Despite the powerful engines and acceleration to 100 km / h in less than 5 seconds, these cars are not designed to start with a traffic light, and for a comfortable and relaxed hours that the owner will hold the wheel or, more commonly, in the back seat. The first thing to note is that 7-ke BMW and S-Class Mercedes-Benz of the company are the world its power. And it's not about the engine and gearbox, but worthy of the past, of course, praise, and about innovations related to safety, comfort and luxury.
It is at these moments I want to focus. W222 S-Class was released a few years ago and has set new standards in everything — be it an elegant appearance or technology inside the car. BMW needed to do a considerable amount of work to catch up and overtake rival. Well, in some respects it has turned out, and in some — unfortunately, but no.
Appearance
I think no one would argue with the assertion that the W222 looks like a King on the road. In January we (DT Test Drive team) went to the shooting in the United Arab Emirates. For 2 weeks of permanent patrols on the Dubai and Abu Dhabi, we have seen a lot of beautiful, expensive and exclusive cars, but this concentration W222, both in Moscow and do not close in the richest country in the UAE. Every day in the capital, we see a huge number of «two hundred and twenty second», but if it bothered us? Does it look pall? I have it any less cool? — Hardly. Since the presentation of the S-Class and it is like today. But with 7-Coy BMW history is different. The new design is bad? No, this is not to say I can, but I can not say «WOW!». Although very much like to.
Multimedia
What BMW really has no equal, and what did the Bavarians ahead of the rest — it's multimedia. The most convenient system of NBT has become even more beautiful, and management — even more comfortable, because they added «touch». Now you can control the system, not only with the iDrive joystick but also just «poking» at the screen. Very convenient, very practical, very happy. Glad that at least in the BMW objectively stronger models with three-beam star. For Boss on the back seat with the option of the Samsung tablet, which has a BMW application that allows you to control all the functions in the car — any manipulation of the audio system, with the seats (excluding the driver), interior lighting and much, much more. It's really good and I must say that the BMW app is also available for Apple devices, if you are not on the Samsung soul. Of course, we can not say that Mercedes poor multi-media system, does. Beautiful, functional, but the BMW is better.
Ease Boss
Perhaps the most important aspect for the executive class car — the rear right passenger's convenience, because it was he who pays for the car 10+ million rubles.. Both «participant» has a minimum set of necessary functions: dual-zone climate control, massage, ventilated seats, an optional retractable table, hatch. But there are two points which have a pronounced superiority of first one and then the second car. The first — ease of use of multimedia system and then BMW leads. But the second aspect, in my opinion more important, is that with which you can comfortably stay in place Bossa. Then W222 ahead of the rest. Both cars have the opportunity to take half-lying state on a chair when the back tilts and the lower part of the seat travels forwards. BUT, the most important caveat is that where you do with his legs. In the new BMW 7-ki from the back of the front passenger seat is lowered a special shelf for your feet. On the one hand comfortably, but even in the Long version and my height 185 cm, I rested legs shifted forwards in the front passenger seat and had some discomfort. The W222's different: the front passenger seat also pulls ahead, but then it also rises, leaning over the dashboard, which gives you additional 15–20 cm of legroom. In addition, the support leg is not on the shelf, and they gently picks up a special strap to leave the bottom of your seat. Moving the car has never been so comfortable. This is more than W222 trump BMW conceals all cards, even those that sleeve.
But everything else — look at the video!
