2010 Audi Q7 at Shanghai Motor Show

So far, the Shanghai Motor Show has played host to the wild and mild. On the latter, Audi unveiled the 2010 Audi Q7 to the assembled throngs in China, complete with a new nose, restyled rear and a few choice bits under the hood and inside the cabin.

The crown jewels on the Q7's refreshed fascia are a new set of LEDs that run from the top, around the side and then through the bottom of the headlamp housing. A reworked lower grille and fog-lamp mounts accompany a new hatch and more LEDs nestled within the taillights, while inside, there's more wood, some tweaked trim and a third-generation MMI infotainment system that (Audi-willing) will remain as intuitive as the current system. As for powertrains, the V6 and V8s currently available in the U.S. will carry over, but a new 3.0-liter TDI is coming, rated at 25 mpg and carrying a range of 600 miles when traveling on the express way. Check out our previous post for all the details.

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2008 JE Design Audi Q7 Street Rocket

(from JE Design Press Release) Red SUV Flash: JE DESIGN Audi Q7 "Street Rocket"

What do you get when JE DESIGN combines its special paintwork “Red Rocket” with its Audi Q7 aerodynamics kit “Street Sport”? JE DESIGN “Street Rocket”! An elegant luxury vehicle with integrated show-effect.

The JE DESIGN “Street Rocket” gets its really sporty look from the body construction set "Street Sport" (Ђ5,719). JE DESIGN unites a new front spoiler, double headlights including headlight shutters, side rocker panels and a new lower back apron extension to create an appearance bursting with dynamic energy. It harmonizes perfectly with the Audi lines making the refined Q7 continue to radiate its typical elegance. The JE DESIGN double trapezoid tail pipes in chromium-plated stainless steel (Ђ988) present a further highlight. The LED door exit lights on the vehicle underside (rocker panels x 5 / lower back aprons x 6) for Ђ1,500, are guaranteed to steal the show, particularly at night.

Thanks to its special paintwork "Red Rocket", with special low gloss effect and superior brilliance which JE DESIGN offers for Ђ15,000 , JE DESIGN’s “Street Rocket” definitely stands out well among the crowd.

Powerful vehicles need powerful wheels. The new JE DESIGN WHEEL “SUV-Select” fulfills this need with style. This shiny wheel with its solid, timeless five-spoke design not only matches up perfectly to the vehicle type “SUV” with its name, it also has the perfect size, measuring 10x22” ET 55 (pitch circle 5x130). The single piece cast wheel "SUV-Select" is offered by JE DESIGN in the "black lusterless/ front silver lusterless” and “shadow silver / front silver gloss” models. it is available at a price of Ђ 690. A complete wheel set in the dimensions 295/30 ZR 22 costs Ђ 5,190. JE DESIGN’s “SUV-Select” is compatible with the standard wheel bolts of the Audi Q 7 4L.

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2008 Audi Q7 test drive

Audi Q7 is our clear favorite, compared to the utes that share its running gear, the Porsche Cayenne and the Volkswagen Touareg. The Q7’s the only one with a third-row option, for one, and its suave styling trumps the plain look of the Touareg and the dowdy, ungainly Cayenne. And when we road tested it last year, we favored the Q7 over the BMW X5, saying “Despite its beefy stats and tons of equipment, Audi’s first true SUV is a lighter, nimbler piece than its data sheet spells out. Among its colleagues,ews only the Range Rover Sport approaches its sense of style and deft blend of on- and off-road personalities.”

It holds true in the 2008 model year, as the Audi’s luxe interior continues to impress us, and the pals we chum around in it. The Q7 has stunning interior materials for a sport-ute. The carpeting in the cargo area is better than most “custom-built” homes we saw while gawking this month, and they’re bordered in high-quality trim, with bits of chrome even apparent behind the second-row seats. I’m not a big user of third-row seats, but with them folded down the Q7’s cargo hold would easily swallow two weeks’ worth of luggage.

This time around, we found a little less to like about the six-speed Tiptronic automatic. It’s a little quick to dodge around the gears, and the throttle tip-in it set to feel quick–but it can feel jumpy in city-street driving.Another disappointment in any SUV of this size is fuel economy, and in this the Audi’s doesn’t disappoint. City mileage is tagged at 12 mpg — and on the highway it doesn’t get much better, at 17 mpg.

My test vehicle carried a base price of $59,375, with a generous helping of standard gear ladled on, including a navigation system, the third-row seat, Sirius, a rearview camera, and a power tailgate. Options including an air suspension, a panorama sunroof, chrome wheels and voice-activated navigation, pulled the tally to $66,775.

If that tab for the Q7 doesn’t make you blink, the few minor quibbles we have with its transmission should be easy enough to overlook. But Land Rover’s Range Rover Sport is a good alternative in this sky-high price range.

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2007 JE Design Audi Q7 Wide Body Kit

500 wild compressor horses: Audi Q7 with wide body kit from JE DESIGN

True to the motto of "everything or nothing", the car styling specialist from Leingarten,Germany, customizes the Q7 to create an impressive car. In addition to the muscular wide body kit, which makes this Audi look even more powerful, JE DESIGN is also offering a performance enhancement, new rims and an electronically lowered suspension.

Brute supercharger power!

2.3 tons of unladen weight are not that easy to gloss over. With that much weight, every scrap of power and every Newton meter of torque counts. The basic specifications of the 4.2-litre Audi Q7 do indeed make quite an impressive read. After all, 257 kW / 350 bhp, 440 Nm at 3500 rpm, a top speed of 151 mph and 7.4 seconds for the sprint from 0 - 62 mph are not exactly chicken feed. But JE DESIGN turns the Q7 into real high-flyer, with no less than 500 supercharged horses (368 kW) rearing and bucking under the hood. 600 Nm of torque, available at 3,850 rpm, propel this heavyweight from a standstill to 62 mph in just 5.6 seconds. And it does not stop till it reaches an impressive 169 mph. The supercharger conversion includes a water-cooled intercooler, an exhaust system from the manifold, special forged pistons and modified engine management. JE DESIGN also takes care to ensure that the Q7 still complies with the emissions regulations. The conversion also includes TЬV certification.

Muscular styling kit

JE DESIGN lends the Audi Q7 greater width and an awesome-looking stance. The styling kit includes headlamp lens caps, which lend the car a more aggressive look. Fitting the impressive front spoiler helps to reduce lift. It can also lend the Q7 greater prestige when overtaking. Also, it is possible to equip this Audi SUV with a set of JE DESIGN twin headlamps, which look far better than the original headlamp design. JE DESIGN enhances the appearance of the rear end by equipping the Q7 with a new tailgate skirt attachment, which incorporates diamond-shaped openings on the right and left. In each of these openings belongs a JE DESIGN dual tailpipe from made permanently shiny, corrosion-resistant stainless steel.

The upper part of the rear end is also spectacular, which JE DESIGN adorns with a wing spoiler tail fin including a C-pillar trim. A feature that is sure to get heads turning. The same also applies to the JE DESIGN fender flare kit "WIDE BODY", for which matching door panels are also available. In front of the rear fenders, air inlets lend the car a sportier look, without appearing "plump". JE DESIGN is offering the muscular look as a complete body-styling kit which is cheaper than buying all single parts piece by piece.

Which rim?

Also when it comes to rims, JE DESIGN does not miss a thing. First off, the tuning specialist offers its complete set of wheels JE DESIGN "361" in the dimension 10 x 22 ET 20 (front) and ET 10 (rear) fitted with size 295 / 30 R 22 Y tires. The rims are also sold separately and are specially adapted to the wide body kit. Secondly, JE DESIGN offers a complete set of wheels AZEV "R-Wheel" in the dimension 10 x 22 ET 50 with size 295 / 30 R 22 Y tires. These rims are also sold separately . For rims with a wheel offset of 50, JE DESIGN recommends using its aluminum track extensions, which add an extra 60 mm width on the front axle and as much as 80 mm on the rear axle.

The fine figure of the JE DESIGN Q7 is rounded off by an electronically lowered suspension, which the car customizer from Leingarten offers for cars with air suspension and which finally helps the JE DESIGN Q7 to morph into a true racing SUV.

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