Audi officially released photos of the second generation Q7 SUV recently and even before its first official unveiling to general public at the upcoming Detroit Motor Show in 2015 in USA, the carmaker has begun testing it in India. The new Audi Q7 boasts an evolutionary appearance, the front gets a new bold single-frame grille which is similar to the recently updated Q3 SUV. It comes with heavily defined wheel arches, tauter surfacing and a more prominent shoulder and other crease lines within the flanks in order to make it look less bulky.
The new Audi Q7 is 325kg lighter than its predecessor in its 328bhp supercharged 3.0-litre V6 petrol version tipping the scales at 1,970kg. The new Q7 has gone through a detailed weight reduction exercise that has seen as much as 100kg cut from its suspension, an additional 71kg from its body, and around 24kg via the adaption of aluminium doors alone. The new Q7’s interior has 21mm more between the front and second rows of seats, together with 41mm and 23mm more headroom respectively. The third row offers 24mm more headroom and 20 mm more shoulder room than before. Audi is planning to position the new Q7 at a more upmarket level, and the new model adapts contemporary dashboard styling with minimal switchgear, free-standing infotainment monitor, a digital instrument cluster, similar to the one seen in the latest TT, and a prominent centre console with newly designed MMI controller and gear selector.
We expect Audi to launch the second generation of the popular Q7 SUV in the middle of the next year.
Dipan Sur
Viraaj Bhatnagar
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