Anyone shopping for a sedan at around $30,000 ends up looking at a Camry sooner or later. An LE starts at $29,600, or $30,895 once Toyota's $1,295 delivery fee lands. It is a sound purchase and a dull one, and most buyers in that bracket accept the trade without much argument.The used market is a different matter. For Camry money, and usually for a good deal less, there is a twin-turbocharged V8 luxury sedan sitting on dealer lots that cost $98,395 when it was new.What The BMW 750i Was When It Was NewThe 750i is the V8 version of the sixth-generation BMW 7 Series, the company's flagship, launched for the 2016 model year.Americans only ever got the long-wheelbase version, which BMW confirmed at launch. BMW built the passenger cell around what it called Carbon Core technology and claimed the new 7 Series was up to 190 pounds lighter than its predecessor.Performance: The V8 That Justified The StickerBMW rated the 750i xDrive at 445 hp and 480 lb-ft from a 4.4-liter TwinPower Turbo V8, driving all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic. Zero to 60 mph took 4.3 seconds in a car weighing 4,610 pounds.BMW2016 BMW 750i xDriveEngine4.4L twin-turbocharged V8Power445 hpTorque480 lb-ftTransmission8-speed automaticDrivetrainAll-wheel drive0 to 60 mph4.3 secCurb weight4,610 lbIs The 2016 BMW 750i Reliable?None of this explains the price, which is the strange part.The safety record is nearly empty. NHTSA lists one recal for the 2016 750Li, covering certain cars built in late 2015 whose air bag control module may reset and leave the bags unable to deploy. The fix is free, and a decade on most affected cars will have had it, but get that confirmed in writing. NHTSA has one owner complaint on file for the model year.The service record is longer. NHTSA holds close to 600 manufacturer communications for the 2016 750Li, a file that covers service bulletins, notices and warranty extensions rather than defect findings. A count like that is not a reliability score, and no published baseline says what is normal for the class. What it gives you is somewhere to look. Run a VIN against it before you buy one.Inside: Gesture Control And A 42.5-Degree ReclineBMW filled the car with features that were genuinely new in 2016. Gesture Control appeared here first, and BMW called it the world's first. The optional Rear Executive Lounge Seating Package reclined the rear backrest to 42.5 degrees. Self-leveling air suspension front and rear was standard.BMWTen years later that is a decade-old electronics stack attached to a decade-old air suspension. Check both, and check them working.What A 2016 BMW 750i Costs NowNew, BMW announced the 750i xDrive at $98,395 and the rear-drive 750i at $95,395, both including destination.Current listings vary with mileage, and with the ZIP code you search from. Broadly, V8 cars carrying six-figure mileage sit under $14,000. Cars between roughly 80,000 and 95,000 miles run $15,000 to $20,000. The low-mileage examples, in the 30,000 to 50,000 range, top out around $26,000.A new Camry LE is $29,600. Every one of those cars undercuts it.For context, iSeeCars' 2026 depreciation study places the 7 Series sixth among the models with the largest five-year loss, at 61.6 percent against an average of 41.8 percent.ToyotaThe Other Flagships That Fell This FarThe 2016 Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the most widely available of the group, and its cheapest S550 4MATIC is $18,300 with 100,026 miles. That is several thousand above the BMW for similar wear.The 2016 Lexus LS 460 looks cheaper at $15,050, until the odometer reads 194,500 miles.The 2016 Audi A8 is cheapest of all at $10,995, but cars at that end of its range are 3.0T quattros, not V8s, and that particular one has covered 170,400 miles.Of the four, the BMW is the cheapest route to a V8 that has not been driven into the ground. That is the reason to buy one.The weak part of the case is running costs. No official source will quantify them, and a decade-old V8 with air suspension at all four corners is not going to be cheap. Budget for that separately, and pay for an inspection before you pay for the car. There is no reason to take the first one you see.
