Audi Q8 review

Prices start at £82,120 for the S line, £86,670 for the Black Edition and £105,320 for the Vorsprung, with petrol adding £1.4k give or take a few pennies.

Monthly payments start at around £1,000 for the base Q8, assuming a deposit akin to 10 per cent of the car's value, an annual 10,000-mile limit and four-year PCP at 6.5 per cent APR. You might do better away from Audi's own finance scheme, obvs.

What are the kit choices?

There’s a raft of kit as standard even on the S line: 21in alloys, adaptive air suspension, Matrix LED lights, heated leather seats (you can spec Dinamica if you prefer at no extra cost), two-zone climate control, the Virtual Cockpit and all the screenage, parking plus with 360-degree camera, and more safety tech than you'll ever be able to comprehend.

Black Edition adds, er, a black styling pack, 22in alloy wheels, a flat-bottom steering wheel and polished oak interior trim.

Vorsprung models get all-wheel steering, a panoramic roof, head-up display, Bang & Olufsen sound system, heated sports seats with ventilation and massage function, and more besides.

If you want adaptive cruise control on S line and Vorsprung models, you'll need the Tour pack at £1,950. Pretty stingy, if you ask us. There are a couple of technology packs here too if you don't fancy breaking six figures just to unlock an HUD.

What's the best spec?

We’d be tempted by an S line diesel – do you need any more than 282bhp in your posh family runaround? Not really. It’ll cruise around happily, provide 550 miles-ish to a tank, and soothe away boring commutes with a duvet of technology. Spend the saving on a pack or two and some nice paint.

Vorsprung basically gets everything, so if you want to do some Audi maffs you could easily convince yourself it's actually value for money. Maybe.