nice storage compartment here and then

561.6 -> you can see with the M sport package you

562.98 -> have the alloy pedals the alloy side

564.839 -> Sills and then these seats they adjust I

567 -> believe in 20 different ways and you can

569.22 -> also squeeze the bolsters my tester is

571.5 -> missing massaging seats but you do have

574.26 -> two person memory on both the front seat

576.3 -> and on the front passenger seat and the

577.8 -> these seats are heated and ventilated

579.24 -> they are comfortable they're supportive

580.98 -> but I'd highly recommend going for the

582.54 -> massage seats especially if you're going

583.68 -> to be spending this kind of money

584.64 -> anyways now as I get in you can see the

586.74 -> step in height is nice and high although

589.92 -> it's it kind of gives you that easy step

591.24 -> in height that you like with an SUV and

592.68 -> then you can see here it doesn't have

594.36 -> the feature where the doors will

595.38 -> automatically open and close for you

596.64 -> like in the 7 Series but it does have

598.56 -> the soft close feature so you just have

600.839 -> to click the door it'll shut the door

602.64 -> for you automatically and then if you

603.839 -> slam it

604.86 -> the door has a nice solid sounding thunk

606.779 -> remember this is built on the cluster

608.22 -> architecture now start stop button is

610.14 -> down here by the shifter which as you

612.18 -> can see it's the new shifter because it

614.339 -> has the 48 volt mild hybrid system the

616.5 -> starter noise is not traditional kind of

618.18 -> just words to life like it's electric

619.56 -> like a hybrid vehicle but once you start

622.019 -> the vehicle up what surprised me

624.48 -> actually is put it into sport mode here

626.04 -> for a base engine

630.97 -> [Music]

632.16 -> it actually makes a pretty nice sound

633.98 -> BMW does an amazing inline six so it

636.72 -> doesn't surprise me that this again

638.82 -> sounds fantastic now you can see the

640.56 -> steering wheel it's a Power Tilt and

642.3 -> telescoping steering wheel it's got

643.68 -> paddles on the wheel it's got leather

645.12 -> over the airbag cover it's a big meaty

647.16 -> chunky steering wheel with a three-spoke

649.2 -> design not flat bottom but again this is

651.42 -> part of the M sport package and it just

653.1 -> gives you kind of that you know ultimate

655.68 -> driving feel that you get from other

657.36 -> BMWs you have leather with real

659.22 -> stitching on the upper portion here more

661.26 -> of that glossy wood which some of you

663.06 -> make you may want to change out for the

664.98 -> aluminum or for the matte wood and then

666.959 -> you can see the dashboard has been

668.76 -> redone where you have these new vents

670.56 -> where it has these kind of like joystick

672 -> here to control the airflow you can also

673.74 -> twist that that will close the vent for

675.72 -> you can do that for each individual vent

677.339 -> there's also this new kind of LED

678.92 -> lighting accent there's also a really

681.12 -> beautiful ambient Lighting in this

682.44 -> vehicle where this right here is also

683.82 -> lit up it shows X7 I think BMW also does

686.399 -> that in the new X5 which is nice your

688.68 -> headlight controls are down here and

690.6 -> then you'll have controls here where you

691.98 -> can adjust the way this looks over here

693.959 -> which you can also manipulate by

695.64 -> changing the drive modes you can see

697.079 -> there's a comfort there's an Eco Pro

698.88 -> which turns blue and then there's the

700.92 -> sport which turns red I don't

702.779 -> particularly love the new in

705 -> and where the way it looks but you can

706.98 -> kind of push a button over here and you

708.779 -> can also kind of change the way this

710.279 -> looks where you can put your driver

711.839 -> assistance content you can also put your

714.3 -> map

715.38 -> and GPS function which if you go here

717.72 -> this will actually put the map preview

719.82 -> which is again pretty nice that BMW

721.38 -> gives you that customization but I still

723.12 -> think I prefer Audi system with their

725.04 -> Google Earth you can see over here

726.3 -> there's iDrive 8 which now has a 14.9

729.54 -> inch screen over here in the center it

731.339 -> has Wireless Apple carplay and Android

732.72 -> auto you can see there's the carplay

734.16 -> function it looks good it's very quick

736.26 -> and snappy and the graphics look

737.82 -> fantastic the climate control is now in

740.04 -> the screen here which is one of my

741.24 -> biggest gripes with iDrive 7 so you can

743.459 -> see here if I want to access the uh

745.86 -> cooled seat I can tap that over there

747.6 -> this will bring me they say the climate

748.98 -> control menu which you can also tap via

750.72 -> center right here this sometimes took a

753.48 -> little bit too long to populate when I

755.1 -> first start the vehicle up especially if

756.48 -> it's a hot or a cold day you can see

758.16 -> I've got the cooled seat controls

759.42 -> there's your passenger seat controls I

761.279 -> think people just prefer the hard

763.44 -> buttons to access the seat controls it's

765.18 -> something BMW used to do along with your

767.7 -> different preset buttons they just got

769.5 -> rid of that to kind of create a More

771.3 -> minimalistic Design which I understand

772.74 -> why it's just created a system here

775.139 -> that's a little bit more intimidating

776.519 -> and a little bit more cumbersome to use

779.16 -> at times you also have the voice

780.779 -> commands if you guys don't want to

782.1 -> fiddle around with the screen when I put

783.899 -> the car into reverse you can see there's

785.639 -> your full top down 360 camera which BMW

788.639 -> does a really good job with their camera

790.44 -> views it also allows you to pull up like

792.3 -> a panoramic view monitor it has parking

794.279 -> sensors front and rear has a 3D view if

796.86 -> you'd like where you can kind of scroll

798.48 -> around the vehicle which is a nice touch

800.839 -> it even looks like it almost matches the

803.279 -> exact car that my tester actually is in

806.579 -> the screen here versus what it actually

808.44 -> is in real life which is nice the one

809.82 -> thing I also don't like is this new

811.32 -> shifter this is the new shifter where

813 -> it's basically like this little toggle

814.38 -> you push it up to go to reverse kick it

815.94 -> back to go to drive there's also a sport

817.56 -> mode push this P to go to park I prefer

820.079 -> the older shifter because you used to be

821.459 -> able to get a crystal shifter if you

822.899 -> guys have the executive package

824.1 -> obviously you can't do that now because

826.019 -> of this little black toggle it just

827.639 -> looks more minimalistic but I preferred

829.38 -> the other electronic shifter which was

830.94 -> kind of more of a shifter you can see

832.62 -> iDrive 8 also allows you to use the

834.48 -> rotary controller here but you can also

836.639 -> use the touch screen you can also use

837.72 -> voice commands it the software in it is

840.18 -> fine I just want more hard buttons so

842.22 -> like what was wrong with having a heated

843.42 -> seat control button over here or a

846.18 -> massage button over here which I believe

847.92 -> if you have that there actually will be

849.24 -> a massage button over here the window

850.68 -> controls do feel pretty high quality and

853.079 -> I also like how you can also open and

854.82 -> close the shades it's one touch for all

856.44 -> four which is definitely nice

858.779 -> and then over here you can see the seats

860.459 -> like I said earlier comfortable

861.6 -> supportive they look great uh you have

863.76 -> adjustments right here for your air

865.44 -> suspension as well and then you have

867 -> some Shortcut buttons for the iDrive and

868.92 -> then there's a nice padded center

869.94 -> console open this up you can see it's

871.56 -> pretty deep there's a USBC charging port

873.36 -> then if you open this up there's another

874.92 -> USB a a wireless phone charger and then

877.2 -> a little bit more storage over here this

878.82 -> would just I'm not particularly my taste

881.16 -> but it does look nice with the black

883.019 -> interior you can see my tester also has

884.76 -> the Alcantara headliner which is an

886.44 -> extra charge you have led map lighting

888.72 -> and then you can see here my tester is

890.22 -> missing the executive package which

891.66 -> would include the Sky Lounge LED

893.699 -> lighting in here without it you still

895.74 -> have a panoramic glass roof which has

897.24 -> this kind of sun shade that opens and

899.399 -> close you can also open this completely

901.019 -> or you can tilt it which is nice it

903.18 -> looks good with the Alcantara headliner

905.399 -> which is also on the a-pillar and

906.66 -> d-pillar but overall you can see with

909 -> the heads up display there's a lot of

910.8 -> tech in this car but it's missing a

912.24 -> digital camera review mirror BMW doesn't

914.399 -> do that and then I would just like to

915.959 -> see them add back some heated and cooled

918.24 -> seat control but buttons instead of

920.639 -> having them buried into the screen but

922.56 -> overall nice interior it feels spacious

924.6 -> it feels roomy and it definitely feels

926.22 -> like very high quality and for those of

928.32 -> you who are familiar with BMW Interiors

930.18 -> you're going to kind of feel right at

931.26 -> home in this car

932.82 -> moving to the back seat you can see this

935.1 -> is going to be a family vehicle so you

937.019 -> probably are hoping that it has a lot of

938.699 -> space in the second and third row now

940.44 -> you can see here my tester does not have

942.36 -> the captain's chairs for I believe like

944.04 -> an extra 800 bucks BMW will get rid of

946.38 -> the center seat and give you a console

947.579 -> and give you two captains shirts which

949.079 -> will reduce the seating capacity to six

951.6 -> my tester here will seat seven because

953.519 -> there's three across here there's two in

955.44 -> the third row which the third row is

957.12 -> standard now you can see these seats are

959.1 -> also power reclining and they also power

961.079 -> fold and they also give the ability to

963.18 -> power a move so you can get into the

965.16 -> third row you can see here's the

966.48 -> controls right here to recline the seat

968.699 -> you can also move it forward and back

970.019 -> the materials back here still has

971.82 -> beautiful leather stitching with the

973.199 -> contrasting stitching nice padded

975.24 -> armrest it's still soft touch down here

977.279 -> with a nice amount of storage you can

978.779 -> also open and close the shades by

981.36 -> pushing this button over here

983.399 -> which basically allows you to open and

985.56 -> the third row you can see is also a

986.82 -> power retractable shade then if you want

988.079 -> you can also lower and open up this

991.639 -> peasant Shader privacy shade on each of

994.68 -> the door panels you can see so that's

996.24 -> definitely a nice touch not sure why

997.32 -> that's not going automatic it's probably

998.579 -> because the door is open but BMW says

1000.5 -> you have around 36 I'm sorry 37.8 inches

1003.98 -> of leg room back here which is a fairly

1005.6 -> good amount getting back here and

1007.699 -> shutting the door you can see uh this is

1009.62 -> with the seat all the way back this is

1011 -> with the seat slid forward a little bit

1012.62 -> to give third row passengers a little

1014.66 -> bit more space but you can see here when

1016.459 -> you have it in this position there's

1018.38 -> definitely not as much space you feel a

1019.88 -> little bit cramped back here

1021.5 -> uh so I would do is I would move this

1023.839 -> seat back and then also recline now you

1026.299 -> can see this is where you get I believe

1027.5 -> the full 37.6 inches of legroom which is

1030.079 -> a good amount uh you do have a four Zone

1032.179 -> climate control in this vehicle BMW

1033.74 -> actually says you can get up to five

1034.939 -> zones so the third row you can get its

1036.919 -> own Climate Control Function there's

1038.12 -> three level heated seats my tester is

1040.1 -> missing the cooled seat function which I

1041.48 -> don't believe they offer actually on the

1042.799 -> X7 I'll have to double check that you

1044.6 -> can see you have rear seat air vents

1045.919 -> this would be a little bit of storage

1047.419 -> here where if you had a tablet installed

1049.28 -> you have a USBC charging port over there

1051.44 -> two more usbcs down here along with a

1054.44 -> power outlet I also like how the

1056.72 -> headrests have these really nice soft

1058.039 -> pillows back here and you have this nice

1060.14 -> kind of soft quilted full Merino leather

1062.24 -> which is great you have an armrest that

1064.039 -> folds down gives you more storage over

1065.419 -> here

1066.2 -> along with dual cup holders in addition

1068.96 -> to cup holders here you can see there is

1070.4 -> some ambient lighting back here in the

1072.14 -> third row area and then once you're back

1074 -> here you can see it's great for you know

1075.679 -> if you guys have to have four adults in

1077.419 -> this vehicle it's certainly going to

1078.799 -> give you that kind of space that you're

1080.36 -> looking for but let's go ahead and hop

1081.559 -> into the third row which obviously with

1083.78 -> the bench seat you can't actually get

1085.94 -> get back there unless you fold the seat

1087.799 -> out of the way now if you flip this

1089.78 -> switch here this is going to fold the

1091.16 -> seat down for maximum cargo what you

1093.02 -> have to do is actually hit the button

1094.88 -> over here

1096.08 -> just kind of tap it once you can see the

1098 -> front seat starts to move out of the way

1099.32 -> and then this seat will

1101.059 -> start to move out of the way

1102.32 -> electrically now you do have to wait for

1105.08 -> it to do so although it is fairly quick

1106.76 -> but it is not as fast obviously as a

1109.039 -> manual seat so kind of keep that in mind

1110.66 -> I don't have the legroom figures back

1113.179 -> here into the third row area

1115.4 -> but you can see that is with the seat

1118.46 -> all the way back now with the seat all

1121.46 -> the way back here can I sit back here

1123.919 -> the answer is

1125.9 -> not really I'm literally my knees are

1128.299 -> jammed up against this seat back so I

1130.16 -> would have to ask this passenger here to

1132.38 -> move this seat up a little bit because

1134 -> this is just completely unacceptable oh

1137.179 -> God and I'm only five foot seven keep

1139.1 -> that in mind now in terms of the space

1141.14 -> you can see Headroom is actually pretty

1143 -> decent my head's not touching the roof

1144.86 -> but if you're over six feet it might you

1146.9 -> can see over here there's this nice sun

1148.4 -> shade that kind of you can also close up

1150.2 -> if you'd like to close up if you need to

1152.299 -> get some shade you can see my tester

1154.28 -> actually does have the five Zone climate

1156.02 -> and you can see there are heated seats

1158.059 -> back here in the third row this is part

1159.559 -> of an extra charge I think BMW was one

1161.299 -> of the first to do heat seats in the

1163.1 -> third row you do have rear seat air

1164.48 -> vents as well you have some nice padded

1167 -> armrest over here with some ambient

1168.559 -> lighting and then as you can see here

1171.1 -> with this seat slid forward let me

1173.48 -> actually put it back hopefully it

1175.16 -> doesn't Crush my feet so I can show you

1177.14 -> guys what the space is like so the

1179.059 -> actual you'll hear it latch when it yep

1181.28 -> and then it'll come

1183.08 -> back a little bit but please don't crush

1184.82 -> my knees okay so this is what the seat

1186.559 -> slid forward a little bit and while I

1188.539 -> don't have the final legroom figures in

1190.1 -> the third row BMW doesn't give that to

1191.72 -> you I can sit back here or somebody

1193.46 -> that's five foot seven but when you

1194.84 -> slide it all the way back you can see

1196.1 -> there isn't enough space for my legs so

1197.9 -> kind of keep that in mind other

1199.22 -> competitors from the American brands

1200.84 -> simply offer more space in the third row

1203.059 -> for actual adults

1204.74 -> so it's been nearly four years since

1206.6 -> I've been behind the wheel of BMW's

1208.46 -> Flagship SUV and while it did take the

1210.919 -> company a long time to enter this space

1213.62 -> boy was it worth the wait because this

1215.84 -> vehicle has become a pretty big seller

1218.179 -> for BMW it is the second best-selling

1220.34 -> luxury SUV three-row Flagship luxury SUV

1223.4 -> in the US and the updates that BMW has

1226.16 -> made have only improved it even more in

1229.28 -> terms of the exterior styling that's

1230.66 -> always debatable but I actually haven't

1232.46 -> had a chance to drive the base six

1234.86 -> cylinder engine for this vehicle

1237.08 -> um and I'm number zero to 60 tested it

1239.059 -> so BMW claims 5.6 seconds with this 375

1243.559 -> horsepower three liter twin-powered

1246.38 -> turbo inline six now it's also

1248.179 -> electrified so nearly 400 pound-feet of

1251 -> torque so we've got it in sport mode

1252.32 -> it's got launch control and let's see

1254.66 -> what we can get

1257.179 -> oh

1259.419 -> these engines are always overachievers

1261.98 -> sounds good too

1264.14 -> all right 5.4 seconds that's a smidge

1266.9 -> faster than BMW's claim of 5.6 seconds

1270.08 -> and I have to say it is very impressive

1272.66 -> considering uh

1274.34 -> the sound this makes the fact that this

1276.74 -> is the base engine the fact that it

1278.12 -> weighs 5 400 pounds which is just

1280.64 -> incredible uh that beeping you're

1282.679 -> hearing is the car I'm not sure what

1285.32 -> it's doing but it's kind of getting on

1286.34 -> my nerves I need to figure out how to

1287.299 -> turn that off but overall it still feels

1289.52 -> like a very fun very Nimble car and

1293.539 -> that's kind of what the beauty about

1295.76 -> BMW powertrains and Chassis they always

1299.419 -> feel a little bit smaller than their

1301.159 -> numbers would suggest but let's go ahead

1302.78 -> and try right here what this

1304.88 -> acceleration be like this time I'm not

1306.74 -> going to break torque and I'm just going

1307.82 -> to floor it

1309.559 -> definitely doesn't feel as fast when you

1311.419 -> don't

1312.44 -> oh that sound I like the noise I love

1314.6 -> BMW's inline six 6.1 there and that time

1318.5 -> is about a half a second slower than the

1321.679 -> BMW's claim but again I'm going more

1323.659 -> slightly uphill and I'm not brake

1325.1 -> torquing it there most people won't

1326.72 -> launch this car so in the real world

1328.76 -> you're going to be getting around six

1330.2 -> seconds zero to 60 which is going to be

1331.94 -> plenty of power for most I mean this is

1333.919 -> actually faster than the last Cadillac

1336.62 -> Escalade with its 6.2 liter V8 that I

1339.02 -> tested so very impressive performance

1342.2 -> especially considering the fact that you

1344.059 -> can get a V8 two different V8s with two

1346.58 -> different power levels so it really

1348.62 -> shows you how impressive that BMW tends

1351.559 -> to be with their powertrain options now

1353 -> in terms of just the transmission this

1354.98 -> is the eight speed ZF automatic it's got

1357.2 -> paddles on the wheel if you start

1358.88 -> messing with the paddles they are pretty

1361.1 -> responsive actually

1364.94 -> it makes a little burble and crackle

1367.159 -> from the exhaust I mean this kind of

1369.14 -> playfulness this engagingness is not

1371.96 -> what I typically find in the full size

1374.179 -> three row Flagship luxury segment this

1376.88 -> car essentially just feels like a bigger

1378.38 -> X5 and that's what I love about the X7

1380.36 -> and that's probably why it's been doing

1382.46 -> so well because if you need if you love

1384.32 -> driving but you need the extra space the

1387.08 -> X7 gives you that third row of seats I

1389.36 -> mean this car is about almost 10 inches

1392 -> longer than an X5 but you know what I

1394.58 -> don't really feel it that much in the

1396.32 -> driving Dynamics BMW has done a really

1398.36 -> good job of masking the weight masking

1400.28 -> the size and it's just incredible to me

1402.679 -> what this company is capable of doing

1405.74 -> put your foot down here you can feel

1407.419 -> it's a rear drive bias car because it

1409.64 -> sends more power to the back

1412.64 -> really fun that's seriously I like the

1415.94 -> way this base engine feels I don't

1418.039 -> typically care for the base engine but

1420.559 -> BMW's inline six has always been an

1422.72 -> overachieving kind of engine and that's

1424.7 -> the beauty about this car is it feels a

1426.919 -> lot stronger than its numbers would

1428.84 -> suggest and it kind of makes me wonder

1430.64 -> do you even bother to need to get the V8

1433.1 -> when you guys go for this car let's try

1434.6 -> it again here we'll break torque it

1435.919 -> launch it

1438.559 -> oh yes

1441.02 -> love that

1444.28 -> 5.5 there so again 5.4 5.5 with launch

1448.28 -> control that's plenty of performance and

1450.559 -> I believe it's only about a half a

1453.14 -> second slower versus the previous

1455.08 -> pre-refresh models V8 the xDrive m50i

1458.36 -> and that had around

1460.48 -> 456 horsepower

1464.059 -> I actually had the rear step out a

1465.919 -> little bit

1468.559 -> oh

1470.24 -> music to my ears but let's go ahead and

1472.28 -> switch the drive mode selector here into

1474.02 -> Comfort because most people are going to

1475.82 -> drive this vehicle like an SUV a family

1477.86 -> vehicle and uh BMW has retuned the

1480.5 -> suspension this year it's got adaptive

1482.059 -> air suspension which is standard the

1484.4 -> ride quality is amazing even though I'm

1485.84 -> riding on these 22 inch wheels it rides

1487.88 -> really comfortably it handles really

1489.919 -> nice still but also it has that dual

1492.32 -> personality when you put it into Comfort

1493.76 -> mode it just Glides it Glides over

1496.1 -> imperfections and when it's on smooth

1498.08 -> pavement you've got this excellent ride

1500.12 -> quality it's so quiet in here the engine

1502.4 -> quiets down when you have it in Comfort

1503.78 -> mode the steering gets a little bit

1505.4 -> lighter but it's always direct it's

1507.02 -> always precise visibility out of the X7

1509.539 -> is also good I can see out of the front

1511.1 -> the sides very well the rear also the

1513.26 -> rear visibility is good although I wish

1515.059 -> BMW would offer a digital camera review

1517.4 -> mirror that's something that the Germans

1519.14 -> just are against but in a vehicle like

1521.72 -> this let's say if you had seven

1522.74 -> passengers in the vehicle tall

1524.9 -> passengers or a bunch of crap with stuff

1526.82 -> going up to the roof you're not going to

1528.08 -> be able to see out of the back window so

1529.52 -> that's kind of a reason to have that and

1531.799 -> then the seats are also comfortable my

1533.179 -> tester is missing the massage function

1534.799 -> but they are heated and ventilated this

1537.38 -> is not the interior color that I would

1539.419 -> go for especially with this gray you

1540.919 -> can't get it with red interior you can

1542.84 -> get it with like a two different or

1544.1 -> three different variations of brown

1545.6 -> though which I probably would do

1548.419 -> but it just constantly reminds you this

1550.64 -> is a luxury vehicle and that's kind of

1552.32 -> the beauty about the X7 is it just

1554.659 -> drives like a slightly bigger X5 does it

1557.84 -> feel like an SUV of 7 Series yes and no

1561.32 -> I mean the 7 Series the new one in

1563.48 -> general has gotten so Tech heavy

1565.88 -> um and this new X7 you know borrows some

1569.24 -> of that Tech I love the new iDrive 8

1570.679 -> System I love how big the screen looks I

1572.659 -> don't love how BMW got rid of some of

1574.46 -> the actual controls that were hard

1576.679 -> buttons

1578.179 -> um for example like the climate

1579.32 -> functions are now on the screen which

1580.64 -> takes a little bit of getting used to

1581.72 -> but you're if you're the owner of this

1583.4 -> car you should get used to it pretty

1585.08 -> quick and then in terms of the fuel

1586.4 -> efficiency in my week's worth of testing

1588.38 -> I averaged around 19 MPG and mostly City

1591.44 -> driving on the highway this powertrain

1594.02 -> however will deliver the goods I got 26

1596.48 -> miles to the gallon on the highway and

1598.52 -> when you combine it with the large gas

1600.02 -> tank you're looking at over 450 miles on

1602.48 -> a full tank that's excellent even though

1604.34 -> this car is just a mild hybrid it's not

1606.32 -> a full hybrid or BMW doesn't offer a

1608.48 -> plug-in hybrid on this vehicle you

1610.4 -> notice constantly that the engines that

1613.039 -> BMW produces aren't more efficient than

1614.9 -> the numbers would suggest and that's

1616.58 -> kind of the beauty about this car is

1618.2 -> it's more powerful than the numbers

1620 -> suggests and it's also more fuel

1621.559 -> efficient than the numbers would suggest

1622.76 -> and it makes me wonder the V or the

1625.159 -> inline six is probably the engine to get

1626.9 -> unless you plan to do a lot of Towing

1628.9 -> this delivers smooth effortless you know

1632.6 -> linear power that sounds good that's

1635 -> very fuel efficient when you want it to

1636.62 -> be and it's also just very comfortable

1639.02 -> but very sporty as well when you want it

1641.059 -> to be so there's a reason why the X7 has

1643.64 -> really grown in popularity and I'm not

1645.799 -> surprised that this is now the second

1647.24 -> best-selling SUV in the three row large

1649.82 -> luxury space

1652.22 -> so after spending a full week with the

1654.5 -> fully revised 2023 BMW X7 I mean

1657.799 -> basically all the things that I liked

1659.419 -> about the X7 about four years ago are

1661.58 -> pretty much still here I think this is

1663.559 -> one of the more attractive looking

1664.7 -> Vehicles although I still prefer the

1666.799 -> pre-refresh model as opposed to this

1668.779 -> version uh the engine really surprised

1670.76 -> me for a base engine it offers plenty of

1672.919 -> power plenty of performance and really

1675.5 -> good fuel efficiency and that's probably

1677 -> one of the reasons why this version here

1679.039 -> with the six cylinder sells really well

1680.6 -> because it's smooth and makes a nice

1682.1 -> sound and it has enough power for most

1684.62 -> drivers unless you're going to be

1685.82 -> constantly Towing all the time in terms

1687.44 -> of the handling this again just drives

1689.419 -> like a super size X5 which doesn't even

1691.64 -> feel that much bigger than an X5 so if

1693.919 -> you want a driver's SUV that also is a

1696.799 -> flagship luxury SUV that can carry three

1698.779 -> or seven people this is the one you're

1700.58 -> going to want to be looking at because

1701.6 -> as you guys know Porsche is the other

1703.22 -> driver's SUV but they don't offer a

1705.5 -> Cayenne with three rows of seating and

1707.299 -> then the X7 as you can see does now in

1710.12 -> terms of uh my gripes I don't pretend

1712.159 -> particularly love the new infotainment

1714.02 -> system now iDrive 8 has some upgrades

1716.84 -> over the previous generation but where

1718.34 -> BMW went backwards is the fact that they

1720.26 -> took away some hard buttons for like the

1722.48 -> heated and cooled seat controls the

1723.919 -> heated steering wheel controls they put

1725.12 -> it in the screen there which I

1726.74 -> understand why they wanted to do it they

1728.12 -> wanted to make it look more modern and

1729.38 -> more minimalistic but there are times

1731.299 -> where I found when I'm starting the

1733.4 -> vehicle up it takes a second for it to

1734.72 -> come on now obviously you can go and

1736.34 -> Fiddle with the settings and make it

1738.2 -> kind of programmed to exactly your wants

1740.539 -> and your needs and your preferences but

1743.24 -> it's just going to have that extra

1744.62 -> learning curve and for those of you who

1746 -> prefer a more traditional setup you're

1747.86 -> going to have to get used to that and

1749.299 -> then also keep in mind if you want

1750.559 -> something like this it is going to be

1752.24 -> fairly expensive now this base version

1754.64 -> here the xDrive 40 which comes standard

1757.82 -> with all-wheel drive and that six

1758.899 -> cylinder starts at 81 900 now that is

1762.2 -> about sixteen thousand dollars more than

1765.2 -> a BMW X5 now granted I'd say that's

1767.72 -> probably worth the cost considering how

1769.46 -> much bigger this is you get that

1770.48 -> standard row which is actually meant and

1772.52 -> to carry average size adults better so

1775.279 -> versus the X5 my tester here with the

1777.559 -> options that it has like the M sport

1779.12 -> package the shadow line package the

1781.22 -> upgraded interior as well the 22 inch

1784.279 -> wheels you're looking at around 94 700

1787.039 -> now 94 Grand sounds like a lot of money

1789.74 -> but also keep in mind if you're going to

1791.24 -> be looking at something like an Escalade

1792.799 -> a navigator a Yukon Denali those are

1795.32 -> also going to be around the 90 to over

1797.12 -> 100 000 range but my tester here is a

1800.179 -> little bit light on the options keep in

1801.679 -> mind as well if you want the V8 powered

1803.48 -> X7 which I actually don't think you need

1805.64 -> unless you're going to be Towing

1806.899 -> regularly that's going to cost you at

1808.82 -> least a hundred and eight thousand

1809.96 -> dollars so it's about a twenty seven

1811.1 -> thousand dollar increase to go for the

1812.96 -> V8 and if you guys want the ultimate X7

1814.76 -> the Alpena that'll start at around just

1817.279 -> under 150 000 but you're looking at a

1819.86 -> vehicle that should be able to

1820.82 -> accelerate to 60 about two seconds

1822.62 -> faster versus this inline six which as

1824.539 -> you guys saw it's certainly no slouch

1826.52 -> with all that said hope you guys have

1827.72 -> enjoyed my full overview on the fully

1829.76 -> revised 2023 BMW X seven if you're also

1833.059 -> looking to see the latest cars I'm

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