Chinese automaker Weimar Motors has just unveiled its fifth model, dubbed the M7. No, it isn’t the high-performance BMW 7-Series people have been pleading for over the years, but it is unique in its own right. The Weimar M7 was first unveiled as a concept at the Beijing Auto Show last year. The car’s design has been slightly softened in readying it for production but as sedans go, this is certainly one of the more striking you’re going to come across.
Found at the front of the M7 are
headlights that flow along the quarter panels and are joined by an LED light
bar. As the M7 is electric, it lacks a traditional grille, although there is a
lower grille section that aids with cooling. Viewed from the side, we can see
the M7 ditches the rear suicide doors of the Maven concept that inspired it and
instead has more traditional doors with hidden handles.
Interior images of the car are hard to
come by but from the photos we’ve found, you can see a large horizontal
infotainment screen, a digital instrument cluster, and a relatively minimal
dashboard and center console design. One intriguing aspect of the dashboard is
the fact that it can be illuminated with text. Second-row passengers can enjoy
headrest-mounted screens.
The technology suite accompanying the
intriguing design is also noteworthy. Weimar has equipped the M7 with three
LiDARs, 5 millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, seven 8-megapixel
cameras, four surround-view cameras, and one high-precision positioning module.
All of these sensors are powered by four Nvidia DRIV Orin-X chips and Weimar
says the M5 has all the hardware needed to achieve Level 5 autonomous driving.
Powertrain details are limited, although the M7 will apparently be good for a
range of over 700 km.
