model range is now joined by equivalent personnel protection variants, the 7 Series Protection and the all-electric i7 Protection sedans.
The protective qualities of the 7 Series Protection and i7 Protection begin from a new BMW Protection Core, which is the supporting structure that is made from armour steel for the first time. Protection against projectiles and explosives come with the added cost of weight, among others, and the i7 Protection gets the dual-motor powertrain that outputs 544 PS and 745 Nm driving all four wheels, as in the conventional i7 xDrive60 M Sport. Unlike that car’s 0-100 km/h time of 4.7 seconds and electronically capped top speed of 240 km/h, the i7 Protection does the century sprint in nine seconds and reaches a top speed of 158 km/h.