The Australian Q7 get a high level of standard equipment, including 19-inch wheels, Virtual Cockpit (an option overseas), 360-degree camera, park assist, side assist, xenon plus headlights, electric front seats with driver’s side memory, mid-spec Cricket leather trim and MMI Navigation plus that includes a retractable eight-inch front screen and digital radio. Local base suspension specification is a steel- rather than air-sprung design.
Meanwhile the exhaustive options list features items such as head up display ($3400), LED headlights with dynamic indicators ($2800), all-wheel steering ($2770), 21-inch wheels ($4950), Audi Smart tablet ($2850) and top-line Bang & Olufsen ‘3D’ audio ($14,850) and can spiral the well-appointed Q7 well north of the $103,900 entry point.
Packed in, though, are a host of safety and assistance features, including eight airbags, front and rear parking sensors, ‘active’ safety bonnet, high-beam assist, night vision assist and hill descent control. New to Q7 are cross traffic alert, pre sense city, exit warning, collision avoidance assist, turn assist and even a warning system to indicate approaching cyclists when opening doors.
The system Audi likes to sing about, though, is traffic jam assist, which combines a gamut of driver aid functions together to provide a close approximation of low-speed autonomous driving. It’s not entirely convincing, though, as it only operates in favourable road and weather conditions and only allows momentary loss of driver contact with the steering wheel.
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