据英国媒体报道,宝马将在明年9月举行的法兰克福车展发布第六代7系车，新车将作为2016款车型上市。新车采用全新35up平台，车身结构采用铝镁，碳纤维增强塑料和高强度钢材，重量将比现行版轻200公斤，740i重量将降至1650公斤。该车内部将采用铝制双叉臂前悬和多连杆后悬，同时配备新一代空气悬挂，立体摄像头和道路扫描技术，所有这一切都是为了提高更豪华舒适的行驶性能。除了标准和长轴距版外，下一代7系还将提供加长轴距版本，该车主要是为了与奔驰S级迈巴赫竞争。宝马还将推出7系高性能版M750i/M7，该车搭载取自M5并升级后的4.4升V8双涡轮增压引擎，功率超过447千瓦/600马力。此外车厂还将推出插电混动版本。标准版将搭载从四缸到十二缸在内的各种引擎并搭配九速自动变速箱和后轮或全轮驱动。具体来说，由于新车重量大幅降低，因此可以搭载2.0升四缸涡轮柴油引擎，此外还有3.0升直列六缸柴油引擎，有双涡轮甚至三涡轮增压，可提供三种不同的功率和扭矩。而在汽油引擎方面，将对现行版搭载的3.0升直列六缸引擎进行升级，同时提供4.0升V8和6.0升V12引擎，后者还提供给劳斯莱斯车型。新一代7系在明年法兰克福车展发布后将在2016年初上市。

Next-gen BMW 7-Series heading to 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show with 200 kg diet
British media is reporting the sixth generation BMW 7-Series will be unveiled in September 2015 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

The 2016 BMW 7-Series will ride on an all-new platform called "35up" using a combination of aluminum, magnesium, carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and high-strength steel which will make the flagship BMW a lot lighter than today’s 7-Series. It is believed up to 200 kg (440 lbs) will be eliminated which would make the lightest 740i version weigh approximately 1,650 kg (3,637 lbs).

The vehicle will benefit from a double wishbone front suspension and multi-link rear setup made mostly from aluminum and benefiting from a new generation of air springs, stereo cameras and road-scanning tech - all for the purpose of providing a more luxurious and comfortable ride.

Besides the usual standard and long wheelbase variants, the next-gen 7-Series is expected to be offered in an extra-long wheelbase variant, just like Mercedes-Benz will be doing with the S-Class Maybach.

There will reportedly be a range-topping sport variant called M750i/M7 featuring an uprated variant of the M5's V8 4.4-liter twin-turbo tweaked to develop more than 600 bhp (447 kW). In addition, a plug-in hybrid 7-Series is also in the works but details are not available at this moment. The regular engine lineup will include a wide variety of four- to twelve-cylinder motors mated to a nine-speed automatic gearbox and rear- or all-wheel drive.

Thanks to a significant diet, BMW will be able to install a small 4-cylinder, 2.0-liter turbodiesel engine while for more power clients will be able to opt for an inline-six 3.0-liter diesel offered in three states of tune and with twin and triple turbo configurations. On the gasoline side, expect an upgraded version of today's inline-six 3.0 and newly developed 4.0-liter V8 and 6.0-liter V12 engines which will also power future Rolls-Royce models.

Following its September 2015 introduction in Frankfurt, the next-gen BMW 7-Series will likely go on sale at the beginning of 2016.