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In 2005, the Q7, the first SUV model of the Audi brand, was officially unveiled, and its name "Q" was derived from Audi's iconic quattro all-wheel drive technology, and the "7" referred to the car's initial planning between the Audi A6 and A8.
The first generation of Audi Q7 is based on audi, Volkswagen, Porsche three joint efforts to create the PL71 platform, and in 2006 officially entered the Chinese market, with outstanding athletic performance, magnificent appearance and luxury configuration, the new car once listed immediately became a domestic luxury medium and large SUV explosive model, continue to lead the development direction of the market segment.
Ten years later, in 2015, the second-generation Audi Q7 was announced, and the new car based on the MLB Evo platform, different from the full shape of the original model, began to adopt a more fashionable and exquisite design language, and the suspension central control screen with lifting device also made the new car a spokesperson for the term "sense of technology" in the luxury brand at that time.
New design, domineering return
I believe that friends who pay attention to the sales performance of Audi Q7 in recent years should know that the failure of the second-generation Audi Q7 (before the mid-term restructuring) is not because the product is not good, but the exterior design of the car has lost its "original intention". To put it simply, the second-generation Audi Q7 before the revision adopts a relatively radical, sports-style design language, and the overall shape is not related to the word "domineering", losing the aura that luxury medium and large SUVs should have.
Therefore, on the 2022 Audi Q7, we can see that the new car adopts the new design language of the Audi Q family, and the S line sports suite that is standard in the whole series is a good reinforcement of the youthful sports style of the whole car, while the detailed design of other parts of the car is a clever balance between sports and luxury.
Specifically, the new hexagonal mesh grille of the new car is inlaid with the Audi logo and the "quattro" logo, while the Audi's iconic "big mouth" design, with six vertical coarse chrome trims, further strengthens the exquisite and three-dimensional sense of the front face, looking domineering.
As a world-renowned "light factory", the matrix LED headlight group equipped with the 2022 Audi Q7 is sharp in shape and excellent in technology, and it also supports adaptive near and far lights, follow-up steering, headlight height adjustment and other rich functions, which can ensure the safety of our night driving.
Moving to the side of the body, you can see the angular body lines of the 2022 Audi Q7, the through-line waistline extends directly from the front of the car to the rear, with a slightly expanded front and rear wheel arches, outlining the good sense of strength of the whole car. At the same time, the 20-inch five-spoke wheels, as well as the "quattro" logo under the door panels, also further emphasize the sporty atmosphere of the car.
You can see the rear of the new car, which has the meaning of paying tribute to the first generation of Q7, and the overall shape is very full and looks very atmospheric. The matrix taillight set adopts a split design and is connected by a through-type chrome strip, which further extends the visual effect of the rear. The honeycomb trim from the slanted exterior kit mentioned earlier, as well as the "false exhaust" shape on the back bracket, add a sense of layering and dynamic to the car.
Turning our gaze to the inside of the car, we can clearly see that the 2022 Audi Q7 explains what is the perfect combination of "technology and luxury". The new car adopts Audi's signature virtual cockpit design, a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument, a 10.1-inch central control touch screen and an 8.6-inch air-conditioned screen triple screen combination, while the number of physical buttons is also greatly simplified in the car, creating a good technology atmosphere.
At the same time, the brown leather seats, piano paint panels, electronic barriers, solid wood trim and other configurations in the car have improved the sense of luxury and grade in the car.
Thanks to the new car's 5067/1970/1731mm (length, width and height) figure, as well as the wheelbase of 2996mm, the second row of the 2022 Audi Q7 is extremely spacious, the height of the editor's 175cm sits in the back row, the knee is still more than two punches away from the front row, and there is also more than one punch from the roof.
The power is excellent and the handling is unexpected
After talking about the static experience of the new car, let's talk about how this 2022 Audi Q7 feels when it is driven. On the books, the car is equipped with a 2.0T in-line four-cylinder turbocharged engine with a maximum output of 180 kW (245Ps), a peak torque of 370 N·m, a drivetrain matching 8AT gearbox, an official 100 km/h acceleration time of 7.1 seconds, and a standard Audi quadtro full-time four-wheel drive technology.
Like you, when I first learned that the two-ton Audi Q7 was equipped with a 2.0T engine, I also recognized it as a "small horse-drawn cart", but when I stepped on the first foot of floor oil, all doubts dissipated instantly.
In general, the throttle response of the new car is very sensitive, the power is also on call, the shift logic of the 8AT gearbox is very clever, when I want to change lanes to overtake, I can immediately follow up the downshift to replenish the oil, and the turbo lag phenomenon I am worried about has not occurred, and the feeling of pushing back is also there. During the entire driving process, whether it is a low-speed driving on the township road or a cruising state on the highway, the gearbox shifting smoothness is very good.
Thanks to the excellent steering feel of the 2022 Audi Q7, this 5m long SUV is also exceptionally flexible to drive, the steering wheel is comfortable to hold, the damping is moderate, the steering accuracy is very high, almost which means where to play, which can make me control this behemoth very well.
The performance of the new car in terms of suspension and chassis also shows Audi's consistently excellent mechanical qualities. The chassis tuning gives me an extremely heavy feeling, because in the actual driving, it is as stable as Tarzan in the high-speed state, even if the body of the fast corner is slightly sideways, but the chassis can still stabilize the lower plate under the blessing of the quadtro four-wheel drive and will not drift.
In normal pavement cruising, the chassis can filter most of the small bumps from the road surface, even through the speed bump, the suspension system also shows the resilience it should have, the body will not whizz up, but is steadily pulled by the suspension. This soft and tough driving texture is also the reason why I am fanned by Audi circle.
Write at the end
It is true that when the second-generation Audi Q7 was first released, its shining point was far less amazing than that of the original Q7, and its voice in the market was much smaller. But there is no doubt that the 2022 Audi Q7 has regained the qualities of a luxury medium and large SUV, the domineering appearance, the interior design with a sense of luxury and technology, and the "noble" driving texture.
At the same time, combined with the product performance of the 2022 Audi Q7 and the terminal price (the 2022 45 TFSI quattro S line sport terminal I reflected is priced at about 650,000), the second-generation Audi Q7 is a luxury medium-sized SUV that is very worthy of luxury car consumers to consider after completing the mid-term redesign, after all, this price can buy such an all-round BBA flagship SUV, is it not fragrant?
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