Test drive Audi Q7 2006 - 2009 SUV

Open reserve

The long -awaited Audi Q7 presentation took place in the midst of the Winter Olympiad. Mindful of sports battles, we will temporarily become judges.
A newcomer from Ingolstadt, as an Olympic multi -collar, has to withstand several tests. This, by the way, is not important the task of any station wagon, with four it or five rings.
SPRINT
The level of preparation of the multi -collar can be estimated even before the start. Under the hood, a V-shaped gasoline eight with a volume of 4.2 liters is hidden with direct fuel fuel injection FSI. A similar unit is installed on the Audi RS4 sports model, however, there is more strength there.
Q7 also performs in another subgroup diesel. Here, a 3-liter engine with a turbocharger sets a new station wagon. Without even looking into technical characteristics, it is clear that the diesel is inferior in agility to a modern gasoline unit. But the multifacers compete not only on even roads, and acceleration to hundreds of 9 s and the maximum speed for 200 km/h say that the Audi Q7 3.0 TDI in good shape.
A pointer to an autobahn with an inscription departure as a starting gun. The entire gasoline power of Q7 with such a engine comes to life under the hood, even on a high -speed highway will give a head start to many. The box clearly and smoothly jumps up the steps, and on the finish line reacts to full gas and without hesitation passes to the lowered, leaving opponents behind him. In manual mode, the moment of switching is more noticeable, electronics need time to adapt to the driver.
You can’t call an exceptionally quiet gasoline eight. This was probably warned by the head of the acoustics unit Ralf Konkel: Acoustics should correspond to the expectations of the buyer. That is, if you press the gas, the engine is obliged to speak a solid bass with a timid whisper will immediately disappoint.
The diesel engine is hard to compete with a powerful gasoline engine: sprint jerks are not so frisky. But by the level of noise and vibrations, the unit is equal to the V8 FSI: go determine in the movement which engine under the hood.
On the road, the Audi Q7 behaves like a passenger car quickly reacts to the steering wheel, almost does not roll in corners, does not try to deviate from a given course. The sacrifice of the stroke was sacrificed. Even by installing a comfort mode for air suspension (option), you still feel the fifth point of road joints and irregularities. But the prototypes and pre -production samples blew more than 1000 hours in the pipe worked on aerodynamics. The noise of the wind does not interfere, but rather warns that the speedometer arrow is selected at the mark of 200 km/h. In addition, they tried to direct the flow around the front racks so that side glasses and mirrors remain clean in the rain.
CROSS
The asphalt under the wheels was replaced by snow porridge, which were already pretty melted in places. Let's see how confident the polythever will conquer this stage. The turn has gone smoothly, relying on the driver, did not respond to a small attack of the stern. Thanks for the trust, especially since returning Q7 to the trajectory was quite simple. Another turn, the skid here could not stand the electronics: having struggled with brake mechanisms, helped to quickly put the all -around on the true path.
I'll try to disable ESP without assistants. But the same stabilization system that considered the situation dangerous and decided to intervene for purely defeating in this battle and decided to intervene. Perhaps she will repeatedly annoy with its correct behavior of future Q7 owners. Hello, and someday you will say thanks to her.
Nobody detected time on a circle, but, it seems, on a 3-liter diesel engine I drove this track faster. Thanks to the plague torque (compared to the gasoline engine, it falls on the maximum of lower revolutions) such a polythever on a slippery and broken road goes more confidently, less skidding and almost does not require electronics intervention. True, it was worth rolling into loose snow, the diesel began to scroll the wheels, the car crawled not so boldly. They didn’t experience cross-country ability: I don’t remember how to say a tractor driver in German, pull us out of here, Bitte.
But the slippery descent Q7 is quite on the teeth. You let go of the pedals and slowly slide off the hill, watching how the electronics commands the engine and slow down one or the other wheel, preventing the car from slipping into that very field without a tractor. In addition, on the air suspension, the new universal Audi rises above the ground to 240 mm. With such a road clearance, you can crawl out the obstacles boldly, but neatly. Still, on a steep jump there is a chance to struck the bottom (with such a long base) or a solid rear overhang.
FLOOR EXERCISE
Still, it is good when the car does not decide for you what to do, but only warns. The number of such assistants includes an assistant of the strip change. LEDs starting to blink in the outer mirrors when a car is approaching in a neighboring row. So that the Q7 does not turn into a mobile illumination, the signals are given only when the driver turns on the turn signal, and the threat is behind no further 50 meters. The system is useful and works clearly for body workshops should be reduced.
It is not easy to put a luggage on the high floor of the Audi Q7 trunk owners of cars with a conventional suspension. The rest should press the button, and the car will obediently sit down. By the way, in the richest Q7 configuration, I found in the trunk another key with a strange icon and, of course, pressed it. Somewhere, something was furious, and right at my feet from under the belly of the car, a trailed device crawled out.
Orders on the Audi Q7 have been accepted for a long time, and among Russian dealers the first cars should appear simultaneously with this RAM number. The starting price for machines with gasoline engines $ 108 thousand, diesel versions from 77 thousand dollars. It so happened that Audi turned out to be the last of the car faces, who mastered the niche of models for outdoor activities. However, the ladies who start the latter always receive a head start, they know how others go in a distance. Perhaps that is why the company kept a new model in reserve and will certainly take advantage of this advantage.
Audi-Q7 is a long-awaited and very serious answer to competitors who have already established models for outdoor activities.
Traditional complete
In the Audi Q7, the moment from the engine is distributed to all four wheels. The six -speed automatic gearbox is joined with the original handout (see Fig.), Within which the latest generation is installed. Already tested on the recently presented model Audi RS4, it distributes the thrust between the front and rear wheels in a ratio of 40:60. If necessary, Thorsen can transfer to one of the axes up to 100% torque. The mechanical differential works reliably, but not as flexible as his colleague electronic adhesion of chaldeks on all -wheel drive audi and Volkswagen with transverse engines. The function of partial blocking of inter -axle differentials is performed by the EDS electronic system using brake mechanisms.
 





Maxim Sachkov

Source: The magazine "Driving"