RENDERED SPECULATION: Does Audi's All-New Q7 Look BETTER Rendered As A BMW X6, Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe Competitor?

One vehicle that has received a tremendous amount of attention since its debut earlier this month has been the all-new Audi Q7 set to appear at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show (NAIAS). Showed off in a vivid blue, the vehicle is a more conservative design than what currently exists and almost a bit Volkswagen-like.

Most people aren't too concerned with that because the one sentiment that keeps being echoed is its stance. The consensus agrees, it looks a bit too much like a station wagon — or Avant as Audi would say — instead of a capable sport-utility vehicle.

Perhaps we're only seeing a highly equipped model with an air suspension that's in its lowest setting?

Anyhow, as we've seen the likes of BMW offer a slant back SUV a la the X6 and with Mercedes-Benz following in its footsteps with its GLE-Class Coupe, we think it's only a matter of time before the four rings jumps into the fray.

So, when I saw that X-Tomi rendered up a supposed "Q8," I knew that I had to show it to you and take your temperature.

Is this BETTER LOOKING than the Q7?

What say you, Spies?

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MDarringer - 1/1/2015 12:29:49 AM

+2 Boost

predictable but horridly boring

chewy - 1/1/2015 12:36:24 AM

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Makes it a cooler Q7 with that A7 roofline. The Q7 doesn't impress at first but more than likely it will be pretty solid on the road.

Vette71 - 1/1/2015 12:00:59 PM

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IMHO the roofline on this may be a better fit than on the A7. On the A7 it ends up in a rear end that to me looks like a platypus's bill. Too wide from the rear and with a squashed look from the side.

cidflekken - 1/1/2015 2:15:25 AM

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Better than the Q7? Yes.

By itself a great design? Still no, but neither are the X6 or GLE Coupe, though both are more interesting than this.