Audi has given the Q7 and SQ7 a bit of a makeover, priced from £66k

Our humblest apologies! TopGear.com appears to have missed perhaps the most perfect piece of motoring irony, which has now been brought to our attention with the reveal of this new, refreshed Audi Q7.

Because alongside a bit of visual tweak and a spangly new set of customisable LED head- and tail-lights – more on those shortly – it now features a “proximity indication feature” if you tick the digital OLED rear lights option. This interesting feature – apparently already available on the A8, Q8 and Q5 – illuminates all the rear lights if a car gets within 6.6ft of the new Q7.

That’s right: this [checks notes] Audi warns other cars that they’re tailgating. You couldn’t make it up.

What you can make up, or at least change, are those LED light signatures. Apparently the new Q7 gets four front LED daytime running light signatures to choose from, embedded within new light units mounted a little higher than before.

They form part of a bit of a tweak to the Q7’s face, with new inlays and contours in the ‘singleframe’ grille, and “reduced decorative elements”. It certainly looks cleaner than before, the new pinched headlights conspiring to make the Q7 look highly suspicious about something. All in, as these cars go, it's a handsome, brutish thing.

Audi has thrown in a few more colours for the new Q7 – gold, blue and red – along with some alloys sized right up to 22in. There are three trims available in the UK, ranging from S Line, through the Black Edition and Vorsprung level.

For such a big, posh box, there are a tonne of standard-fit items, including AWD, adaptive air suspension, matrix LED lights, a rear-view camera, leather, electrically adjustable front sports seats, Audi’s brilliant ‘virtual cockpit’ and privacy glass. Of course.

The further up the chain you go, the more goodies, naturally, including a better stereo, bigger wheels, all-wheel-steering (on the SQ7) and massage seats. Engines include a 3.0-litre V6 diesel with 228bhp (0-62mph in 7.1s) or 282bhp (0-62mph in 6.1s), and a 335bhp 3.0-litre V6 petrol (0-62mph in 5.6s).

The SQ7 (main image carousel) still gets a biturbo V8 with 500bhp, cylinder shut-off tech, active roll-stabilisation tech, a sport diff (on the ‘Vorsprung’ SQ7) and the ability to crack the 62mph sprint in just 4.1s, just like before. The new SQ7 also features a new front spoiler, diffuser and a black finish across its face, mirrors and side air intakes.

Prices in the UK kick off from £66,605 for the base ’45 TDI S line’, right up to £111,370 for the headliner, the SQ7 Vorsprung. It’s a big ol’ car, this new Q7 – indeed Audi’s biggest SUV offering – with a big sales figure behind it, too. So you’re likely to see a fair few on the roads. Just don’t get too close…