To read the kinds of brutal tests the upcoming Audi SUV is going through, go to http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2050802.001

Here is a sample:

Quote :

"Checks are being carried out on a vast array of test beds, on Volkswagen Group proving grounds, at minus 35 degrees Celsius inside the Polar Circle, in the scorching desert heat of Southern Africa, on the highways of Florida, on dust, grit and gravel in Europe, Asia, Brazil and Central America, through to the gruelling Nordschleife of Germany’s Nürburgring. But this is not all. The Q7 is also being put through its paces on lonely, winding country roads, on autobahns and in the midst of heavy city traffic in congested urban areas. For over two years now, disguised Q7s have been out and about on public roads, as well as in the most remote corners of the earth, under extreme dynamic, climatic and topographic conditions."

Quote :

"Before the first series production models are delivered to customers this coming spring, Q7 prototypes and pre-production vehicles will have been put through millions of test kilometres."

Quote :

"One comparative figure supports the severity of these tests – 8,000 kilometres run on this test cycle is equivalent to 300,000 kilometres of normal everyday use."

So the test vehicles would have been put through around up to 100 million kilometers or more extrapolated normal everyday use!

Now, some pics:

8/5/2005 1:42:52 PM

Ugh, I'm getting sick of these Quasi- SUVs. And I love Audis, so it's sad

Mike

8/5/2005 1:44:33 PM

looks like the porsche SUV had sex with a durango

8/5/2005 1:44:46 PM

I doubt it'll be a better performer than the Porsche.

8/5/2005 1:47:48 PM

Here is a nice picture to cheer you up 2L8IWON:

8/5/2005 1:56:58 PM

Ahh yes, Mercedes will do fine, thanks.

Mike

8/5/2005 2:57:23 PM

that grill is hideous

8/5/2005 3:01:49 PM

300slr

8/5/2005 3:22:25 PM

call me crazy, but i think it looks freakin awesome. the more i see and read about it the more awesome it is. itll do great

8/5/2005 3:42:23 PM

I think it looks nice. Alteast better then subaru's new SUV

8/5/2005 4:08:02 PM

8/5/2005 4:11:19 PM

would look a helluva lot better like this

8/5/2005 4:23:00 PM

looks like a volvo from the front.

8/5/2005 4:29:50 PM

all these german luxury SUV's need killing

8/5/2005 4:54:38 PM

the Cayenne was killed before it came out.

8/5/2005 5:09:45 PM

Quote :

"I doubt it'll be a better performer than the Porsche."

maybe, maybe not. who cares, it's a fucking SUV.

8/5/2005 5:16:55 PM

this is why:

http://fun.diadiktyo.net/stream29/video/bmwRally.wmv

8/5/2005 5:19:31 PM

that is why what?

8/5/2005 5:27:15 PM

because people actually race SUV's.

8/5/2005 5:41:42 PM

Quote :

"the Cayenne was killed before it came out."

ahahaha

8/5/2005 6:01:41 PM

^^people race tractors, but you still sound like an idiot if you say "I doubt it'll outperform a Deere".



[Edited on August 5, 2005 at 6:04 PM. Reason : /]

8/5/2005 6:03:08 PM

I'm pretty sure tractor race drivers compare tractors to one another.

8/5/2005 6:06:05 PM

sweet car, i'm a huge audi enthusiast

8/5/2005 6:16:48 PM

why would porsche make a car faster than its own... porsche owns vw & audi
the new srt8 grand cherokee is suposed to be almost as fast and twice as truck as the cayenne

8/5/2005 6:30:56 PM

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"porsche owns vw & audi"

i thought vw owns porsche and audi

[Edited on August 5, 2005 at 6:45 PM. Reason : ?]

8/5/2005 6:44:49 PM

Quote :

"the new srt8 grand cherokee is suposed to be almost as fast and twice as truck as the cayenne"

also twice as ugly and an eighth as classy


oh and vw doesn't own porsche, and porsche doesnt own vw

[Edited on August 5, 2005 at 7:38 PM. Reason : .\]

8/5/2005 7:36:51 PM

its VAG, not PAG

8/5/2005 7:57:20 PM

hmm I think the porsche and audi and vw comments above are bait to get someone to argue.... but I'll bit because I'm a lemming. porsche is independent, Audi is majority owned by VW. Audi owns Lambo. The Porsche family has family ties to VW not by bureaucracy but by actual family members and history. Today the companies are unrelated. The touareg and cayenne use similar chassis, but suspension, drivetrain, body, 4wd system are unrelated, if similar. Its a similar but looser cooperation to DS eagles/mitsubishis from back in the day. satisfied, baiters?

8/5/2005 11:15:15 PM

^THANK YOU....freakin idiots in here. Oh, and its bite, not bit

8/5/2005 11:37:37 PM

friend of mine has a cayenne turbo and holyyyyyy shit talk about luxury meeting speed

he can easily do 140 in it with out strain. Its got suede on the roof, ostrich seats. Its crazy to ride in because u are so far up. I have rode in many many fast cars but going 100+ in a SUV like that is a totally different and almost scary feeling especially going around turns. but i doubt this or anything new can hang with the cayenne turbo

8/6/2005 1:19:05 PM

i just don't get this high performance luxury SUV thing. if you wanna go fast, get a car. if you want to go off-road, don't spend $90k.

8/6/2005 1:45:18 PM

Looks good except for that grill. Ugggh.

8/6/2005 2:08:08 PM

you are a slut ^

8/6/2005 9:01:56 PM

Even that standard Audi grill does not make that thing look Audi enough for me.

8/6/2005 9:14:26 PM

Quote :

"i thought vw owns porsche and audi"

the structure doesn't really matter i just figured since ferdianad porsche started it all he'd make his name sake company the top of the tree even though i'm sure vw is the top seller.


ohh and JT3bucky.. has your friend ever thrown it through a turn
i rode with an architect who knows how to drive (porsche fanatic) and he drove me around that thing fucking corners like a champ for any car let alone an suv.

[Edited on August 6, 2005 at 10:08 PM. Reason : cornering]

8/6/2005 10:06:25 PM

trying to get those wheels on my jetta

8/8/2005 6:41:04 PM

Official pics out!

I like it, but I think it looks too feminine and sexy. Doesn't look aggressive enough. Especially when compared with Cayenne and FX45, and even the new ML by MB. V8 (350 hp) and V6, no V12 or turbo V8 yet. This will have seven seating, so it doesn't compete with X5, but with the upcoming X7. New smaller Q5 to come out to compete with X5.













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8/18/2005 4:11:33 PM