2020 BMW 7-Series Review, Ratings, Specs, Prices, and Photos

The 2020 BMW 7-Series is a private jet for the road, a posh sanctuary experienced as well from the cabin as it is from the cockpit. On our scale, it earns 7.8 out of 10 overall for its commitment to comfort and quality over all else. (Read more about how we rate cars.)

For 2020, BMW has entered the 7-Series into the biggest grille competition between luxury automakers, leaving us wondering how much grille is too much grille. The rest of the exterior gets a refresh, along with improvements to materials and technology inside the car, including a new digital gauge cluster, standard active safety features, and improved connectivity.

According to BMW’s designers, the new grille is 40 percent larger than that of the 2019 model, bringing it more in line with the outlandish maw on the new X7 SUV. We’re not so sure bigger is better in this case, but the rest of the visual touches modernize the 7-Series successfully, and the interior is sublime, as always.

For such a low-selling vehicle, BMW offers one of its most diverse powertrain lineups for the 7-Series, ranging from a turbocharged inline-6 to a turbocharged V-12, with a V-8 and plug-in hybrid thrown in for good measure. Horsepower ranges from 335 to 600 horsepower, and the sprint to 60 mph can be made in as low as 3.6 seconds on the M760i, a hilarious number for such a large vehicle. The suspension is geared for comfort above all else, but make no mistake, this sedan can seriously hustle when pushed.

With prices that range from about $84,000 to nearly $200,000 fully loaded, the 2020 7-Series comes with impressive standard features like a full suite of active safety technology, premium Harman Kardon sound, supple leather, digital displays, and more. At the top of the range, buyers get a luxury rear seat package, even better audio, Merino leather, and nearly every tech feature in the book to go along with a 600-horsepower V-12.

All this luxury and weight comes at a cost though, namely fuel efficiency. Average figures range from 16 mpg combined for the thirsty V-12 to 24 mpg combined for the base inline-6. While the plug-in hybrid manages 56 MPGe with a fully-charged battery, it gets only 22 mpg combined as a conventional hybrid, so remember to charge as often as you can.