Car Reviews:Audi Q7 4.2 TDI

With its powerful yet refined V8, Audi's flagship Q7 sets a new performance benchmark in the luxury SUV class.

Since it was launched 13 months ago, the Audi Q7 has proved that bigger is still better when it comes to 4x4s. More than 88,000 have rolled off the production line so far.

To drive the success story on even further, Audi has now given it the most powerful diesel on the market. The 4.2-litre V8 has 326bhp and 760Nm, and propels the two-and-a-half-ton Q7 from 0-62mph in 6.4 seconds.

On the road, this performance is made all the more incredible by the car's superb refinement. The whole experience is improved further by our test car's optional Bang & Olufsen audio system. The digital set-up sounds great, and has speakers that rise out of the dash when it's switched on. The downside is that it is likely to add around £4,000 to the Q7's price tag.

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xj13 - 6/7/2007 8:34:56 AM

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Audi,the new BMW.......

Will_ - 6/7/2007 8:51:48 AM

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Audi...better than BMW.

Rupert - 6/7/2007 10:40:15 AM

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Audi...why not just Audi?

SevorbeupstryIsBack - 6/7/2007 11:30:24 AM

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Exactly. Audi is Audi, BMW is BMW, Mercedes-Benz is Mercedes-Benz. Lexus is ... a bit of all 3.

IamEvilHomer - 6/7/2007 2:16:42 PM

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well lexus has tires and a horn
that is the only thing they have that all 3 germans have

S4cabriofoxone - 6/7/2007 5:50:37 PM

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WORLD'S FIRST LED HEADLIGHTS AND EIGHT-SPEED TRANSMISSION!!! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!

Will_ - 6/7/2007 6:43:10 PM

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DON'T FORGET SELF-PARKING AND LUXURY HYBRIDS!!!
YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

S4cabriofoxone - 6/7/2007 12:50:54 PM

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If I could have any three-row SUV, this would probably be it. With S-Line, of course.

But the GL320 CDI/GL450 takes a very close second.

Rupert - 6/7/2007 3:24:00 PM

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What about the Gl420cdi?

S4cabriofoxone - 6/7/2007 5:49:46 PM

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We don't get the GL420 CDI here, and I didn't know it existed. I'd take that over the GL320/GL450, definitely.

Rupert - 6/7/2007 6:45:17 PM

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300 hp and a (funny word but it fits) woofly V8 making enough torque to drag a waterskier through maple syrup is great.
Although I'd have the Q7, way cheaper than the overpriced GL (which STARTS in Britain for the 320cdi at over 100000 dollars)

S4cabriofoxone - 6/8/2007 1:34:53 AM

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GL isn't very expensive here. At around $54K, it's less than an Escalade. But mind you- it can go over $75K very easily, what with all of their tempting options.

M53R - 6/8/2007 12:56:14 PM

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Are you serious S4?
In here the GL costs as much as the S class. About $103k.

M53R - 6/8/2007 12:58:39 PM

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and the escalade costs $73k..... you people are lucky...

Rupert - 6/8/2007 6:33:29 PM

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Yeah the base GL320cdi, while well equipped with Nav, leather, electric seats and the like, starts at just 6000 dollars less than the S class, and on a 100000 dollars car, it ain't much.