Having made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, new images of the BMW 740e iPerformance luxury plug-in hybrid have emerged. The plug-in hybrid 7 Series will be produced in three forms: the standard 740e, long wheelbase 740Le, and the all-wheel drive LWB 740Le xDrive.
The sedan’s petrol-electric powertrain comprises the marque’s 2.0 litre turbocharged petrol engine which produces 258 hp and 400 Nm of torque, paired with an electric motor producing 113 hp and 250 Nm of torque on its own, while transmission to the driven wheels (rear or all four, dependent on variant) is courtesy of the ZF-sourced eight-speed automatic gearbox. Total system output is 326 hp and 500 Nm.
The 740Le xDrive variant is the quickest one off the line, capable of performing the 0-100 km/h sprint in 5.5 seconds. The 740e completes the same feat in 5.6 seconds, while the 740Le gets it done in 5.7 seconds.
Electric drive runs on a 9.2 kWh lithium-ion battery pack located beneath the rear seats, is recharged either through regenerative braking, or from a 240 V electricity outlet. With the latter, a full charge can be attained in four hours. On the NEDC test cycle, the standard 740e will return 2.1 L per 100 km and 49 g of CO2 per km, while the long-wheelbase version does 2.3 L per 100 km and 53 g of CO2 per km.
As in the X5 xDrive40e, AUTO eDrive mode automatically manages energy and power distribution. The mode defaults drive to pure electric under speeds of 80 km/h, but will fire up the petrol engine under higher loads. In MAX eDrive mode, the 7er maintains pure electric driving, offering a top speed of 140 km/h.
Exceeding this speed or fully depressing the throttle pedal sees the petrol engine fire up. Drivers may choose to reserve anything between 30 to 100% of electric power with the Battery Control feature – reserving energy for later.
No prices for the 740e have been revealed, but the plug-in hybrid can be expected to be positioned in the upper parts of the 7 Series range in most markets. Here, however, it remains to be seen if BMW Malaysia will decide to assemble it locally to take advantage of EEV tax breaks, like it does with the X5 xDrive40e. If it does, expect it to carry very attractive pricing, like the PHEV X5.
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If BMW Malaysia bring this car in, they have to price it below RM500k. This will eat into their 730li at RM599k and 740Li at RM799k
They did not mind bringing the X5 Plug In because the normal X5 had ZERO sales at RM588k. So, bringing the X5 plug in was such a good idea.
But the 7 series always got sales for BMW Malaysia. Sime Darby alone orders few hundred units per year for the SVP1 staff as company cars. Then Government will order more every year for all the ASEAN, NAM etc etc conferences for diplomatic use.
BMW Malaysia will be very happy to sell their 730li and 740li at exorbitant pricing for all this events. Its a special arrangement they get being crony GLC. All big Putrajaya events, Government will place hundreds or orders for 7 series and happily pay full price to their own GLC Sime Darby using tax payers money.
So, I doubt BMW Malaysia will bring the 740e as they won’t be able to untung more getting free sales from Government ministries and events
You’re the same guy that keeps posting this tripe about Sime Darby sales for years and years now. Don’t think we don’t know who you are.
We do not know exactly who he is, but very sure is a pathatic Audi salesman.
He is non malaysian that come here to stir thing and talk nonsense only
He is talking the same bullshit in BMW and Mercedes posts but never in Audi and Porsche post, wonder why?
where you got your sales data that the X5 have ZERO sales? TO those who are affordable, do you think they really so concern about how you price it？ they like it, they will just buy it….
How can BMW debuts its hybrid cars without testing? Is BMW overconfidence in their cars? No need to wait for Matt Damon to come back? BMW is lousy compare to its Asia variant. As usual, since its foreign overlords, Malaysians wouldn’t persoal
I was told that BMW will bring this car next year with tag price to be less than RM400K (Subject to approval). They probably will open registration end of this year.
X5 PHEV: safety equipments could be better, front bumper has two ugly cheap-looking black honeycomb plastics, plastics around the wheel arches and sidesteps are gone.
For 740e PHEV I guess if they want to price it at rm488 888, they will let go certain items. Please retain all the safety equipments and panoramic sunroof, and add good footrests/ottoman at the rear. Make sure rear passengers can sleep well when they want to.
Your suzuki jimmy is better. Stick to it boy.
Under 500k will make more sense as the 730Li will go up in price to 699k once their 100 year anniversary ends….the 599k price tag u see now is until further notice. What I’m more interested to see is the 330e. It will totally kill the 320i and 330i sales if they launch it here.