Test drive Audi Q7 2006 - 2009 SUV
Weightlifting
He crushed me! It was lucky that only morally, first by the view, the first associations with a combat elephant or whale. A huge, with a long nose, Audi-Q7 turned the A6 sedan standing nearby into a short car, flattened along the asphalt.![](http://www.bibipedia.info/media/photo_testi/16924.jpg)
I go calmly and confidently. But now I feel like a pensioner who first saw a computer. Buttons, light bulbs, wheels, on the screen of the main display one information, between the speedometer and the tachometer another. Uf! Will it be possible to get rid of two and a half tons of steel and alloys, skin, microcircuits and wires?
There are no many cars
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However, from here, from the depths of the front chair, you will not say that the audi is noticeably larger. A few extra millimeters of the width are almost not noticeable. The cars have more in common: a rather dense landing, limited by a powerful tunnel in the middle and bloated doors on the sides. Perhaps the only, but annoying drawback of BMW ergonomics hidden under the handle of the door of the windows key. He lowered the rear window several times. Then the word, but did not accept.
Sitting in the audi is more difficult for a massive front stand is more inclined. But inside, against the backdrop of a light, elegant, wealthy Q7 salon, the backwood looks modest, if not a simple one. True, all pens and buttons in X5 are located logically and conveniently. There are simply a lot of them, therefore, it will not be possible to get used to this or another car in five minutes.
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At the back in the BMW, I thought perfectly until I sat in Audi. In terms of space, if he does not furnish the long -busy representative sedans, he will not lag behind them. If you move the seat forward, it’s still not bad. But there, from behind two more chairs! True, they are designed for passengers no higher than 160 cm, and only children will like to climb there. And certainly not a lady in a skirt. Even if the lady is miniature, and the skirt is flared up.
But in terms of the volume of the trunk, Audi is in a five -seater version (however, with the most moved back by the average seats), BMW did not beat so much. Paul in Q7 above. Nevertheless, the scope in this bus is such that without companions here is somehow lonely.
How much is 200 grams?
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But the point is not only in numbers. In a dense city stream to Audi, you need to get used to it. You press the pedal: nothing happens, you squeeze a jerk. According to the subjective sensations of BMW, it is not just more freaks, it is more convenient to control the traction on it, the review on the pedal is clear and immediately understandable. On the highway, Audi responds to Kick Dawn noticeably later, so it is not easy to maintain the BMW rhythm on overtaking.
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Such machines are more important than not manual mode of the brake box! At Audi they are at an unattainable height. I did not even expect that nearly a 2.5-ton weightlifter would slow down so intense and stable. BMW slows down above average, but with an increase in the number of emergency braking, the braking distance increased slightly. The reason, perhaps, is not even in the brakes, but in the tires of M+S.
In one team
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The BMW X5 steering wheel is slightly more. On a direct alternate, he behaves more calmly, and in turns a less bulky car perfectly holds the trajectory, almost does not roll. A sporty, rope horse harnessed BMW? Yes, but with predictable consequences: the X5 reacts to irregularities with indignation. After the next bukh, I thought: on a long journey with fellow travelers, I would have to wave to Audi, and to smash along the metropolis and its environs, in my opinion, more pleasant on the BMW.
The weight of the arguments
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BMW X5 has already acquired hot fans of the Audi Q7, I am sure that he will also find them. These people who are overcome by the characters, the composition of the family, and the way of life are finally just taste, will have their own significant arguments. Say, I have already made my choice (though, alas, virtual)
Audi Q7
The all -wheel drive car made his debut at the Frankfurt car dealership in the fall of 2005. Sales in Russia since the spring of 2006.
Engines: gasoline 4.2 l (350 hp) and diesel 3.0 l (233 hp).
Gearbox: automatic
6-speed.
Configurations: individual.
The price of basic versions: $ 76 965 107 673.
BMW x5
The all-terrain vehicle has been produced since 1999, in 2004 the car was modernized.
Engines: gasoline 3.04.8 liters (231360 hp), diesel 3 l (218 hp).
Gearboxes: 5- or 6-speed automatic (3.0 liters of gasoline and diesel engine), 6-speed automatic (4.4 and 4.8 l).
Complete: basic and packages of additional equipment Special, Business, Luxury, Dynamic.
Price: є69 90093 400 ($ 87 000117 000).
Audi Q7 spacious, comfortable liner for long travel.
General assessment 8.7
+ A huge interior, roomy trunk, excellent brakes, rich equipment.
- too sharp for such a massive car, the steering wheel, uncomfortable traction control, long front overhang.
BMW X5 is still the best car in its class, high-speed all-wheel drive provocateur.
General assessment 8.7
+ Excellent accelerated dynamics, excellent handling.
- Boring interior decoration, a large fuel consumption.
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Sergey Kanunnikov
Source: The magazine "Driving"
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