New 2009 BMW 7-Series (F01) Photos Leaked

   Today our day started on a exciting note as we got our first look at the production model pictures of yet to debut new 2009 BMW 7-Series that hit the web via Flickr. How these seemingly official press photos of upcoming 7-series got leaked is not known but we take it as pre-release publicity act by BMW. Anyhow, it looks a lot like the outgoing model but a bit more edgier and tauter. The new 7-Series take many design cues from the CS Concept, like the angel-eye shape of the front headlamps and an oversized grille. You can see the comparison photo here

The rear end has been blessed with a more balanced and intergrated look than before. It gets a pair of uniquely restyled but odd looking tail-lamps. Not sure how many of you would like them but atleast give the Bavarian automaker some credit for its effort.
Expect for fixing certain styling ills of the previous generation model, there doesn’t seem anything revolutionary about the exteriors of the new BMW flagship. But don’t get too upset as a lot of significant changes are expected under the sheet-metal including a longer wheelbase and higher spec powertrain options plus a hybrid version at a later stage.
Moving inside, the car comes with a markedly cleaner and more refined interior look which is quite different from what we saw earlier in the spy shot. It gets some neat restyling and new cool looking gadgets but if you thought you could just wish away the iDrive, better luck next time. BMW is confident that its second generation iDrive controller won’t irritate its users and comes with the new iDrive onscreen interface thats believed to be easier on eyes.

It seems that the 7-Series would also get BMW’s in-car Internet system since a Google search page is shown in one of the pictures below. For the guys at the back there are individual rear-seat monitors which look more useful and classy than the regular center single screen used in the outgoing model. Even the gear-shifter looks new and is no longer mounted on the steering column.

BMW is expected to release the high-res official photos and more details about its new 7-Series on July 7th. Is it a coincidence that the new 7 comes on the 7th day of the 7th month? .