Comments on: Audi Q7 Review

By: JaxonLLC

JaxonLLC — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:52:14 +0000

Audi waited until well after America’s obsession with the SUV had begun to cool before introducing one. Although late to the game, Audi’s Q7 manages to impress as a triumph of technology, elegance, performance and quality.

Technically classified as a light truck by the EPA, the Q7’s character is much more akin to a luxury sedan. It delivers great driving dynamics along with a slew of technical goodies while offering a spacious interior and off-road capability.

Video Review: http://tinyurl.com/mz9992

By: maciejewskiadam

maciejewskiadam — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:26:00 +0000

Man the Q7 is so ugly, I can’t find the words to describe it. It looks like something an 8 year old kid would see in his nightmares.

By: rashettle

rashettle — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:32:16 +0000

Who cares what your personal needs are when it comes to a car, truck, or suv. This about whether the car is good or bad.

Exterior: The Q7’s face is so aggressive and bad ass one can feel his testosterone taking over. The lines are conservative not too aggressive. The overall shape may be a bit to jelly bean like. All is nothing like the X5 with the typical no-line-lineup bmw sheet metal. I personally love how they took the trunk door and had it continue around putting the live on the side for more loading area.

Interior: The Q7 has what you would expect form Audi. High quality materials that are fitted well together. Not very flashy, but nothing that screams something bad. Oh no it doesn’t have a third row seat to fit a six foot adult. What premium suv does? And if it did would you sit back there? Of course not.

Performance: If I’m looking for something fast, I’m not looking for an suv. 7s 0-60 is a good time, and the Q7 handles well, far better than your standard tahoe. The X5 gets around 6.3 0-60 which is a sizeable advantage, but hey, that x5 is up at 70K+. I could pay the same for a Z06 and flip the digits to 3.6s.

Value: The Q7 is expensive, but lets compare it to other suv’sof the same class. Go ahead, go to the websites and see for yourself $60k is a small max price.

Oh: And don’t forget, you can’t get quattro anywhere else. So if you want to push your SUV in rain and snow, this is the one. Yes Benz’s 4-matic is a good system too, but I do not feel the GL looks too sporty compared to this and the X5.

By: carrheen

carrheen — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:36:26 +0000

I still think that Audi did a great job with the Q7. And since interesting Audi’s new gadgets were integrated in this one makes this all the more exciting.

By: crackity jones

crackity jones — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:57:42 +0000

Claude, I don’t think I’m drawn to this car because of badge snobbery. I might be so shallow that I don’t see it. What attracts me to the Q7 is actually how compact and not-piggish it looks compared to a Ford Expedition or even a X5. The fact that it has technology, or lots of technology, or mind-numbing technology, is not something that distinguishes it as bad in the luxury car market. All its rivals have technology. You sound like you hate the potential Q7 drivers–or what you see as an Audi driver–more than the car itself, which to me seems like a next-generation 7-passenger van that happens to have AWD and some off-road credentials thrown in. If you need all that room, would a Dodge Minivan be a more down-to-earth moral choice? Someone with the class bias that you seem to exhibit should not write about luxury cars. Its value is in the eye of the beholder. In the end it’s just a large car for people who need (or feel they need) that much space (or think they do). Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

By: Michael Karesh

Michael Karesh — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:58:39 +0000

EPA estimates for the Q7 4.2 are 14/19. So there goes that advantage.

More thorough price analysis (http://www.truedelta.com/models/Q7.php) finds that the price difference when you adjust for feature differences is closer to $5,000.

A new X5 with room for seven is around the corner.

By: FooledByMarketing

FooledByMarketing — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:02:58 +0000

Q7 vs X5:

X5 4.4i – 4.4L 315 hp/324 tq – $53,600
Q7 4.2q – 4.2L 350 hp/325 tq – $49,900

X5 city: 16, highway: 21
Q7 city: 17?, highway: 24? – taken from Audi A8 4.2L V8 data

X5 max seating: 5
Q7 max seating: 7

X5 rear legroom: 35.4 in.
Q7 rear legroom: 37.1 in.

X5 rear shoulder room: 57.2 in.
Q7 rear shoulder room: 58.1 in.

Comparisons of X5 iDrive vs Q7 MMI usually state the MMI being more intuitive.

The Q7 is about as elegant an SUV as you are going to find. It’s a giant station wagon, after all…at least it has some styling to it. You want f-ugly, you got it: the X5 is plenty fuckin ugly.

Like it or not, the SUV is not going away any time soon. Doesn’t matter if gas is $10 per gallon here in the USA. At least the Q7 has a V6 version and will have diesel and hybrid versions out soon.

By: Claude Dickson

Claude Dickson — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:32:37 +0000

I hate this car. I’ve never driven it and likely never will, but I don’t need to drive this car to hate it: I hate the concept of all these overweight, over priced, gadget ridden cars for people who like the image these cars project of off road macho when, in reality, their idea of roughing it is a hotel without room service. I look forward to their extinction by high gas prices. It can’t come soon enough,

By: der_rote_tornado

der_rote_tornado — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:47:56 +0000

“Am I the only one that finds the Q7 plain fucking ugly?”

No sir, you are not. Am I the only one who can’t believe Audi thought that 2006 was the right time to build an SUV? WTF is the point? It looks like a silver plated school bus.

By: Ingvar

Ingvar — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:46:20 +0000

Am I the only one that finds the Q7 plain fucking ugly? It looks like a pregnant A6 Avant on stilts. It looks over-inflated, like someone put an air-compressor up its skirts. It looks absolutely hideous.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:58:47 +0000

With a long weekend and plenty of miles to cover ahead of me, I returned the big Audi to the VW mothership three days early – the first press car I’ve ever done that with. Less than a week of driving and I was $120 out of pocket. It would be much happier with the kinda people who are used to menus with no prices.

It’s over-the-top electronic comlexity was becoming a bit irritating anyway – it shouldn’t take a day of reading the manual to figure out how to adjust climate control. Like… how much is too much? Is there a level where badge-conscious snobbery is finally satisfied, or do they just keep shovelling it in, not because it’s better, but because they can? I mean, really, the simple act of going from too warm to just cool enough can be performed easily enough with the turn of a blunt knob, is it really necessary to bring it up onscreen to manipulate a virtual fan? Or does the mere fact that I’m even venting about it confirm that I just don’t get it (reminds me of a local fringe theatre that puts on stilted, pretentious productions that the hairy insiders fawn over and its detractors are dismissed with a pitying sneer).

However, with dynamic mode engaged, I did enjoy pushing the big guy to its (not my) boundaries on the twisties. It certainly had the Audi “cornering on rails” thing going for it. Even with one wheel intentionally dropped onto the shoulder, it remained stable, in fact it would be hard to shake it into losing composure I think. (which leads me to conclude that your driving partner… simply couldn’t drive).

It was nice vehicle to drive for sure, I just couldn’t imagine living with it.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:49:01 +0000

Bwaahaaa… if I could extrude a small cat, orifice-wise I would do so myself right now. Having just led the big bastard to the petrol trough and watched it chug its way through a large wad of my paycheck… I only WISH that I could write a review like that. Instead… I’m hoping to recoup some of what I’ve just spent on it by keeping my job.

Although… if you can navigate your way around the boggling array of switchgear well enough to find the “Dynamic” mode on the setup – the handling is tight enough that even a bloated journo on a press junket should be able to stay out of trouble on the off-ramps.

Hey… you didn’t mention the eyes in the back of its head… err butt.

Lesley/Peterborough Examiner

By: Michael Karesh

Michael Karesh — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:32:12 +0000

How can there be no comments on this one?

This is exactly the sort of review TTAC needs. Sure, it doesn’t say much about the car, but plenty of sites have reviews. What no one else offers is true insight into the process through which most reviews are written.

Only one thing could make it better: let’s hear some names!

Another alternative: reviews of others’ reviews, noting portions that could only have been written under the influence.