LARTE PERFORMANCE for the new BMW 7 Series and i7, G70 LCI

BMW has given the 7 Series its most extensive model update ever. LARTE Design answers with LARTE PERFORMANCE for the new BMW 7 Series and i7, G70 LCI: a rear diffuser on the scale of a complete bumper, a front reworked around the illuminated grille, a tow hitch that keeps working and the ride height exactly as BMW set it.

Still a Little Too Restrained

In January 2025, Top Gear wrote that LARTE had decided the BMW 7 Series was "a little too restrained". The new car is here, and LARTE still thinks so.

LARTE PERFORMANCE is a new kit for a new car. The previous LARTE kit stays with the previous 7 Series.

In January 2025, Top Gear wrote that LARTE had decided the BMW 7 Series was "a little too restrained". The new car is here, and LARTE still thinks so.

LARTE PERFORMANCE is a new kit for a new car. The previous LARTE kit stays with the previous 7 Series.

Neue Klasse Up Front

With the facelift, BMW gave the 7 Series and i7 traits of its Neue Klasse design: an illuminated kidney grille, slimmer split headlights and full-width taillights. Top Gear found the result cleaner and more cohesive, with an air of "silently judging you".

The new face deserves credit, and LARTE leaves its character to BMW. The work starts at the back.

With the facelift, BMW gave the 7 Series and i7 traits of its Neue Klasse design: an illuminated kidney grille, slimmer split headlights and full-width taillights. Top Gear found the result cleaner and more cohesive, with an air of "silently judging you".

The new face deserves credit, and LARTE leaves its character to BMW. The work starts at the back.

Owners Wrote the Brief

Owners of the previous 7 Series in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the US chose LARTE's first G70 kit, and Top Gear singled out its carbon diffuser at the time. Their feedback, together with that of experts, shaped LARTE PERFORMANCE.

One Part, the Whole Rear

The centre of the programme is the rear diffuser. In practice it is a complete rear bumper: one very large part with a design of its own, developed within many technical constraints. It makes the 7 Series look more muscular and planted from behind, with LARTE signature brake lights developed specifically for this car built into it.

"Everyone looks at the face of the new 7 Series, and BMW did a great job there," says Alexej Janowski, founder of LARTE Design. "We looked at the rear. This diffuser is a design of its own, and it changes how the whole car looks from behind."

The centre of the programme is the rear diffuser. In practice it is a complete rear bumper: one very large part with a design of its own, developed within many technical constraints. It makes the 7 Series look more muscular and planted from behind, with LARTE signature brake lights developed specifically for this car built into it.

"Everyone looks at the face of the new 7 Series, and BMW did a great job there," says Alexej Janowski, founder of LARTE Design. "We looked at the rear. This diffuser is a design of its own, and it changes how the whole car looks from behind."

The Boat Still Gets Wet

A 7 Series does more than airport runs. If the car has a tow hitch, it keeps working behind the new diffuser, and the boat still reaches the water.

Framing the Glowing Kidneys

At the front, the kit is reworked around the new bumper and the illuminated grille: a stronger lower section and a cleaner face, so BMW's new face and LARTE's parts read as one design.

"We kept its height and sharpened its proportions," says Janowski. "Everything BMW built into the car still works."

Close Enough to Touch

Owners see and touch these parts every day, so they are made for a close look: dry carbon with an even weave and precise edges, in gloss or matte. Visible carbon contrasts with the body colour and traces the design lines; carbon painted in body colour reads quieter.

The kit was clay-modelled by hand in Erkrath under Alexej Janowski, and it is developed and made in Germany from TÜV-certified materials. A carbon bonnet with predatory nostrils joins the programme later.

Owners see and touch these parts every day, so they are made for a close look: dry carbon with an even weave and precise edges, in gloss or matte. Visible carbon contrasts with the body colour and traces the design lines; carbon painted in body colour reads quieter.

The kit was clay-modelled by hand in Erkrath under Alexej Janowski, and it is developed and made in Germany from TÜV-certified materials. A carbon bonnet with predatory nostrils joins the programme later.

Executive, Contrast, Statement

BMW's new Dual-Finish paint changes the colour. LARTE changes the shape.

Executive: parts in body colour, quiet and refined.
Contrast: visible carbon tracing the design lines.
Statement: the full kit in visible carbon, with LARTE forged wheels.

LARTE PERFORMANCE is developed for the 7 Series and the electric i7. Order the full kit, or start with individual parts and add the rest at your own pace.

BMW's new Dual-Finish paint changes the colour. LARTE changes the shape.

Executive: parts in body colour, quiet and refined.
Contrast: visible carbon tracing the design lines.
Statement: the full kit in visible carbon, with LARTE forged wheels.

LARTE PERFORMANCE is developed for the 7 Series and the electric i7. Order the full kit, or start with individual parts and add the rest at your own pace.

From Erkrath, in a Wooden Crate

Every kit is made to order. Production starts once you confirm the configuration, and a personal manager gives the lead time. The parts leave Germany in three layers of bubble wrap inside a branded wooden crate, with installation instructions; LARTE's partners can fit them, and official dealers work in the US, Canada, the UAE and Australia.

Owners of the pre-facelift 2022–2026 7 Series have their own LARTE kit.

"If you like restraint, the 7 Series is a wonderful car," says Janowski. "If you want more, we are in Erkrath."

Every kit is made to order. Production starts once you confirm the configuration, and a personal manager gives the lead time. The parts leave Germany in three layers of bubble wrap inside a branded wooden crate, with installation instructions; LARTE's partners can fit them, and official dealers work in the US, Canada, the UAE and Australia.

Owners of the pre-facelift 2022–2026 7 Series have their own LARTE kit.

"If you like restraint, the 7 Series is a wonderful car," says Janowski. "If you want more, we are in Erkrath."

Other Cars, Same Atelier

Since 2012 LARTE Design has built carbon exteriors for BMW, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche, Lamborghini and Cadillac, all to the same fitment standard and material quality.