Audi Q7 V12 TDI Exclusive

 

What‘s it? A fantasia-style options package to the Q7 V12 TDI driven by Coastline concept that appeared on the show stand in 2008. For any barely believable £44, 350, Audi will outfit the SUV by having an Exclusive concept package that features a stupendous level of Nappa leather and American Walnut, along with gargantuan 21-inch polished alloys. All There‘s to the customer to carry out is add that number towards the V12’s six-figure starting price, tot up a couple of other optional extras (the Bang&Olufsen sound product is £4010 by itself ) after which write a check that will cover the purchase of the Porsche 911 Carrera, a Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE and also a Caterham Seven Supersport. What’s it like? Overboard.

Few cars could be proficient at tastefully accommodating the vast quantities of wood and animal skin that Audi has seen fit to incorporate inside the concept package, and also the Q7 is unquestionably not among them. Partly this is a result of the age from the car – there’s virtually no hiding the undeniable fact that the vast interior is well past its sell-by-date – which helps make the expensive additions look about as from place like a fur coat on the dead fox. Not that being from context is definitely an unusual theme for Audi’s largest soft roader. Proportioned as a continental shelf and powered from the mammoth V12 TDI, the Q7 surges between traffic tidal flows by having an extraordinary sense of urgency for any car weighing over two 5 tons. So beguiling is that the growling presence of perpetual thrust that following a while it’s difficult to resist the zaniness from the package. Almost nothing in regards to the car is sensible, but after surfing your radiator-hot leather armchair home on the 737lb ft high wave of torque it almost feels appropriate that the solitary Tesco’s shopping bag sits on the boot floor made of solid walnut.

Should I buy one? Absolutely not. The Q7 Exclusive concept package is overpriced, overengined and about as tasteful like a gold-plated oil barrel. If fast, massively expensive SUVs are your thing probably the Porsche Cayenne Turbo and also the Range Rover Sport are far superior in nearly every regard - and therefore are considerably cheaper. However, should you get the chance to borrow one on the short-term basis, jump at the prospect. As a loaded shotgun inside a playground, the V12 Q7 is so cataclysmically from step using its time it exudes a roguish charm quite unlike anything on an open road. Audi Q7 V12 TDI with Exclusive concept packagePrice : £154, 175 (£44, 350 for pack ) ; Top speed : 155mph ; 0-62mph : 5. 5 seconds ; Economy : 25mpg ; CO2 : 298g / km ; Kerbweight : 2635kg ; Engine type, cc : Twelve-cylinder turbodiesel, 5934cc ; Power : 493bhp ; Torque : 737lb ft ; Gearbox : Six-speed tiptronic.