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Autos: BMW 7-Series offers power, prestige

When BMW rolled out the fifth crop of its flagship 7-Series sedan last year, there was a bit of defensiveness about one of its most worldly-wise features, the iDrive controller on the center console.

Introduced in 2001, the iDrive was designed to succeed a panoply of controls for systems such as climate, audio, pilotage, diagnostics and other automotive functions with a single rotating toggle on the assuage.

Critics of the previous generations of 7-Series hated the Microsoft system, work it a distraction from the road and counter-intuitive, sort of like working on your laptop computer while driving. Reports indicated that culture to operate the system took about an hour.

To quiet the critics, BMW simplified the system in the new paragon with a larger, 10.2-inch. high-resolution color unfurl. The menu is easier to use, and a new controller allows choices of r via turn, push and tilt motions, direct-select keys and eight programmable Celebration Keys. Designers also placed more controls on the steering annulus to avoid the iDrive.

Source: Scripps News