0:00 [Music] not many full-size luxury and premium SUVs can flaun themselves as being a household name in India and then there's the Q7 I call the Q7 a house whole name in India because even someone who's not interested in cars or have limited knowledge of cars they know about the Q7 because at some point of time their favorite celebrity was driving a Q7 they might have seen their favorite celebrity getting down at a red carpet in the Q7
0:48 and I still remember seeing my first Q7 it was so Grand it looked massive and alsoo Regal now fast forward two decades and this is a newly launch Q7 this is not a new generation though it is the second major facelift for the second generation model for the uninitiated the second generation Q7 it arrived in 2015 and the first major update for it it was launched in India in 2021 a couple of years late owing to the pandemic but now this was a perfect time to get in the third generation model right because it's been here for a decade now but that's not happening now that's we have cleared that out this is actually a good update for the Q7 and this is the latest
1:34 one that you can buy in India right now so in this video let us take a look at three reasons why you should get yourself the Q7 and three reasons why the Q7 isn't the best bet for you right now well yeah actually we are doing a first three reasons video for a luxury car on Car and Bike so before we go ahead do consider subscribing to the channel if you haven't already and do let us know in the comment section below if you really Che this format of the video of the three reasons and you want some other cars to be done in such manner now the first thing as I said this is the new Q7 that you can buy in India right now and the changes done to it are very subtle and only recognizable if you are a true hardcore Audi fan but
2:21 if you're not let me give you a rundown on everything that's new over here [Music] first up you get a new front grill which is a single piece unit housing vertical inlays it also houses the new 2D Audi logo and two really large sensor points which you might think is for the a dash but there's no a dash here more on it a bit later flanking the grill are the redesigned headlamps with Audi's Matrix LEDs and a similar lightning signature seen on the Q8 lower down the functional air intakes are also new and go really well with the new design language of the car now move to the side and you also get bigger 20in alloy wheels which are finished in all silver but I really wish
3:07 there was a better design available as an option even if it's paid extra because these one they look quite plain chain but that's not the case here and these are the only ones that you can buy at the back there's a new lightning signature for the tail lamps as well as functional trapezoidal exhaust tips you have five color options to choose from and two cabin themes as well Brown and beige talking about the cabin the changes here are little to none keite purist will notice a newer wooden inlay and a slightly updated interface to Audi's MMI system and that's all the updates that you get here but you know Audi says that 60% of the Q7 buyers they are a repeat customer and so if you happen to own a Q7 or any Audi for
3:54 example but let's take an example of the Q7 be it the first generation Q7 the facelift of the first gen or even the second generation or the facelift for the second gen and you want a new Q7 in your garage then this is [Music] it now all those updates aside this one it's still a Q7 it's one of the few cars that is recognizable on its own they don't require a brand identity because they are a brand on its own it's one of the few cars in India that can do that it might appear to be a bit lost in the sea of large SUVs that you buy in India right now but the Q7 it's still large which means it has a road presence everything that makes it a Q7 be the
4:41 shape the proportion and dimension all of that has aged well if you ask me even on the inside the Q7 is very spacious now Audi says most of the buyers will be spending the time up ahead but we know that the buyers they prefer the second row and the owners who are affording this car they will be spending most of the time here so what you get is a cabin that's really spacious has a very airy cabin fi to it thanks to the large windows and a panoramic sunroof there's Acres of leg room even the head room is not bad and more importantly it has a third row of seating now the rivals the direct rivals or actually the uh the natural Rivals for the Q7 they are the GLS and the new X7 but since they are a generation ahead they are more expensive
5:27 so for the price of Q7 the rivals that you're looking at are the GLE from Mercedes-Benz and the X5 from BMW apart from the Range Rover vear now all these three SUVs they offer you only two row and five- seater option the only other two cars that you can get at the price of the Q7 that get you three row seating is the Volvo XC90 and the Land Rover Discovery both of them are pretty old as well now the third reason why you should consider buying the Q7 is because of the way it is to drive now admittedly with this facelift there are no changes done to the powertrain so what you get is a
6:12 familiar 3 l turbocharged V6 which makes around 335 BHP and 500 n m and it's paired to the quro all-wheel drive wire an automatic transmission now the good thing is the 0 to 100 kmph time it has gone down from 5.9 seconds of the outgoing model to A 5.6 second timing now I'm not sure how AI has deducted that3 seconds of the acceleration time because there are no changes done to the engine but I can say that the engine it's really smooth and it's very well refined as well especially at the city speeds now there is a bit of a turbo lag I admit but once out on the highway and at triple digit speed this engine feels
6:59 sufficient i l powerful more importantly it is a good engine to have it's a very good powertrain for your everyday usability as well as uh inter city travels there are many Drive modes here as well in fact you get two dedicated off-road modes here there's Eco and comfort apart from sport which goes by the name Dynamic now the throttle response the steering and the suspension all undergo noticeable changes with the change in each Drive modes although the steering is light for such a huge car it is helpful when maneuvering it in the city confines the gearbox is also smooth shifting but could be a bit quicker same for the suspension where thanks to the air suspension It is Well absorbent but
7:45 I wish it was a bit more FLH especially in the comfort mode lastly the Q7 comes with Quattro all-wheel drive as standard we haven't gotten a chance to take it offro uh in the limited time that it is with us but we know that it is capable when the road starts to disappear it might not do a very hardcore off-roading like a proper 4x4 but it is a capable SUV to have in your [Music] garage so now after discussing all the reasons why you should buy the Q7 let's take a look at some of the reasons why you shouldn't and now we start by saying that the Q7 it's a veteran in the industry right it has been around for
8:31 quite some time now so it knows what this segment needs and it will deliver it exactly how much it's needed right well to an extent yes the Q7 it is a feature loaded car you get Matrix lamps all-wheel drive hardware air suspension a large panoramic sunroof an electric tailgate electric front seats ambient lighting a touchcreen for the four Zone climate control an ionizer with perfume dispenser Audi's proprietary phone box and a 730 W 19 speakers bang and Olson sound system you also get a 360° camera eight airbags automatic parking and cruise control but on the flip side despite costing so much the Q7 even after the second update it still doesn't
9:18 offer ad Das it offers you Lane departure warning but there's no Lan keepes there's no autonomous braking there's also no adaptive cruise control now Audi says the Q 7 is ready for the Adas but it's not provided here in India because the Indian condition is not yet ready for it now cars costing quarter of what the Q7 does they do offer full suit of Adas and Audi not providing that it's not a good move now apart from that the Q7 still doesn't get a few very basic features of creature Comfort uh for example both the front seats that don't get heating or ventilation even to day the second row of seats they could do with electric adjustment you still don't
10:04 get a heads up display here now this entire cabin it's built to last it has aged well the quality of material is topnotch but this entire interface of the MMI the virtual cockpit it has started to age a bit there's no seat massager either and the previous version it came with an optional R seat entertainment screen that's not offered at the moment so overall Audi needs to realize that the goal post has moved and a veteran like the Q7 shouldn't be caught [Music] behind now the second reason of not getting yourself the Q7 is a lack of Powertrain choices now admittedly this V6 petrol engine it's really good and it
10:49 will never give you a reason to complain however the heart of the Q7 has always been its Diesel power train now in internationally uh the Q7 its entire lineup has been offered with a lot of Powertrain choices internationally you also get a 4.2 L diesel V8 heck it even got a 6 L V12 diesel at one point of time however globally right now you can get the staple 3 l V6 diesel but we don't think we'll ever get a diesel power Trin in India at any point of time but crucially and it's a big crucial point that the rivals including the X5 the GL and even the Land Rover all of them they offer a diesel power train as
11:35 an option now they are a bit expensive I admit but if you really want a diesel for your requirements that automatically rules out [Music] Q7 and lastly there's no hiding the fact that the Q7 it now definitely needs a generation change because soldiering on for almost a decade without a generation change it does not do well especially when you have such a diversified set of Rivals and a very small set of audience to Target at now the next in Q7 is coming though in a couple of years time where it will undergo a bit of a platform change it will also accommodate a hybrid power train because it will be
12:21 the last IC powered Q7 it will also bring in changes inside the cabin that will be inspired by the rron electric lineup so in comparison to that upcoming Q7 this one it will feel like a candle at a neon [Music] Festival so that's the 2024 or is it 2025 well either way that's the new and updated Audi Q7 for you it solders on on all the strong trades that the Q7 has been uh following all these years but this update it could have been slightly more significant it's of course good to drive it has a very spacious and a very well decked up cabin and it's also a
13:07 very well-rounded product that the Audi purus can buy in India right now because the other Flagship the Q8 it's a bit onedimensional and it's focused more on sportier customers only but on the flip side what it lacks is the choice of Diesel Powertrain but there's no point of crying over spilled milk right now because we're never getting a diesel power with the Q7 ever again and secondly this Q7 it has a shelf life of little over two years until the radically change Next Generation Q7 arrives but if you want one you should definitely go ahead and get this Q7 because the Q7 as I mentioned earlier it is a household name in India and that's all for me in this video HED you liked it and if you did do hit that like
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