BMW 7 Series Facelift India Price 2026: ₹1.95 Crore Buys a Lot of Screen

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BMW has launched the facelifted 7 Series and its electric sibling, the i7, in India, more than three and a half years after the current generation first arrived here. The mid-life update lands with prices starting at ₹1.95 crore ex-showroom and brings meaningful changes to styling, cabin technology and powertrains across both the combustion and electric versions of BMW’s flagship sedan.

2026 BMW 7 Series and i7 Facelift Price List

The India-spec lineup is split across three variants. The petrol-powered 740 M Sport comes in at ₹1.95 crore, ex-showroom, matched almost exactly by the electric i7 50 xDrive M Sport at the same ₹1.95 crore. Buyers wanting the most powerful version will need the range-topping i7 M70 xDrive, priced at ₹2.65 crore. It is worth pausing on that pricing structure. BMW has priced its petrol flagship and its electric flagship identically, a clear signal that the brand wants the i7 to be a straightforward, no-compromise alternative rather than a premium-priced EV halo car. The 740 M Sport and i7 50 xDrive are both locally assembled at BMW’s Chennai plant as CKD units, which helps keep pricing in check, while the M70 xDrive comes in as a fully imported unit.

What Changed on the Outside and Inside

Visually, the facelift brings the most change to the front end. Both the 7 Series and i7 get a more upright, imposing face, with revised split headlamps, slimmer daytime running lights and redesigned vertical air intakes. The signature illuminated kidney grille has been squared off with new horizontal slats, and the lower air dam has been widened. New alloy wheel designs arrive too, 20-inch units as standard with 22-inch wheels available as an option, while the rear picks up slimmer, smoked-lens tail lamps and a smoother bumper. Inside is where the bigger story sits. The cabin has been reworked to resemble BMW’s newer Neue Klasse models, headlined by a rhomboidal 17.9-inch central touchscreen, a 14.6-inch passenger display, and a pillar-to-pillar Panoramic Vision strip. An unconventional two-spoke steering wheel and a redesigned centre console with a cylindrical rotary drive selector round out the changes. Rear-seat passengers can be treated to an optional 31.3-inch, 8K rear entertainment screen.

Engine and Powertrain Updates

Under the skin, the petrol 740 uses a 3.0-litre turbocharged six-cylinder engine producing 400hp and 540Nm, a mild-hybrid setup that trades outright diesel torque for efficiency and India-market simplicity. On the electric side, the i7 50 xDrive makes 455hp and 600Nm, with a claimed WLTP range of up to 728km, a genuinely usable figure for a car in this segment. The range-topping i7 M70 xDrive is the performance flagship, extracting 680hp and up to 1,100Nm from its dual-motor setup, figures that put it firmly in supercar territory for outright acceleration despite the car’s limousine dimensions. All three variants share the new Panoramic iDrive software and the same core technology stack, so the choice between them comes down almost entirely to powertrain preference rather than feature differences.

How It Stacks Up Against the Mercedes S-Class

The obvious comparison here is the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which received its own facelift in India a few months before the 7 Series, and the two continue to trade blows as the default choices in India’s ultra-luxury sedan segment. BMW’s pitch with this update leans harder into technology and screen real estate than Mercedes has, with the Panoramic Vision display and dual 17.9-inch and 14.6-inch screens giving the 7 Series cabin a noticeably more digital, less traditionally BMW character than before. Whether that resonates with the segment’s traditionally conservative buyers, many of whom are chauffeur-driven rather than owner-drivers, will likely decide how the sales race between these two flagships plays out over the coming year.

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