Instrument cluster, BMW 7 Series (E23)Photos
- Instrument cluster, BMW 7 Series (E23)
Controls, BMW 7 Series (E23)
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Photo credits (2)
- BMW 7 Series (E23), photo 1Instrument cluster · “BMW 745iA Cockpit” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Freud · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- BMW 7 Series (E23), photo 2Controls · “BMW 745i on-board computer and air conditioning - first generation BMW 7 Series, E23 (06/2015).” (opens in a new tab) · © BMW AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · BMW Group Newsroom
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- BMW 7 Series (E23)Instrument cluster · “BMW 745iA Cockpit” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Freud · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- BMW 7 Series (E32)Cockpit · “BMW 750iL cockpit - second generation BMW 7 Series, E32 (06/2015).” (opens in a new tab) · © BMW AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · BMW Group Newsroom
- BMW 7 Series (E38)Cockpit · “25 years of BMW 12-cylinder engines - BMW 750iL (E38). (10/2012)” (opens in a new tab) · © BMW AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · BMW Group Newsroom
- BMW 7 Series (E65)Cockpit · “BMW 7 Series Individual - fourth generation BMW 7 Series, E65/E66 (06/2015).” (opens in a new tab) · © BMW AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · BMW Group Newsroom
- BMW 7 Series (F01)Cockpit · “The new BMW 7 Series: Interior (05/2012)” (opens in a new tab) · © BMW AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · BMW Group Newsroom
- BMW 7 Series (G11/G12)Cockpit · “The new BMW 7 Series - Interior (06/2015).” (opens in a new tab) · © BMW AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · BMW Group Newsroom
- BMW 7 Series (G70)Cockpit · “The display and operating system along with the digital user experience in the new BMW 7 Series.” (opens in a new tab) · © BMW AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · BMW Group Newsroom
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Summary
BMW's first car with an on-board computer and a service interval indicator.
Specifications
Cockpit
Instrument cluster
Check control has its own panel, separate from the instruments.
Facts
- Check control, which warns the driver of faults, arrived on the E24 6 Series coupé in 1976 and was offered on the more powerful E23 models.[4][3][1][2]
- The on-board computer became an option at the end of 1979 with the 728i/732i update, when a digital clock replaced the analog one and freed space for it. It later became standard, as ABS did.[3][2]
- The check control panel monitored operating fluids and whether the rear lights were working.[1]
- The facelift, produced from September 1982 and marketed as the 1983 model, updated the dashboard and instrument panels.[1]