Wouldn't like to be at the wrong end of this....

E92

Here is the Audi Q7 V12 TDI. Now officially confirmed to going into production. Not sure if I see the point of it(other than marketing purposes for the US and other markets that don't 'do' diesel at the moment), though hats off to Audi for getting a diesel 4X4 to do 250 km/h(not even 20 mpg though is the price you have to pay).

Porsche also have a diesel Cayenne on the way, at this rate there will be Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini diesels(the latter 2 have actually experimented with this idea already believe it or not).

The comments about it are very interesting though.

JHMEG

Must get me a pair of long shoes...;)

Seth Brundle

Whats the CO2 emissions from that?
WTF is it about white these days? Is it the new black? If so I'll stick with the old black!

unkel

kbannon wrote: »

WTF is it about white these days? Is it the new black?

Nah. Wh!te = Sh!te

That Q7 looks horrible BTW. A bit like a 5 door 1-series so bloaty that it must have been prescribed steroids for several decades

coolbeans

Jaysus and I thought the standard Q7 was pointless and crap. A fine engine like that is just wasted in a 4x4.
And yes, the rumours are true, Ferrari are testing an SUV/4x4 that'll wear the prancing horse. Enzo must be turning in his grave:mad:

Niall1234

unkel wrote: »

Nah. Wh!te = Sh!te

That Q7 looks horrible BTW. A bit like a 5 door 1-series so bloaty that it must have been prescribed steroids for several decades

Still, looks better than an X5.

Oilrig

It'll die a slow painful death IMHO. 10 years too late.

Seth Brundle

coolbeans wrote: »

Jaysus and I thought the standard Q7 was pointless and crap. A fine engine like that is just wasted in a 4x4.
And yes, the rumours are true, Ferrari are testing an SUV/4x4 that'll wear the prancing horse. Enzo must be turning in his grave:mad:

Feckin hell. Next there will be a koenigsegg one!

unkel

coolbeans wrote: »

And yes, the rumours are true, Ferrari are testing an SUV/4x4 that'll wear the prancing horse. Enzo must be turning in his grave:mad:

Ah well. Ferruccio made tractors before he found out Ferraris were no good to him and he decided to build his own supercars. His company made the first "supercar" SUV, well before Enzo passed away. Many others followed including Porsche and now Ferrari themselves. Fecking rotten the lot of those SUVs if you ask me, but hey, idiots pay lots of money for them!

coolbeans

unkel wrote: »

Ah well. Ferruccio made tractors before he found out Ferraris were no good to him and he decided to build his own supercars. His company made the first "supercar" SUV, well before Enzo passed away. Many others followed including Porsche and now Ferrari themselves. Fecking rotten the lot of those SUVs if you ask me, but hey, idiots pay lots of money for them!

Ah yes, the old LM002. Built for the (giggle)Saudi military if my memory serves me right. You'd need an oil well to run the fuppin thing. Never a commercial success though. Wonder why?

unkel

coolbeans wrote: »

Never a commercial success though. Wonder why?

There were no yummy mummies / wags back then and the average Irish weekly household budget after tax and mortgage was £10, not €1,000 as it seems to be now

bazz26

Averaging 20mpg whether it be petrol or diesel will not even be noticed by it's target audience. It will be bought by someone who simply can afford to.