We highlight all of the tech and comfort features in the rear of the M-tuned M760i xDrive sedan equipped with the Rear Executive Lounge Seating Package.
TranscriptJAMES RISWICK: This is James Riswick for Autoblog. I'm in the new BMW M760i, and I'm in the back seat because the oligarch owner of this car would be in the back seat while his henchman or chauffeur drives him around
I'm going to show you some of-- all of the toys that are here. For starters, this seat is heated. It is cooled. There are multiple massage functions. They are very nice.
You have even nice plush pillow. Of course, you have your own sunroof here. You have your own vanity mirror to check out how handsome you are.
This is a [? bin ?] you can keep weapons, I suppose. You have your own table, which is quite nice, very much like a first-class airline seat, and this is very first-class. You even have your own ashtray if you want to do that. You have your own sunscreen to hide yourself from the peasantry.
You have multiple settings for LED lighting, including this rather substantial lighting bar here. And then you also have your own iDrive screen, with iDrive controller. It does almost everything. The screen up there does.
And then as an added bonus, you have this, the touch tablet. It does many of the same functions that the buttons do, but, you know, you can do it a little more futuristicallly here. And one of my favorite functions is the comfort position. So just press that button right there, and slowly but surely, you move back. The seat moves forward, and you can just luxuriate as you drive through the countryside. It's really quite lovely.
Now, normally with-- this isn't the only car that does this, but usually you don't get that much room. I'm 6 foot 3. Usually it's not that effective for me, but in this car it actually is. And you have this nice foot rest that comes down here, and you put it up. There you have it. Opulence-- it has it.
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