Bollywood celebrities are upgrading their luxury car collection with time. As part of one such upgrade, actor Ajay Devgn bought a new BMW i7 electric car worth Rs 1.95 crore (ex-showroom). The new car arrives in India as the flagship EV sedan from the German marque. With this purchase, Ajay Devgn has joined the likes of Riteish Deshmukh, Pooja Batra, Madhuri Dixit, Mandira Bedi, Mahesh Babu and other actors as owners of electric vehicles. Of these, Riteish Deshmukh, like Ajay Devgan, owns a BMW luxury electric vehicle.
Ajay Devgn’s BMW i7 features the German automaker’s new design language, kidney-shaped grille upfront and sleek LED lights. In the Indian market, the car is sold in multiple colors including Black Sapphire Metallic, Individual Dravite Gray Metallic, Individual Tanzanite Blue Metallic, Brooklyn Gray Metallic, Carbon Black Metallic, Mineral White Metallic and Oxide Gray Metallic. Out of several color options, the actors have opted for Twilight Purple Pearl Metallic paint scheme.
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The BMW i7, which is now in Ajay Devgn’s garage, is one of the costliest models in the ‘i’ series. The company justifies the price tag of the car by loading it with all the luxurious features. Apart from this, it has features like a curved screen with a 12.3-inch screen for the infotainment system and a 14.9-inch screen used as the instrument cluster.
The BMW i7 comes with a full-width light band and uses BMW’s latest iDrive 8 software. Additionally, the i7’s roof is equipped with a foldable 31.3-inch, 8K “Cinema” screen for media streaming via Amazon Fire TV. A 5.5-inch touchscreen in the rear doors manages the seats, climate and infotainment system.
The xDrive 60 version of the new BMW i7 is powered by two electric motors, one on each axle. They have 544 hp and 745 Nm torque output. The i7 is powered by a 101.7kWh lithium-ion battery, which gives it a WLTP cycle range of 591 to 625km. According to BMW, the i7 has a top speed of 239 kmph and can do 0-100 kmph in less than 4.7 seconds.