New Audi Q7 here later this year

The new Audi Q7 will be launched here later in the year with seven seats and a striking new visual design with clear SUV characteristics, and top of the line connectivity, writes Trish Whelan.

Two engines will be offered at launch followed shortly afterwards by a plug-in hybrid model. All are matched to an eight-speed tiptronic transmission and permanent all-wheel-drive.

The car has now grown to 5,063 millimetres long; luggage capacity varies between 865L and 2,050L, depending on if used as a five-seater or with all seats in use.

The premium SUV features the new design of the Q family. Key features are its excellent comfort and spaciousness, Mild Hybrid Technology, the digital operating concept, and the optional HD Matrix LED headlights including laser light. The MMI navigation system delivers top-of-the-range connectivity with a Wi-Fi hotspot, natural voice control and the extensive Audi connect portfolio which ranges from traffic information online, navigation with Google Earth and hybrid radio. Audi's digital virtual cockpit, and the optional head-up display, are features.

An electric tailgate is standard; foot-activated gesture control is an option.

In addition to the optimised all-wheel steering that allows the rear wheels to turn as much as five degrees in the opposite direction, there's the option of electromechanical active roll stabilisation. Adjustable stabilisers reduce the body movements on uneven roads when driving in a straight line.

Audi say the Q7 is manoeuvrable, precise and agile in urban traffic and on hairpin bends and behaves as a highly comfortable, poised touring SUV with excellent ride comfort on motorways, particularly in conjunction with the adaptive air suspension. It also provides variable ground clearance and prepares the car with its standard quattro drive for terrain off the beaten track. The offroad mode can be selected via the standard Audi drive select dynamic handling system with its seven profiles. Air suspension is standard on all Q7 models.

Audi say the car is particularly striking in S line guise which includes the slightly firmer adaptive air suspension sport which lowers the ride height by 15mm compared with the regular air suspension system.

Prices to be announced closer to launch.

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