NEW Audi Q7: The ultimate SUV? — Transcript

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1. 0:00If I press and hold this button, I can
2. 0:02open all the doors on the new Audi Q7
3. 0:05automatically.
4. 0:08There's an opaque blind for the sunroof,
5. 0:10which you can control using this panel
6. 0:12here [music] and just have it exactly as
7. 0:14you like it. Look at the pattern I've
8. 0:15created.
9. 0:16And I can change it again.
10. 0:20There's also a hands-free [music]
11. 0:21tailgate opening
12. 0:23that actually works.
13. 0:26And then if I press this [music] button
14. 0:28here,
15. 0:33you got a retractable tow hitch which
16. 0:34can tow up to 3 1/2 tons. Not every
17. 0:37feature is great, though. For instance,
18. 0:39these MagnaLock charging pods are
19. 0:41standard on the Q7. [music] Great if you
20. 0:43got MagnaLock on your phone, but like
21. 0:45most people, you probably haven't. And
22. 0:47so it's very hard to charge your phone
23. 0:49wirelessly. Why can't we just have
24. 0:51normal wireless charging base? The car
25. 0:53I've here costs over 100,000 pounds, yet
26. 0:54when you get to open [music] the boot
27. 0:56and squeeze like that, listen.
28. 0:58That bit of trim creaks. What? Audi's
29. 1:02done away with manual controls for the
30. 1:04air vents. Look, they're they're not
31. 1:05there. They're You have to do it through
32. 1:06the screen. Look, like that. Something
33. 1:08else to go wrong. Also means you have to
34. 1:10do it by
35. 1:11>> [music]
36. 1:11>> entering a menu. And in fact, the whole
37. 1:14climate control system is a bit
38. 1:15confusing with all It's just everything
39. 1:16everywhere. Can you find the off button?
40. 1:19Took me ages to find it. Look, it's
41. 1:20here. Just hidden behind the steering
42. 1:21wheel. There, off. Progress it is not.
43. 1:24This is the new Audi Q7 and it's a
44. 1:26little bit like a coal-powered flagship
45. 1:29smartphone [music] because it blends old
46. 1:31and new technology in one luxurious
47. 1:33package.
48. 1:38This Audi Q7 has a good old-fashioned
49. 1:393-liter V6 diesel engine with 299
50. 1:42horsepower and 630 Newton meters of
51. 1:44torque driving all four wheels by
52. 1:46eight-speed automatic gearbox with
53. 1:47surprisingly launch control. So let's
54. 1:50launch it and see how quick it is from 0
55. 1:51to 60.
56. 1:55>> [groaning]
57. 1:55>> Diesel power.
58. 2:01Ooh, 6.22 seconds. It's not bad. Let's
59. 2:04see how good it stops though, cuz it's a
60. 2:05heavy car. Brake test from 60 mph. We're
61. 2:08looking at a distance, hopefully, of
62. 2:10about 35 m. Let's go.
63. 2:15That felt pretty good. What was it?
64. 2:18Look at that. 31 m. That is impressive.
65. 2:21But, does this car look impressive? The
66. 2:24new Q7 has more road presence than its
67. 2:26predecessor, partly because it's
68. 2:27slightly wider, by about that much. So,
69. 2:29it was 2 m wide. It's also got this
70. 2:31bigger grill. Look at that. It's very
71. 2:33aggressive. And, it actually
72. 2:34illuminates. The badge illuminates if
73. 2:37you buy the car in the USA, but it's not
74. 2:39allowed to in Europe cuz of some
75. 2:40advertising reasons. You like
76. 2:42advertising Audi, apparently. The car
77. 2:44gets Audi's new headlight design. You
78. 2:46get it with special matrix LEDs, and
79. 2:48then you have these daytime running
80. 2:49lights here, which can show different
81. 2:51patterns, depending on what you choose
82. 2:52on the main infotainment screen. Also,
83. 2:54the main headlights have this feature
84. 2:55where they can display, at night, a
85. 2:57carpet of light on the road in your
86. 2:59lane. And then, when you indicate, it'll
87. 3:01shift that carpet over to the nearby
88. 3:02lane that you're moving into to tell
89. 3:04other drivers. The car can even display
90. 3:06its indicator signal on the ground as a
91. 3:08further warning. Wheel sizes start at
92. 3:1020s, rising up to these 23s. They are
93. 3:13huge, and they certainly fill the
94. 3:15arches. Looking down the sides, this
95. 3:16particular car has the black pack, so
96. 3:18you have black window surrounds rather
97. 3:20than chrome, and black roof bars rather
98. 3:22than the satin. The car is actually
99. 3:23slightly taller than the previous
100. 3:25generation model to give it more
101. 3:26interior space. Then, around the back,
102. 3:28you have optional OLED tail lights. As
103. 3:31with the front, you can personalize the
104. 3:32light signature, and there's even a
105. 3:34function that when you have your hazard
106. 3:35lights on, you get a little warning
107. 3:36triangle in the light itself. And when
108. 3:38you hit the brakes, you get another one
109. 3:39in the high-level brake light. Also, at
110. 3:41the back, Audi is allowed to illuminate
111. 3:43its rings in all markets. So, what's
112. 3:46good news? Audi's stopped with the fake
113. 3:47exhaust, because look down here. This is
114. 3:49a real exhaust, and so is that.
115. 3:52Things are definitely
116. 3:53on the up, but are they on the inside?
117. 3:56Cuz that's what really matters on a car
118. 3:58like this. The interior design of this
119. 3:59new Audi is very nice. The only thing
120. 4:02I'm not sure about is the screen action,
121. 4:04cuz the screen has this big annoying
122. 4:06bezel, and then you got the passenger
123. 4:08screen as well. It's standard. But, do
124. 4:11we really need it? Look, that's just too
125. 4:13much screenage. Other than that though,
126. 4:14I do like it, and I like this wood here
127. 4:17on the dash and here as well. All looks
128. 4:19very nice, and the materials in the door
129. 4:21feel expensive. Well, there are bits of
130. 4:23it feel a bit hollow, listen.
131. 4:25I also like the steering wheel design,
132. 4:27and it feels expensive. It's nice to
133. 4:29hold, and of course you got electrical,
134. 4:31not manual adjustment. And there's
135. 4:33plenty of adjustment in it as well, so
136. 4:35it's easy to get comfy when you're
137. 4:36driving. And the controls, and your
138. 4:39windscreen washer there, and especially
139. 4:41Audi's drive select that I like it. I
140. 4:43like the design of this. I find it quite
141. 4:45easy to use. The only thing that I don't
142. 4:47like, it's the buttons on the steering
143. 4:48wheel. Yes, I don't like it, sorry. The
144. 4:50way it's just one button, it just
145. 4:51doesn't feel that nice to press. Now,
146. 4:52the digital driver's display is when you
147. 4:55have your maps quite clear, but the
148. 4:56dials themselves, I find them a little
149. 4:58bit dark and dull and not that
150. 5:00interesting. The entertainment system,
151. 5:02it's reasonably easy to use, but certain
152. 5:04things can get a little bit confusing.
153. 5:07Once again, it's a little bit dark in
154. 5:08terms of the icons and stuff. There's
155. 5:10lots of functionality in there, and you
156. 5:11can do things like change all the
157. 5:12ambient lighting, like the exterior
158. 5:14lighting, you can mess around with
159. 5:15through that, and you can then go into
160. 5:17the interior lighting and change all the
161. 5:20different colors. As for practicality,
162. 5:23there is plenty. So, first of all, door
163. 5:25bins,
164. 5:26huge, cup holders,
165. 5:30don't quite grip tightly enough.
166. 5:33Decent storage under there with an old
167. 5:34school 12-V, and
168. 5:37Audi gives you one of these to handily
169. 5:39wipe your screens down to clear off the
170. 5:41dirty fingerprints.
171. 5:44You're going to be needing that quite a
172. 5:45bit.
173. 5:49What's going on?
174. 5:51>> [laughter]
175. 5:51>> Okay, I figured it out.
176. 5:53So, that's
177. 5:55Wait, it's got a mind of its own.
178. 5:59There we go. Oh, look. That's good. You
179. 6:00can set the height of it.
180. 6:02Then
181. 6:03Oh, yeah. I like quite a lot the way
182. 6:05that works, actually.
183. 6:07Oh, [sighs] I'm learning as I go. The
184. 6:09glove box is an average size, but at
185. 6:12least it's lined with felt and feels
186. 6:13premium. Then here you got two USB-Cs.
187. 6:16If there is one problem, too many things
188. 6:17are controlled through the screen, but
189. 6:19that's common with most cars nowadays.
190. 6:20You should get a few controls down here.
191. 6:22Like your Audi drive select and your
192. 6:24view monitoring stuff and your cameras
193. 6:26and Oh, look. The camera's pretty nice,
194. 6:27isn't it? It's got good graphics and
195. 6:28stuff, all very nice. We'll get to try
196. 6:30that out later. And then your volume
197. 6:32control there.
198. 6:35Speaking of which, this car has a Bang &
199. 6:37Olufsen upgraded stereo with 22
200. 6:39speakers, including speakers in the
201. 6:40headrest there. Also, the seats are
202. 6:42really comfortable with lots of
203. 6:44adjustment, and these ones are heated
204. 6:46and cooled. So, this has a special llama
205. 6:48interior, so it's non-leather. It's like
206. 6:51a wool effect. It's very, very nice. I
207. 6:53don't know how many people spec this car
208. 6:55with it, though. They're probably going
209. 6:55to go for leather, but this really would
210. 6:57be a good choice. And the headlining
211. 7:01sort of like velvety fake suede. That's
212. 7:04nice as well.
213. 7:05You got big
214. 7:07vanity mirrors, well-lit. Well-lit,
215. 7:09that's good. Obviously, this car's got
216. 7:10the big panoramic glass roof, which
217. 7:12opens. That That is good. But what is
218. 7:16life like in the back seats? Does it
219. 7:18feel as premium? Audi hasn't cheaped out
220. 7:20here in the back. It's all the same
221. 7:21materials, feels very luxurious. Even
222. 7:24down there on the door bins, it's soft
223. 7:26touch. And you see that material there?
224. 7:28See that?
225. 7:29That's not just a trim panel. That's
226. 7:30actually a speaker. They hide the
227. 7:32speakers with this method. It's quite
228. 7:34nice, isn't it? So, it's also nice,
229. 7:35these seats. So, look how much head room
230. 7:38I've got. There's loads and loads of
231. 7:40head room. Knee room's good as well.
232. 7:42There's plenty of foot space. You can
233. 7:43really stretch out. Even the middle seat
234. 7:46is pretty wide and big. This is a wide
235. 7:48car. There is room for three people in
236. 7:51this middle row. Also, look at this,
237. 7:53right? ISOFIX here. Look at it. ISOFIX.
238. 7:57ISOFIX here. Here as well.
239. 8:00Let me get to you. Where are you,
240. 8:00bugger?
241. 8:01Where are you? Maybe you're in there.
242. 8:03There, look. And then
243. 8:05there's also ISOFIX on the front
244. 8:07passenger seats. It's great if you've
245. 8:09got far too many kids. Fold this down,
246. 8:11right? You've got an armrest
247. 8:13and cup holders which are hidden so that
248. 8:14when you're resting your arm, you're not
249. 8:15putting them in the cup holder like you
250. 8:17do in other cars. Let's do this as well.
251. 8:18You got
252. 8:20through loading into the boot area
253. 8:23with all our stuff in there.
254. 8:26And another thing to show you, the door
255. 8:27bins are big. That's a little bottle.
256. 8:29Let's get a big bottle to prove it.
257. 8:32See? Plenty of space. And this car has
258. 8:35the built-in blinds which
259. 8:37really
260. 8:40probably something that'll go wrong
261. 8:42later in car's life, you know, after 10,
262. 8:4420 years. This used to just have a
263. 8:45manual one, but
264. 8:47looks good, doesn't it? Do the rear
265. 8:49windows go all the way down though? Go
266. 8:51on, you can do it. No, not quite. That's
267. 8:53a shame.
268. 8:54But I do like this, look.
269. 8:56USB-Cs here, just in the seatbacks. And
270. 8:59posh airplane style
271. 9:01folders, pockets on the back seats.
272. 9:03Plus, if you look here, look look look
273. 9:04look. You can hang something off there
274. 9:06like to hold the iPad or whatever
275. 9:09for when you're watching a movie while
276. 9:10being driven somewhere. And there's two
277. 9:12more USB-C ports down there as well.
278. 9:14We've got the climate control here
279. 9:15that's controlled by this. And we've got
280. 9:16heated outer middle row seats. Speaking
281. 9:18of which,
282. 9:20look.
283. 9:22You can move them forwards and backwards
284. 9:24and recline
285. 9:26them as well. Look. That's very good,
286. 9:28isn't it? This car is fully loaded
287. 9:29though. Entry-level cars won't get all
288. 9:31these toys. Now, let's check out the
289. 9:33very back row.
290. 9:35Is it going to be roomy or not? To get
291. 9:37into the third row, I just press this
292. 9:39button here, wait for a while, and then
293. 9:41I move this seat out of the way.
294. 9:46Then I can climb in. It's not the
295. 9:48biggest gap, but I guess it's designed
296. 9:50for children. Now, you're going to
297. 9:52struggle to see what's going on here.
298. 9:53So, what I'm going to do is this. Look,
299. 9:56if I fold this down, and then I press
300. 9:57this button to put this back, you'll see
301. 9:59how much room I have or do not have.
302. 10:02Now, interestingly, it's going to move
303. 10:03itself forward, which I think is a bit
304. 10:05of a fake because no one has enough room
305. 10:08for their knees. Look down here. There's
306. 10:09not enough room, is there? So, let me
307. 10:11just
308. 10:12clamber over and put it
309. 10:15where I'll be comfortable.
310. 10:18In fact, let's just test it. This is
311. 10:20professional. I've got my ass in the
312. 10:22air,
313. 10:22>> [laughter]
314. 10:23>> clambering over seats.
315. 10:25Right, that's doable. That's good.
316. 10:27Right, now I'm going to jump into the
317. 10:28back. Let's see what we've got.
318. 10:31Let's see what we've got here.
319. 10:35Okay.
320. 10:37So, even with that,
321. 10:39just about enough room, but
322. 10:43Look, you can see just about enough knee
323. 10:45room.
324. 10:46Headroom,
325. 10:47for me, I'm of average height, like
326. 10:50179 cm. There is enough headroom for me.
327. 10:53Also, it doesn't feel too dark back here
328. 10:54cuz you have that big sunroof and
329. 10:56decent-size windows here in the back.
330. 10:57The BMW X7 does feel more spacious. I
331. 11:00have heated seats in the rear. That's a
332. 11:02surprise. There's my USB as well. I've
333. 11:04got my cup holders there. This is
334. 11:06another surprise. We've got ISOFIX
335. 11:08anchor points down here. Look, ISOFIX.
336. 11:10So, you have six ISOFIX anchor points.
337. 11:15That is a lot of ISOFIX anchor points.
338. 11:17So, this car isn't the best in the
339. 11:19rearmost row, but it's not completely
340. 11:20tragic. Kids will be fine, and adults
341. 11:22will be okay for shorter journeys. But
342. 11:24what about everyone's luggage? Even in
343. 11:27seven-seater guise, the Audi Q7 has a
344. 11:30reasonable amount of luggage space. Look
345. 11:33this area here. And this is how many
346. 11:34liters it is. But if you need more
347. 11:37space, obviously you are going to fold
348. 11:38down seats.
349. 11:40Makes a bit of a noise, doesn't it?
350. 11:42But then you have this many liters of
351. 11:45space. And look, there's no load lip and
352. 11:47it's completely flat for loading and
353. 11:49it's quite a square shape. Plus you
354. 11:51press this button here
355. 11:53it will lower the car down on its air
356. 11:55suspension to make it easier to load and
357. 11:57unload. If you need to carry even more
358. 11:59stuff, then you can fold down all the
359. 12:01seats and it's this button here. If you
360. 12:02look, that one.
361. 12:07It does take a while, but then you have
362. 12:09a massive load bed. In fact you can use
363. 12:12it as a bed.
364. 12:14See you later.
365. 12:19However, all this tech comes at a price.
366. 12:21Entry-level Q7s will start at just over
367. 12:24£80,000 when they go on sale later this
368. 12:26year. And a top spec car such as this
369. 12:28one will be over £100,000.
370. 12:30But if that sounds a bit steep, there is
371. 12:32another option. Now, I've actually found
372. 12:34a used previous generation SQ7 on carwow
373. 12:38for similar money. Here it is.
374. 12:40Bit of a bargain. However, of course
375. 12:42there's always a risk when you're buying
376. 12:43used and that's why you should always do
377. 12:44a carvertical used car history check
378. 12:47because here's an example of an Audi Q7
379. 12:50with a bad carvertical report. Look, you
380. 12:52won't want to buy that. It's been
381. 12:53involved in an accident.
382. 12:55>> [music]
383. 12:55>> And that's why you should always do a
384. 12:56carvertical history check. And when you
385. 12:58do, use the code carwow for 20% off.
386. 13:02There's a link in the description and
387. 13:03pinned comment for this video. Just
388. 13:05follow those if you want. Now though,
389. 13:06let's see what this car is like to
390. 13:08drive. One of the things I really liked
391. 13:09about the second generation Audi Q7 was
392. 13:12that while it was a big comfy cruiser,
393. 13:14it was also surprisingly fun on a twisty
394. 13:17road. Let's see how this new one
395. 13:18performs. So I'm going to go into
396. 13:19dynamic mode. Let's go dynamic.
397. 13:23So it's stiffening up the suspension,
398. 13:24sharpening the throttle response, adding
399. 13:26weight to the steering, and making a
400. 13:28fake noise through the speakers. Even
401. 13:30with the air suspension in its firmest
402. 13:32setting, because this is the comfort
403. 13:34model, there is always a bit of lean in
404. 13:36the bends. But, it feels pretty stable
405. 13:39and surprisingly agile because we have
406. 13:41rear-wheel steering. That helps. The car
407. 13:44turns in a little bit better and feels a
408. 13:46touch more stable. You can rattle on at
409. 13:48a surprising rate. And, the good news is
410. 13:50the brakes are great as well. So, if you
411. 13:51need to suddenly stop for roadworks like
412. 13:53that, you'll find out already, guys,
413. 13:54you're safe. I wouldn't like to be doing
414. 13:56that today. It's blooming boiling
415. 13:57outside. Now, it's about to get proper
416. 14:00twisty.
417. 14:02Oh, lost my phone. That's how well it
418. 14:04grips around corners. Look at that.
419. 14:06>> [laughter]
420. 14:07>> It's surprisingly good. You just
421. 14:09wouldn't be allowed to do this though if
422. 14:10you owned this car and you had your
423. 14:11family in it. My cameraman, Miguel, is
424. 14:12just having to put up with it because
425. 14:14I'm technically testing the car. Oh,
426. 14:16hello. We've got a pass.
427. 14:19Enough grunt from the diesel engine. You
428. 14:22can always hear it even through the fake
429. 14:23noise. Just a bit of a
430. 14:25of dieseling us. I've sort of forgotten
431. 14:27what that sounds like because there's
432. 14:29been so many cars launched that are
433. 14:30either electric or petrol hybrid. So,
434. 14:33diesel's quite a novelty these days and
435. 14:34you forget there is just a little bit
436. 14:36more noisy. But, my god, this car
437. 14:38handles well and I've got a feeling
438. 14:40there's a bit of stability control
439. 14:41helping out here and there cuz I can
440. 14:42hear the clicking sound on the brakes.
441. 14:44But, woo!
442. 14:45What do you think, Miguel?
443. 14:46>> I like it.
444. 14:47>> Really? And you're feeling sick?
445. 14:48>> It's a big boy.
446. 14:49>> Oi! Oi! I think that's enough of fooling
447. 14:52about. I think we've made the point. The
448. 14:54car is pretty capable. I would like to
449. 14:57try it in the sportier suspension setup,
450. 14:59but I think if I was buying it, you
451. 15:00don't really need it to handle any
452. 15:02better than this, do you? That looks
453. 15:03like a proper French car in front,
454. 15:05doesn't it? A Citroen that's got some
455. 15:06damage that's been taped over. And then
456. 15:08a Renault that's got patches on the back
457. 15:10of it. Let's see if we can do an
458. 15:11overtake here. I don't know if the
459. 15:13locals will let me.
460. 15:16I can see it's okay.
461. 15:20Sometimes you can have fun in the most
462. 15:22unexpected of cars. The new Audi Q7 uses
463. 15:25a 48-volt mild hybrid system. You have a
464. 15:27little electric motor in the
465. 15:28differential, which provides a bit of
466. 15:30extra oomph when you're pulling away or
467. 15:32cruising. And it even allows the car to
468. 15:33maneuver at low speeds without using the
469. 15:35engine at all. This is quite a big car,
470. 15:37so it has an auto parking feature, which
471. 15:39should help find parking spaces for you.
472. 15:41So, I'll just put this on and it should
473. 15:42just be reading them. There's a space
474. 15:44there. I could get into that. Is it
475. 15:45going to recognize it? Oh, there it is.
476. 15:47We've got it. We've got it. We've got
477. 15:47it. I'll now just hit start and it
478. 15:49should do the thing. If the car behind
479. 15:51me is my friend, oh no, he's not going
480. 15:53to be happy. Oh. Oh. Now I've got 23-in
481. 15:56alloy wheels. It doesn't want to curb
482. 15:58the wheels. This is quite a big space.
483. 16:00Can it put it evenly though in the
484. 16:01proper parking space? Look, can it read
485. 16:02it? Can it read it? Can it read it?
486. 16:05I think it's going to do it. Is it?
487. 16:07Fully into the space.
488. 16:10Let's get out and judge what it's done.
489. 16:13See the white line there? I think it
490. 16:14needs to move forward just a bit more.
491. 16:16Or maybe it's doing that thing where
492. 16:18it's sort of taking up two spaces so
493. 16:20that no one gets too close and damages
494. 16:21the car. We are in France after all. And
495. 16:22look, they like to touch park, the
496. 16:24French. French touch parking, can you
497. 16:26see it going on down there? So, I think
498. 16:28this Audi has just thought about that.
499. 16:29It knows it's in France. It's used the
500. 16:31satnav. It's a very clever system and
501. 16:32it's parked strategically. That's
502. 16:34exactly what's happened. Look at this.
503. 16:36I've just noticed this. Tells you when
504. 16:37your alloy wheels are close to the curb.
505. 16:39So, they're on red cuz I'm very close.
506. 16:41If I pull out, you've got to watch out
507. 16:43for the French. Look, risk.
508. 16:47Why didn't it flash a safety thing?
509. 16:50>> That's a bad
510. 16:51>> [laughter]
511. 16:51>> That is a bad. The French are just
512. 16:53coming for you, aren't they? You know
513. 16:54what that was though? That was a case of
514. 16:56too busy using the tech. You're looking
515. 16:57at a screen rather than like all right,
516. 16:59the skills that you used to have when
517. 17:01you were younger. When I was a younger
518. 17:02driver, I'm probably worse now because
519. 17:04I'm relying too much on tech. I can't
520. 17:06park cars now because I've lost that
521. 17:08skill cuz I'm just using lines and got,
522. 17:10you know, like playing a computer game.
523. 17:11And when you're in France, it's high
524. 17:13risk. They're coming for you. They don't
525. 17:14care. That's a clear parking space. I
526. 17:17want you to back me into that. Yeah,
527. 17:18there we go. It's got it. It's got it.
528. 17:19It's got it. Look, it's got it. You
529. 17:21beauty. What are you going to do? Going
530. 17:23forwards or backwards?
531. 17:26It's doing it the hardest way possible.
532. 17:28It's decided to nose it in. I'm pretty
533. 17:30sure there was an opportunity to switch
534. 17:32it to reversing in, but we are in. What
535. 17:34I do now is select reverse, and it'll
536. 17:36reverse me out the way I did come.
537. 17:39Hopefully, it'll brake when there's
538. 17:40other cars coming. Ah, am I relying too
539. 17:42much on the tech?
540. 17:44There's a van. Oh, god.
541. 17:45It panicked at the van, and now it's
542. 17:47just disengaged. Note to self, don't
543. 17:50bother. Just park yourself.
544. 17:52Especially in France, they're just going
545. 17:54to kill you. After all that shameful
546. 17:55driving, I'm going to have to do a
547. 17:56U-turn cuz I'm supposed to be going that
548. 17:58way. Fortunately, because we've got rear
549. 18:00axle steering, should be able to get
550. 18:01round. Oh, no, it's the police. Let's
551. 18:03just reverse and let the police get out
552. 18:04of the way. Don't want to enrage the
553. 18:06police. Or maybe they're not really the
554. 18:07police. They just wear the police
555. 18:08outfit.
556. 18:09Ah, no, it's just an electrician. See,
557. 18:10I'm not a local. I don't know. The
558. 18:12French, they're not stopping for the
559. 18:13Germans, that's for sure. Not sure how
560. 18:14I'm going to get round here. Can I do it
561. 18:16without curbing my wheels? Is he going
562. 18:17to give me wheel shot? No, that's much
563. 18:19better. Just do it yourself. Actually,
564. 18:21that's when the aids really help. I just
565. 18:23think the parking assist is probably
566. 18:24unnecessary. Tell you what though, this
567. 18:26car's definitely comfy around town. The
568. 18:28suspension absorbs bumps nicely. The
569. 18:30steering's light enough. One problem I
570. 18:32do have is visibility. Look at the size
571. 18:34of that. It's a big blind spot. But, the
572. 18:37side mirror's good. Yeah, the back
573. 18:38window, pretty good. So, it's not too
574. 18:40difficult to place this large car on the
575. 18:42road. And the automatic gearbox,
576. 18:45you forget that it's changing gears,
577. 18:47it's so smooth. When it comes to just
578. 18:49cruising along, this car's very
579. 18:51comfortable. Seats are nice. They're
580. 18:53supportive yet firm. The suspension,
581. 18:55smooth, floaty. And sound insulation is
582. 18:58very good. Very, very good. Just a
583. 19:01slight thrum from the diesel engine.
584. 19:03Very little wind noise. Very little road
585. 19:05noise. All very satisfying. Feels like a
586. 19:07premium car to travel in. Makes you feel
587. 19:09good about your life. So, then, what's
588. 19:11my final verdict on the new Audi Q7?
589. 19:14Should you avoid it, consider it,
590. 19:15shortlist it, or just go right ahead and
591. 19:17buy it? Well, I reckon you should
592. 19:19shortlist the new Q7. It really is a
593. 19:21good all-round family-friendly,
594. 19:23luxurious SUV. [music]
595. 19:25Question is though, do you think this is
596. 19:27a better car than the new BMW X5? Well,
597. 19:29to find out, watch my video of that car
598. 19:32right there and make your own mind up. I
599. 19:34hope you'll enjoy this video. If you
600. 19:35did, give it a like. Let me know if you
601. 19:36agree with my verdict in the comments
602. 19:38below. If you haven't done so already,
603. 19:40make sure you subscribe to this channel
604. 19:41because I'll be reviewing the new X5
605. 19:43soon. And as ever, thanks for watching
606. 19:44and I'll see you next time.