It's a very powerful but also massively heavy lump....think the handling even by 4x4 standards is compromised in the V10 from what I remember of the first reviews. King of understeer.

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As others have said, don't dismiss the Q7 before you've tried it. I dismissed it initially, and only came around to it when everything else ruled itself out.

As others have said, it's really a pretty decent car. If you need the space, there's little to touch it IMO - and I looked at them all. If you don't need the space - don't buy something that big. I may be wrong but I thought the Touareg was 5-seater only? If you only need 5 seats then the Q7 may be too big unless you need 5 seats AND a huge boot.

The Q7 is very sensitive to front tyre pressures and alignment. Anything a bit out and it wears the outer edges of the front tyres very quickly. I haven't noticed a general problem with tyre wear beyond that. It's a big heavy car and that is reflected at the pumps - we get ~22mpg on shorter journeys and ~29mpg from a run (from the V8 diesel) but we always tend to use it well loaded up.

I'd ignore comments from anyone dissing the Q7 for what it is, they're probably too small minded to understand that people might want a particular car that suits their needs or even preferences.

Bear in mind it is an Audi so things will go wrong and then you need to be prepared for the full Audi reacharound on parts prices - don't ask what it cost me for the parts to replace rear brakes (not discs) recently...

FunBusMk2

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Your wife has had a Fabia vRS, Audi TT, BMW Z4 in the space of a year and in the same space of time you've been looking at Jaguar X-Types, Civic Type-R's, Golf GTi's and now a chuffing great 4x4.

Quite a mix!

RichB

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Presumably if she gets the Q7 she can park in the oversized mother & offspring spaces?

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Cheib said:

It's a very powerful but also massively heavy lump....think the handling even by 4x4 standards is compromised in the V10 from what I remember of the first reviews. King of understeer.

It's not true though. Maybe on a track it would be understeery.... But you'd never track it. Handling is good! I posted a mini-review of one last month OP - if you search my old posts you'll find it.

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so called said:

Friend of mine has a V70. Big problems with the gearbox and Volvo have been worse than useless and avoided sorting the problem.
Q7 was a pleasure to drive but glad it was a rental, the throttle is a but too savage.
Wife had an ML which was excellent but her last two have both been Murano's which are also excellent.
You could do what I did and get 2 TVR's smile

4 seats but they can move around 2 at a time smile

Really - surprises me...does one poor experience make the whole marque terrible then?

Had an autobox play up once and it was replaced within days, no quibbles or issues.

I just cannot abide Q7s however so not well placed to comment.

No, not at all but just reporting his experience. He reported the problem well within warrantee but they avoided the issue and now refuse as he is now out of warrantee.
And yes its an autobox problem. His research implies that there is a known problem with this box.
I have just had lunch with him. He says he still loves the car and will keep it but in his case he didnt get the support you have enjoyed. He lives in California so that dealership shouldnt be an issue here.
I had a problem with a Peugot and reported the problem 2 weeks before end of warrantee. The woman all but told me to p