BMW hits new heights with highly impressive 740Ld

AFEW months ago it fell to me to organise transport to whisk a friend’s daughter to wedding. When I rang my friend to tell him I had booked a top-end Seat Alhambra for the gig, to say he was a little crestfallen would be no exaggeration.

I could see him mentally scouring the Golden Pages for Limo Services while simultaneously cursing me as every sort of useless bastard that ever walked God’s earth.

When, however, I revealed I was only teasing and had, in fact, chosen a BMW 740Ld xDrive for the gig, his relief was more than palpable. I’m not so sure he had any idea — or even cared — what the ‘Ld xDrive’ end of the model nomenclature stood for, but the words ‘7 Series’ were enough to reassure him that his beautiful darling would have a suitable carriage for her day-of-days.