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The A6 wagon returns?
As of late, every automaker is boasting colossal weight savings realized from redesigning traditionally heavy automobiles using far more lightweight supplies. Land Rover claimed to have shaved as numerous as 926 pounds from the most current Variety Rover—our scales showed maybe half that savings—and Ford has trumpeted the 2015 F-150’s aluminum body as saving 700 pounds versus its predecessor. Now Audi’s all-new Q7 SUV arrives touting a curb weight that is 717 pounds lighter than prior to.
That is a lot of fat to trim, but simplifying the task was the reality that the final-gen Q7 was veritably overengineered. It sat on a platform shared with Volkswagen’s Touareg and Porsche’s Cayenne, underpinnings made to provide large-time off-road ability as such, the bones had been heavier and beefier than necessary for those vehicles’ day-to-day tasks.
Let Jeep Have the Off-Road Business, We’ve Got Carbs to Cut
Freed from requiring significant off-pavement ability, Audi was capable to pull weight out of the Q7’s MLB II physique structure, suspension, and even its transmission. A mix of high- and ultra-higher-strength steel comprises the lion’s share of the SUV’s body-in-white using aluminum most everywhere else—the fenders, hood, doors, and the tailgate—means the basic vehicle has shed 209 pounds. A further 221 pounds was pulled out of the Q7’s suspension, which switches from front handle arms to several links at all 4 corners and is made almost totally from aluminum and high-strength steel. The front half-shafts are hollow, and the knuckles are forged-aluminum pieces. Far more pounds have been discovered by incorporating the transfer case into the 8-speed automatic transmission and by streamlining the electrical architecture.
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Even even though the 2016 Q7 is virtually the very same height as the old one particular, it appears decrease, wider, and longer. In reality, thanks to clever visual tricks like the matte-aluminum trim surface amongst the front and rear wheels, the gently tapering roofline, and the powerful fender flares, the new Q7 looks far more wagonlike than ever. The low-rider vibe is not merely visual: Audi’s relocation of the engine lower in the chassis has yanked the Q7’s center of gravity down by a claimed 2 inches.
The jury remains out amongst our employees on the Q7’s new grille design and style, borrowed from 2012’s Crosslane Coupé notion, is amazing or deserving of a fiery death, but there’s no question that every little thing aft of the single-frame piece is hot. Because we can’t talk about a new Audi without having investigating what, if any, changes had been created to its lighting elements, we must point out that the headlights’ LED operating lamps now type pairs of arrow-shaped components. And the rear end as a whole positively sizzles.
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An Audi With a Good Interior? Shocking . . .
Factors get even better inside, where occupants face an all-new dashboard that appears to house full-width HVAC vents. (The actual openings are only in the anticipated central and outboard places, but the impact is gorgeous nonetheless.) A 6-inch screen rises from the dashtop to display pertinent audio, navigation, and car information, and the driver can toggle amongst these menus via Audi’s latest-generation MMI infotainment controller and touch pad. The very same gloriously sharp 12.3-inch TFT instrument-cluster show that debuted in the 2016 TT sports car is available right here, as is a 4G LTE information connection to feed the onboard Wi-Fi. A pair of 10.1-inch tablets can be fitted to the front seatbacks and are linked to the main MMI program.
In addition to becoming nicer to eyeball, the Q7’s cabin is also nicer to occupy. There’s an additional .8 inch of second-row legroom, and headroom increases by 1.6 inches in front and .9 inch in the second row. There is nevertheless a pair of pop-up third-row seats, and the middle row can be scooched fore and aft by up to 4.3 inches, as nicely as fold forward to allow access to the way back. There are now LATCH kid-seat anchors in all 5 rear seats, as nicely as 1 in the front passenger chair, which implies single parents with a stressful-sounding number of young kids can fit their Q7s with up to 6 child seats. In spite of a slightly narrower and shorter physique, the Q7’s cargo capacity increases slightly. Audi also lowered the cargo opening 1.8 inches and creating a power tailgate normal. Foot motion–activated operation is optional.
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