First Drive: 2009 Audi Q7 V12 6.0L TDI

Autocar have just had a first drive of the upcoming top of the range Q7 with its V12 6.0L TDI engine. They commented on the spectacular performance for a vehicle that weighs almost 2.7 tonnes and concluded that it raises the bar for diesel power.

We can’t wait to drive one when they arrive down-under sometime in 2009.

Whilst there are no signature go fast Audi ‘R’ badges to be seen and it is powered by a diesel engine don’t be misled that this is your average family school ‘runabout’. It was developed by Audi’s performance arm, Quattro GmbH, which are credited for recent hits such as the RS4, RS6 and R8. As previously posted on PressPortal the 6.0 V12 produces a staggering 368kW and 1000Nm...
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B7FAN - 9/17/2008 10:04:26 AM

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thats impessive I wonder if it will make it to the U.S. thats a truck for...Michael Schumacher's wife.

1dott8 - 9/17/2008 10:26:34 AM

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i'm an audi fan but not a truck fan but i do have to give respect where it's due. from the numbers, this thing sounds amazing.

let's just sit and wait for amazin's comments; fwd pos vw.

nybimmer - 9/17/2008 10:35:44 AM

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I think it makes the most sense in the middle east - don't think it would do too well in the US b/c of the price (and the very low take-rate on W-12 A8's)

JUGNU - 9/17/2008 3:46:24 PM

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yes such a vehicle sounds good for middle east but the problem is diesel. No one likes/buy diesel here, i think less than 5% of all private cars are diesel here. And also recentley UAE(one of the biggest market for top end cars) nearly doubled the price of Diesel compare to Petrol (well not all middle east coutries did, like Saudi Arabia, Oman...etc the price of Petrol and Diesel are nearly same).

Other thing is Audi and VW are not very popular too. Here poeple would buy the Cayenne Turbo/Turbo S, ML63, X6...etc everytime.

JUGNU

M53R - 9/17/2008 5:43:53 PM

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The only cars that are diesels here are company vans etc.

uall - 9/17/2008 3:51:41 PM

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Audi is far ahead when it comes to Diesel technology.
Impressive performance, but this car is a few numbers too big in my opinion.

Type707 - 9/17/2008 7:28:12 PM

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Audi did improve the looks on the Q. Nice back end.

maxpnts - 9/18/2008 2:59:31 PM

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yea it's big but so is a gl,escalade,range, etc..