[Imola Ed]

... and they say

Now BMW has built a large car that drives as adeptly as an M5.

[snip]

As far as large cars go, the BMW 7-series is a genuine breakthrough. It used to be that only a Ferrari or a Porsche had this inner core of dynamic toughness, but now it appears that BMW actually has built a full-size sedan that drives just like a sports car. It makes us wonder how much better the sport-tuned version of this 745i, due this fall, will be

Of course, at the same time, they said there's nothing pretty about it...

FWIW...