Review: 2016 Audi Q7 SUV - Auto World News
I think it still looks remarkably fresh, but as a matter of fact, the current Audi Q7 sport-utility vehicle—internally called Project 716—was conceived 13 years ago, and first shown at the Detroit auto show in January 2003. Exterior designer... The first iteration of the Volkswagen Group's second-generation MLB modular-longitudinal architecture, it is 700 pounds lighter than its predecessor, it packs an armada of assistance systems, and it can draw from the platform's incredibly huge... Whether customers go for four-bangers, W12 twin-turbos, plug-in hybrids, or fuel cell electrics: Audi will be able to deliver in a cost-effective and rapid style of perfection. Two plug-in hybrids - one based on a turbocharged four and another based on a 3. 0-liter V-6 TDI, have been confirmed. Audi r&d chief Ulrich Hackenberg strongly hinted at a V8 TDI, turbocharged V-8 gasoline engines, and the application of electric superchargers—possibly with the V-8 TDI. I am not sure the new Q7, which will hit dealerships this fall, will look so fresh in a decade. "We wanted to take out some of the predecessor's size," an executive tells me. But looking at the new Q7, it becomes clear that this one is less the work of genius than of various committees. Conceived when Stefan Sielaff was calling the shots at Audi design, it was overhauled and delayed under chief designer Wolfgang Egger. Source: www.autoworldnews.com
