Category: Large Executive 
Price Range: £53,695 to £68,800
Immense performance; offers superb comfort and refinement as well as driving pleasure
Very few: iDrive control system still fiddly, hard ride with the sports suspension and 19-inch alloy wheels - though that goes with the territory
The controversial styling has been toned down for 2005, but otherwise the Seven remains an uncompromising technological showcase
There was a recall for a minor ECU problem affecting the fuel pump in the early days of the E65, but most customer complaints were from owners baffled by the iDrive system: not malfunctioning, just confusing. Beautifully assembled from high-quality materials, and impeccably engineered, the complex electronics seem to be standing up to scrutiny in the real world now initial glitches have been ironed out.
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wrote on 20 03 2007