Thursday, June 24, 2010
Future Audi Q7 will be smaller and less aggressive in design
Audi will waive the ambition to build the biggest SUV on the market, the Q7's future will be in line with the classic line SUV competitors in terms of size.
According to sources inside of the Audi Q7 will be the next generation to radically change the existing model on the market now. The main difference will be felt from outer measures, which will be lower. Biggest SUV segment top will change and aesthetic level, the new "face" will be, said first information, much less aggressive than the current.
Battle the large premium SUV segment will become, in these circumstances, an extremely interesting. While wheelbase Mercedes wants to increase future GL model can accommodate a third row of seats that fit two adults, the Q7 will remain with seven seats for markets that require only this: China, Middle East and USA. In Europe, Audi SUV will be available, most likely, only the version with five seats.
Regarding construction of new generation Q7, Audi has two options at this time: either rely on a platform that emphasizes high strength steel or use a platform that will focus on the famous aluminum spaceframe that has delighted fans Audi on the road models of the mark. If the first solution is more affordable price, but less efficient in the consumption and emissions, second option guarantees a mass consumption and low, but price will increase proportionately.