But the one that really seems to take the cake, though, is the BMW 7 Series.
The computer under the dash of a BMW 7-series sedan is on par with a Pentium PC circa 1997.
It will compete with luxury standard-bearers like the Mercedes S-class and BMW 7-series.
This is the first year that a model other than the BMW 7 Series, Lexus LS or Mercedes-Benz S-Class has led the overall model ranking.
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The company's test vehicle, a BMW 7 Series, uses a camera mounted behind the windscreen, similar to those used in cars with lane-departure warning systems.
Significantly, the LS 430--like the Infiniti Q45 and BMW 7 Series--is a luxury car intended to be driven by its owner, not as an executive limousine.
The gliding gossamer ride of a BMW 7-series is astonishing, that's true, but the miracle moment slips away as the days pass, and the car begins to feel trifling and sedate.
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The BMW Hydrogen 7, for example, uses 254 kWh per 100 km, but the average fossil car in Europe uses 80 kWh per 100 km.
Finally, Declan looked at the BMW Hydrogen 7 - its only emission is water vapour but the technology for this type of green car is still being developed and currently, there are no models on sale.
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The latest Rolls-Royce models share many components with BMW models, such as the 7-series, but cost more than twice as much.
Yes, when I stomped the pedal from a standing start in the lightweight SL 550 (the all-aluminum body shaves 300 pounds off the previous generation roadster) and engaged its monstrous twin turbo V8, I could feel the skin on my face pulling back just as when I did the same thing in a V12 Aston Martin Vantage, a feeling I cannot replicate in my own 7-year old BMW 3 series.
Think BMW's 3, 5 and 7 series, or the Mercedes C, E and S Classes.
As a result, for instance, BMW reported nearly 1, 700 sales of its 7 Series sedans in July, triple its total in June.
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And in Detroit, BMW will showcase its 750hL, a large, 7-Series sedan with a nearly conventional V-12 motor powered by compressed hydrogen.
The few hybrids BMW has introduced previously, such as the ActiveHybrid 7 and ActiveHybrid X6, which use an eight-cylinder gasoline engine instead of a six-cylinder, have not sold well.
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BMW's share price, which has risen by 7.6% since it was announced.
The top 100 players on the points list after the Barclays will compete at the Deutsche Bank Championship (4-7 Sept), with 70 going on to the BMW Championship (10-13 Sept) and the final 30 contesting the Tour Championship (24-27 Sept).
In Munich, top seed Marin Cilic reached the semifinals of the BMW Open by beating sixth-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 6-2.
German luxury automaker BMW chose the 2012 Moscow International Auto Show earlier this week to introduce the facelifted new 2013 7 Series, its flagship model.
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