“nk of it as Audi's unconventional response to the Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG and the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S—the latter of which sits on the same platform as”

Final specifications for the Audi Q7 V12 TDI were announced last month, but now Audi has reported that the hefty V12 TDI will not be coming to America for sure. The luxury SUV was first revealed in production trim at the Geneva Motor Show earlier in 2008 and w...

The SmartGreen Index, a first-year index tabulated by the marketing research firm Strategic Vision, has given the Audi Q7 luxury SUV the highest rating in its category as one of the smartest "green" choices available for U.

“ALISA PRIDDLE Audi has made its decision and we don’t like it: the Q7 SUV will not come to the US with the 500-hp, 6.0-liter V-12 diesel engine that”

When it comes to performance diesels, Audi is king. Its R10 TDI sportscar is tearing up race tracks across the globe, while the R8 supercar will get V12 diesel power in 2010.

“Les Stephenson The Audi Driving Experience was at Zevenwacht wine estate, near Cape Town, for a few days to show owners – and potential owners – just”

One word sums up the Q7: epic . Audi's flagship 4x4 is already one of the biggest in its class and now it boasts an equally colossal engine: a 493bhp, 5.9-litre diesel. Its performance is devastating, as you would expect.

Short answer. Fantastic – but with provisos. This car is all about its engine. We’re used to the Q7, and most of us would be happy to ‘make do’ with the V8 TDI – at £50,695 it’s barely half the price of the V12.

Can Not Wait to track this, just for entertainment sake. Audi really needs to put that engine in the R8, at least as a concept. http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/13/detroit-2008-audi-unleashes-its-diesel-monster-the-r8-v12-tdi/ http://www.

Following months of speculation, Audi announced its Q7 V12 TDI SUV is ready to go and will go on sale at the end of the year. The 6.0L V-12 TDI engine will be first of its kind to power a passenger vehicle, and the engine will produce 500-hp and 737 lb-ft of t...

Audi is taking TDI technology to new heights: the Q7 V12 TDI quattro is the world’s most powerful diesel-engined SUV, its powerplant another technical milestone. With a completely redeveloped common rail injection system the twelve-cylinder delivers a mighty...

INGOLSTADT, Germany - September 8, 2008: For two decades Audi has driven forward the advancement of diesel technology from the very top. Now the brand with the four rings is presenting another world first: the first V12 TDI in a passenger vehicle.

Audi has announced that its Q7 V12 TDI quattro will enter mass production this year. Its subsidiary quattro GmbH is handling production and development. The OEM first exhibited the SUV and its 5.

Car-gazers say the darndest things. With a new car, an owner might expect the usual questions about engine, power and price; when they come, you calmly set your jaw and rattle off the stats.

Toyota has lowered its global sales target for 2009 by 700,000 vehicles to 9.7 million, showing that even one of the worlds most durable automakers is being hurt by rising material costs, a slowing U.

What we do know is that Audi canceled the Q7 hybrid for the US in favor of the 3.0L diesel, and that it should be coming sometime soon. We know that the European model makes 233hp and 369 lb-ft of torque available from 1,750 RPM, though we don't know if those ...

A quick Googling of the situation showed that Audi's blind-spot monitoring system, side assist, uses K-band radar to detect nearby cars that you might miss when changing lanes. So my detector was doing its job, just not when I wanted it to.

Audi's Q7 is a terrific looking crossover that can get the job done when it comes to carrying cargo and people. But it doesn't come cheap. The Q7 starts at about $42,500. Our Q7 3.6 Premium model had a technology package, chrome wheels, convenience package, su...

The decision, first reported by European car magazine Autocar, was made because Audi thinks hybrid systems are more sensible in smaller vehicles and because it wants to introduce the vehicle with lithium-ion batteries instead of nickel-metal hydride batteries.

Audi's head of R&D, Michael Dick, told Autocar that the company's focus for hybrid development has changed dramatically. Not only is the Q5 expected to be Audi's first gas-electric offering, but engineers have moved from tinkering with nickel-metal hydride bat...

“Megan Lampinen Audi has reportedly decided to postpone, indefinitely, plans to introduce a hybrid version of its Q7 model. Volkswagen's Audi unit has”

Audiâs plan to offer the Q7 with hybrid drive from the end of the year has been placed on indefinite hold. According to the German manufacturerâs head of research and development, Michael Dick, the company has diverted engineering resources into developing i...

What happens when you subject an NCAP five-star car to an offset collision with an NCAP four-star car. The five-star car comes out on top, right. Not if the five-star car is a Fiat 500 and the four-star car is Audi's massive Q7.

After previously indicating a hybrid version of its flagship Q7 SUV is on the way to markets outside of the U.S., Audi has apparently scrapped the project altogether. As first reported by German business publication Der Spiegel , an Audi spokesman indicated In...

July 23, 2008 - One of the latest stretch limousines to hit the streets of London and Manchester is the Audi Q7 limo. Limo hire London has never seen anything so cool. The Audi Q7 limo can be hired in black, silver or white and is now found throughout the UK, ...

Audi is renowned for its automobiles and quattro AWD system. In 2005, the company jumped on the SUV bandwagon by introducing the Q7 , a boldly styled and massively sized vehicle that immediately turned a lot of heads.

With the small upgrades, the diesel Q7 makes 281 horsepower compared to the stock 230. In addition, the top speed has been raised to a modest 136 mph. For the Q7 packing the bigger 4.

JE Designs, the Heilbronn based Audi, VW and Seat tuner, have powered up and neatened off the brusque Q7. Despite employing only 11 people, Jochen Eckeltâs team has been developing go-faster kits for Audi, VW and Seat products since the early 1990s.

Crossovers can pride themselves on offering the greatest variety of any class of vehicle. When it comes to size, capacity or price, the class now comprises the flagship models of many automakers and lets indecisive consumers enjoy the spaciousness of large veh...

To replace the four tyres on the Audi Q7 4.2TDi I was driving would cost a little less than half of what the insurance paid out for my stolen Honda. That's about R5500 each for four 21-inchers.