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Dodging firebombs in the BMW i7 Protection: An electric limo that can protect you from big bullets and small explosives

Published 13 April 2024
By Shane O' Donoghue
BMW has been making armoured cars for endangered clients since 1978 and it has just released its first all-electric option. We've driven it.
BMW i7 Protection

BMW's armoured electric car

Armour-plated BMW i7 Protection is the brand’s first electric ‘protection vehicle’ designed for carrying VIPs in safety — and silence.
Published 08 August 2023
BMW i7 xDrive60 M Sport

Electric BMW i7 review

The new BMW i7 is sumptuous and silent. Dave Humphreys drives, and experiences, the first-ever electric 7 Series.
Published 05 November 2022
2023 BMW i7

BMW 7 Series goes electric

BMW has taken the covers off its new 7 Series luxury saloon and, for starters at least, only the all-electric i7 variant will be available.
Published 20 April 2022
Me and My Motor: rock star Steve Harley

Me and My Motor: Steve Harley

Steve Harley has owned many nice cars over the years, but it's the Cockney Rebel frontman's Aston Martin that makes him smile.
Published 24 April 2019
2020 BMW 7-series epic grille reactions on Twitter

BMW 7-series 'epic' grille: funniest reactions

The first pictures of the new BMW 7-series have been leaked online, and it has what has been described as an X7-inspired "epic" grille.
Published 10 January 2019
Self-driving cars will be allowed to park themselves in overhaul of rules

Self-driving cars to be allowed to park themselves

Motorists will be able to park their car remotely using a smartphone or key fob for the first time under plans to overhaul the rules of the road.
Published 27 December 2017
Me and My Motor: Jim Crowley, jockey

Me and My Motor: Jim Crowley, jockey

"The worst part of my job isn’t the diets, or the sweating in a bath to keep the weight off — it’s driving from one racecourse to another...
Published 28 November 2017
Reader Letters: Motorway investment, premium fuels, dash cam crash for cash and Ford GT

Reader Letters: Motorway investment, premium fuels

"Driving the length of Britain on our dreadfully undermaintained motorway network got me wondering: are we really spending £60bn on the HS2..."
Published 23 October 2017
Jeremy Clarkson review of 2017 BMW M760Li xDrive V12 (7-series)

The Clarkson Review: BMW M760Li xDrive V12

Hello? Hellooooo? Is anyone still out there? Or has everyone glossed over these pages [in the Sunday Times Magazine] . . .
Published 03 October 2017
First Drive: 2016 BMW 740Le xDrive iPerformance review

First Drive review: BMW 740Le xDrive

If you've come into some money and need to save tax, don’t move the cash to the Cayman Islands – your local BMW dealer has just the answer
Published 12 September 2016
Me and My Motor: Theo Paphitis — cars are the real deal for the Dragons’ Den star

Me and My Motor: Theo Paphitis

Theo Paphitis won’t reveal exactly how many cars he owns but, he admits, “it might be more than 20”...
Published 18 July 2016

The Clarkson review: 2016 BMW 730Ld M Sport

If you are the Austrian finance minister, or an African dictator, or the managing director of a successful carpet business in West Yorkshire, then...
Published 29 February 2016