The 2010 Audi Q7 is here. Audi has totally redesigned the Audi Q7 for 2010, and added new features. Audi has added distinctive new LED front and rear lighting, and the 2010 Q7 models now include 3G MMI 3D navigation screen and SIRIUS traffic.
Cool new interior enhancements of the 2010 Audi Q7 include additional ambient lighting, decorative inlays and available ventilated front seats. The 2010 Audi Q7s are scheduled to arrive at U.S. Audi dealers in September 2009.
2010 Audi Q7 (excluding $825 destination charge, taxes, title, options and dealer charges):
2010 Audi Q7 3.6 quattro (Tiptronic ) $46,900
2010 Audi Q7 TDI quattro (Tiptronic) $50,900
2010 Audi Q7 4.2 quattro (Tiptronic) $61,000
Exterior enhancements include a new wheel program, updated front and rear bumpers, distinctive new front headlamps and tail lights, single frame grille in gloss black with vertical chrome strips, exterior mirror housings, and a new lower body panel strategy featuring contrast paint for the Q7 3.6 quattro, full body paint with Chrome package on the Q7 TDI quattro clean diesel, and S line treatment on the Q7 4.2 quattro. The equipment packages for the 2010 Q7 3.6 quattro and the 2010 Q7 TDI begin at the Premium level, while the 2010 Q7 4.2 quattro starts with the Prestige level packaging.
Interior upgrades include optional ventilated front seats, a new decorative inlay on the passenger side of the dashboard, additional ambient lighting on all four doors, an upgraded MMI system, additional interior chrome accents, and a new instrumentation font.
The redesigned 2010 Audi Q7 features technological advancements as available features that enhance both interior and performance luxury. The 3G MMI (Multi Media Interface) provides richly detailed 3D map courtesy of an automotive grade NVIDIA(TM) chip for graphics processing, along with SIRIUS traffic and joystick control. The system also features voice-based destination input control and voice inputs, such as “I’m hungry,” “I need gas” and “I need coffee” that will point to the closest options.
Audi is also the first car company in the United States to equip 100% of its gasoline engines with FSI direct injection technology beginning with model year 2010. Audi began racing with FSI direct injection technology in 2000 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series with the R8 FSI prototype racing sports car. Once this technology first became available for U.S. Audi customers in late 2004 with the introduction of the 2005 A6 3.2 FSI quattro, the list of Audi vehicles sold in the U.S. with FSI direct injection technology has continued to grow.