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Audi has facelifted its monstrous Q7 and, surprise surprise, it still looks like a hulking great hippo-faced beast. Silk purses and all that.
The Q7 gets a redesigned front end with a larger, single-frame grille, a new underbody protector and wider door sills, while spangly new LED strips adorn the rear. It's still going to scare the bejesus out of small children, mind.
More significant are the powertrain revisions: all six Q7 engines now feature KERS-style regenerative braking technology, which converts energy recovered during stopping and coasting into battery power to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 5g/km. Engine tweaks mean economy improvements across the range: the 4.2-litre V8 petrol engine sees consumption drop from 28.5 to 25.5mpg.
Pricing starts at £38,575 for the base-spec 3.0-litre diesel Q7, though you'll pay more than before for the higher-spec ‘S-Line' and ‘SE' variants. And that's before you factor in the cost of the earplugs to isolate you from the abuse of your fellow drivers...
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robinsfella commented on this article
at 01:14 pm on 16 April 2009
This car is just awful. That shape no matter how much you facelift is just disgusting.
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TheStig-wannabe commented on this article
at 02:21 pm on 16 April 2009
hey,its not ugly as you reacted,maybe shez not better than the X5 or ML(overall) but still ,she looks gorgeous.I think for scaring road-users and kids nothing comes close to this butch.
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heinz commented on this article
at 02:24 pm on 16 April 2009
It was less ugly before. This is higher with a poof-looking silver underbody and leds everywhere as it was christmas. Just then you notice it's brown. I thought Q7 and Q5 could only appeal to dogs but actually at my local VW dealer they told me Q5 has the longest waiting list among all VWs Audi Skoda Bentley etc.
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marius2 commented on this article
at 05:56 pm on 16 April 2009
It looks like o fat,ugly princess all sparcling.Good work audi, you made a ugly car even more uglier.And the beatiful brown color makes it look even more appealing to a trol.
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Tom90 commented on this article
at 05:57 pm on 16 April 2009
I think it looks like shrek only more ugly (espically with the wing mirrors). I think it doesn't help that the picture of it is brown. why of all of those colours they picked that they should have picked black just to cover up its ugliness. Its like a pig you can dress it up and clean it up as much you want it is still a pig no matter what you do to it
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