By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

If you had to name one production car that is loaded with more technology, performance and luxury than anything else on the road you could make an excellent argument for the BMW 7-Series and, more specifically, the 760i.

After a week behind the wheel of the flagship Bimmer, outfitted with a potent V-12 engine, we had barely scratched through the first layer of gizmos and gadgets available to the owner of one of these amazing German sedans.

By Ted Biederman and Jim Meachen

It was a warm summer evening, one of those great top-down nights you can find about anywhere in the country in mid-July, and we were sitting in a parking lot discussing the all-new BMW 645Ci convertible.

We had just completed a short drive through West L.A. and Beverly Hills in which we were chatted up at a stoplight by a couple of young women in a Cadillac who were admiring the car, not the occupants.

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

It seems massive horsepower and prodigious torque has become addictive to most of the American auto-buying public.

Smoke a little performance and you’ve got to have more. If your last car had 150 horsepower, chances are you won’t settle for less at trade-in time. And we would bet your next vehicle will be endowed with more ponies and more pound-feet than the last.