First introduced in 2006 at the Los Angeles auto show the Audi Q7 was surely a sensation, originally built by the German automaker Audi this is considered a full-sized sports utility vehicle. Since there have been two very popular models before the Q7 (A6 and the A8) the number seven denotes its position between the two and the letter “Q” describes a new family of vehicles.
Controversy with its name:
Due to the fact that Audi has started to use the letter “Q” for its vehicles — Nissan (the multinational automaker which has its headquarters in Japan) sued this German company so that they may cease and desist of the use of the letter “Q” which Nissan had been using it ever since 1989 as the name for sedans as well as SUVs (the QX4 as well as the QX56).
The settlement of this lawsuit was partially in favor of Nissan, it concluded that Audi would only use the letter “Q” as a prefix for their models Q5 and Q7.
The only version that has been released other than the original one has been the hybrid version which was introduced to the market at the Hanover auto show. This version offered features such as an audio music interface (also marketed as AMI) — this system basically allows the driver to plug in an iPod or any other MP3 player to the sound system in order to take advantage of the speakers built-in, this is also the first Audi model to offer side assist which is basically a warning system for blind spot detection.
This vehicle was only released with the one transmission configuration which is a six speed automatic one and the engine selection is somewhat limited as well, it is available in:
— 4.2L V8 FSI
— 3.6L VR6 FSI
— 4.2L V8 TDI
— 3.0L V6 TDI
It is expected that more engines and transmission configurations will be available in the future. The body style is a five door SUV with a neat design which resembles the second-generation A8.
