Envy

Q7 appeared only a few minutes - first starring promotional film "Predator" and then alive, accompanied by a black security guard with a Doberman. Stylish. And easy to understand - say, the novelty is not going to curry favor with the sophisticated, financially corrupt, jaded audience. "He came to take her" - this slogan all the Q7. Angry, aggressive, cynical. The participants were asked to rate it highly. And, judging by the number of accepted orders Audi, appreciated. But to me that is not hooked. Somehow I could not find in the strings, which was supposed to touch this big, expensive and deliberately pathetic SUV. Surely there are others who Q7 does not cause an attack of adoration, but for some reason the event is not called, and I seemed to be the only one who did not like the car. Was. Could I assume then that it is easy to give up in person? I do not know how to explain this. Perhaps, technical excellence, reported every detail of the car, or maybe just those most modest charm ... after all, has long been observed that the large wealth magically affect our feelings and thoughts. Anyway, Audi Q7 lacked some half an hour to completely disarm me. And he still had two days to "get his." Although I have not resisted ... Predator - this is the point. Bloodthirsty dinosaurs! The evolution of corporate design Audi has created monstrous creature with an expressive look. You look at these sinister stretched back his eyes, and runs on the back unpleasant chill. Q7 downright mesmerizing his beastly plastic. And the bad disguises its own size. Predatory face and sloping rear pillars, due to which the vehicle resembles a carnivore, leaning on his hind legs, conceal the true scale of the phenomenon. In fact, for me the biggest European SUV - five feet nine inches from nose to tail. It is likely that this title will remain in Q7. In the near future, only Mercedes-Benz GL will be able to argue with him on almost equal terms, but it will be a 6 mm shorter. And then ... then the dinosaurs will become extinct. But while the sun is high hydrocarbon, Q7 will reign reign on the roads. And in our minds. The biggest, newest, most luxurious ... Opening the door to very broad, you get ... no, not the palace of Croesus. One who for a similar price to the A8 and expects to see similar to it wealth, be a little disappointed. Inside Q7 surprisingly democratic. The vast majority of interior parts - from the A6, the front panel of the instrument cluster and center console, for example, moved almost unchanged. On the other hand, it is captivating - from the inside does not feel that pomposity, which leaves a trail of perfume Q7, loop so dense that even slices Cut. It feels different - confidence, composure, and reliability. All two days spent surrounded by olive skin, aluminum and wood veneer, I did not leave the mood. Needless to say, ergonomics and interior quality is beyond praise. Audi - the undisputed leader in this field too. All joints, seams and connections - will not undermine the mosquito's nose. Layout of the controls - perfect for everyone and for everyone. Set out to find at least one puncture, I was close to failure, and to save face, he had attributed to the minus button on the team with which the actuator opens the glove box - none of the passengers could not find her in less than a minute and a half. Come down? With MMI system find common ground almost immediately. The only pity is that it must communicate with in English, Russify system promise "is about." In standard equipment are all Q7 MMI basic with a simplified feature set and narrow monochrome display. Recall that is the familiar MMI offers a large color monitor and a lot of opportunities, many of which (sections Navigation and Info) Russians are still not available. However, even with the MMI basic functions can finish badly to a lot. For example, adjust the height of lifting the tailgate. Open it, incidentally, can be in four different ways, but close - one single, with the button on the door edge and the corresponding servo. Full automation of the process explained by the whim of the designer - a heavy rear door bends around the "hip" car, and getting up, fasten with a hefty rear lights. Empty "sockets" on their site look very unusual. Not the most spacious trunk Audi - quite the expected time. The numbers, of course, impressive - 775 and 2035 liters (depending on the folded second-row seats or not), but the volume seems to live a fairly modest given the size of Q7. I must say that a significant portion of the space under the floor and sides of the fed air suspension, the third row of seats and ... separate climate control. The rear rider not only have their own climate control panels, but also a separate installation of the climate - it is located in the left rear of the trunk, the passenger side of the last row. Oh, and the unenviable fate of a passenger! Climbing to his seat through a narrow doorway, put up with the lack of civilization, the dream of an operation to shorten the femur bone and pray that you are not forgotten in the car. It is good that the width of the margin respectable. But I would even place these "childish" name banned. Referring to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. (It is worth noting that the manufacturer reports a 28 cabin configuration options.) How different the second row! Sitting there is a pleasure. Even when the sofa is moved forward until it stops in front of the front seat back as much space as you can safely take, and the eighth and ninth passenger - to its knees. But you first need to finally go to this park. It is easy to tune under her seat, insert the key into the lock and press the button start engine. Flutes! Button to start the engine is possible only if transponder key is in the cabin, but not in the ignition. And if you put it into the hole, if you please to turn. With juicy thoroughbred roar revived 4.2-liter "eight". Machine selector to position «R». Back! Well, that before I could feel like an elephant in a china shop (how not to mention the huge "ears" of rear view mirrors), the screen flashed MMI saving a picture from the rear view camera and squeaked buzzers. "Says Q7, working all the cameras ..." In most places close it without these cameras are not safe for the surrounding vehicles. Maybe even worth thinking about raising the tariff for those owners CTP Q7, which does not include equipment in the parking sensors and rearview camera. Ironically, at the city park would be appropriate one more weapon in the arsenal Q7 - mode air suspension lift and offroad. Choosing one of them and waiting when the compressors will rise by 24 cm car over the road, you can safely take the storm very high hurdles. And also scare away others - a full-length Q7 makes an indelible impression at all. But the ride in this position is not recommended - almost entirely selected suspension stroke rebound. It is better to go down to the regime comfort, and even better - in automatic. Electronics will be able to choose the degree of damping and the magnitude of clearance depending on speed and road conditions. It turns out that her good. Q7 on the move almost did not notice small irregularities, however, in large recalls all the same that the Russian roads are equally bad for all cars, regardless of cost. There are a mode of dynamic, in which Audi is a really tough machine and all the flaws of the road surface with distinct passes, "uhami-ahami" and even knocking. But on the track "dynamic" mode is very useful. Pressed against the asphalt canvas Q7 was fairly simple and straightforward in driving. Minimum delays in the reactions, the maximum confidence. On the track, he simply does not pay attention, because it is much wider! Enjoying a fine tuned amplifier, without any reason to rebuild the right, left, right again ... op! What are these lights flashed suddenly on the hulls of mirrors? AX yes, it's the same system Side Assist, which is using radar scans Rebuilding "blind" zone, and warned of lurking there machines. Thank you, and I can see for myself - turn off the Assistant button on the driver's door. Lounging in a chair and holding the steering wheel with one hand, we can quietly get up to 180 km / h and above. The Mass of 2.5 tonnes remember when you first kick on the brake pedal. Slowing down, of course, it turns intense, and its convenient dosing tight pedal is nice. But the distance to brake is to choose a reserve. With such a mass (Q7 more than half a ton heavier than in A8 4,2) even excellent V8 from the Audi RS4 - only the "just right", nothing more. True, the motor deforsirovan from 420 to 350 hp, so that the dynamics of transcendental Q7 should not wait, but imagine a situation in which the thrust or power is not enough, it is impossible. And under what accompaniment is acceleration - just right to publish it on CD in the series The best of! The familiar six-speed Tiptronic reaffirmed his reputation as one of the best "machine." And once again proved that "manipulative therapy" in this case - pure quackery. Freedom of gear for the driver is limited to a considerable number of conditions - speed, engine speed ... It is, in general, do you want? Better to let the smart electronics are working, especially because at least one of her better able - to save fuel. Honestly displayed on-board computer 20 liters per 100 kilometers - is only beginning. Berries grow at a gas station. Taxied to the column "on the light bulb," I casually sumnyashesya void filler "full tank". When the counter without a hitch at first counted a thousand, and then fifteen hundred rubles, I nervously began to touch bills in your wallet. Monster yet and was not going to interrupt his meal - he easily accepted into more than 100 liters of 98 octane gasoline! Honestly, I thought - choking. But no - Q7, well-fed and satisfied, went further and did not fail to warn you that after going over 615 km to eat. We can only thank minders Audi - after all, thanks to technology, FSI fuel consumption in 4.2-liter "eight" has decreased by 10%! However, the present owner of the Q7 is unlikely to pay attention, and I ... at first I enjoyed basking in the attention of others, but then suddenly realized that interest is not so much the car is already occupy, by the way, on the streets of Moscow as my persona behind the wheel of his ... and again was somehow awkward. Perhaps we are too different, and we are in any case will never be together. That is why the love of Q7 and not born. But born a lot of respect, a little fear and jealousy is the same.