The biggest car news and reviews, no BS. Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. The third-generation Audi Q7 just debuted, and it takes the smaller Q3 as its launching pad to lay the blueprint for the German automaker’s immediate future.
On Tuesday, the 2027 Audi Q7 debuted with a new design language, new technology, more space, more power, and while pricing isn’t announced it’s hard to imagine it costs less than today’s model. Take a hard look at the new Q7. It feels familiar yet fresh. That’s because its design cribs from the smaller Q3’s playbook, but takes things a step further.
View Price on AmazonThe greenhouse is more upright than today’s Q7, especially the rear end with a flatter roof and upright D-pillars. The front splits the horizontal LED daytime running lights from the headlights, the latter will be available with the automaker’s new Matrix LED technology. The lighting elements bookend a huge egg crate grille. The rear end ditches the trademark clamshell hatch from the first two generations, which visually makes the Q7 seem slightly narrower than before due to cutlines.
It’s an optical illusion. The rear features digital OLED taillights with three-dimensional effects and lighting signatures that can be selected. They are somewhat boomerang shaped with the the turn signals forming the lower portion. It’s unclear what this all will cost to replace if you crack something, but the answer is “not cheap, Bob.” Audi was especially proud of the fact that the receiver for towing and the seven-pin light connector for trailers is now hidden under a removable panel for a clean look.
Inside the dashboard will look familiar to anyone that’s been in a recent Audi or seen the upcoming Q9’s interior. Spoiler: This is the Q9’s interior shrunken by about a third. Like its larger sibling, there’s almost no shiny piano black plastic, there’s real wood, and most the plastics are matte instead of shiny. An LED light strip spans the base of the windshield and can communicate to the driver if a turn signal is engaged by flashing the corresponding side green, or flash red during an emergency braking situation.
Source: thedrive.com
