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2015 Audi Q7 Coming to UK with 272 HP Diesel and 7 Seats: Pricing Announced

After seeing it in person at the Detroit Auto Show in January, we're excited about the launch of the all-new Audi Q7. It might not be the greatest design in the world, but it certainly is exciting from an engineering and packaging point of view.
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Built using the MLB platform, it adopts lots of aluminum to reduce its weight by a massive 325kg. In fact, the model going on sale in Britain next month, which is a 272 PS 3.0 TDI, is probably the only car in this class to weigh less than 2 tons.

Audi UK has announced that when order books open in April, the all-new Q7 will cost from £50,340 OTR to £53,835 OTR. The base price gets you 7 seats, the 272 hp diesel engine, an 8-speed automatic, MMI Navigation Plus with MMI Touch, Audi connect (3 month trial), Audi drive select, keyless go, parking system plus and powered tailgate.

That pretty much sounds like everything you need, but we'd go for the S line model, which has the same engine, but also comes with LED headlights, 20-inch alloy wheels, privacy glass, four-zone climate control and the S line styling kit.

The new Q7 will be competitively priced against the BMW X5, which in xDrive30d brings a 258 PS 3-liter diesel from £48,850, or £53,550 when the M Sport body kit is included. Which brings us to the engine Audi is offering. This new V6 unit was first seen on the A6 and A7 facelifts during 2014.

It complies with Euro 6 emissions, producing 600 Nm of torque. In combination with an 8-speed tiptronic transmission and quattro all-wheel drive, it pushes the largest Audi SUV to 62 mph in 6.5 seconds, and a top speed of 145 mph is doable. Numbers for CO2 emissions (153g/km) and fuel consumption (47.9mpg UK combined) are impressive.

But what about all the other engines? Well, while BMW uses a twin-turbo 2-liter for the X5 xDrive25d, Audi will offer a 218 PS version of the 3.0 TDI quattro later this summer. A plug-in hybrid version may also be introduced, but there's probably not going to be any petrol versions sold in Britain.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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