Price, 2017 Audi Q7 Concept Pictures

The second-generation Audi Q7 debuted endure winter, and we already collection it in the bounce in Europe. Audi, however, kept US pricing for this lighter, added beautiful affluence SUV a abstruse – until now. The 2017 Q7 starts at $55,750 (including the $950-destination charge), and that's over $6,500 added than the $49,225-base amount for the last-gen 2015 archetypal (there was no 2016 adaptation in the US).

Buyers get some big updates if they pay the added banknote for the 2017 model. The about-face to the MLB belvedere helps cut 475 pounds, and aluminum abeyance apparatus abate unsprung mass. Audi's Pre Sense City assurance arrangement comes accepted and can automatically activate braking the seven-passenger SUV if a blast seems approaching beneath 52 afar per hour. Three-zone automated altitude ascendancy and a across-the-board sunroof are aswell on the accustomed appearance list. The options cover high-tech upgrades like the company's basic cockpit system, a blush head-up display, and a 23-speaker Bang & Olufsen stereo.

Audi's 3.0 TFSI V6 with 333 application and 325 pound-feet of torque and an eight-speed automated is the alone accessible powertrain admixture for the Q7 in the US. Audi originally planned to action the 3.0-liter TDI V6, but emissions problems nixed that. The second-gen Q7 is accessible in three trim levels here: Premium, Premium Plus for $59,750, and Prestige for $65,250. Company agent Amelia Fine-Morrison tells Autoblog the aboriginal 2017s will access at dealers in January.
Below are 2017 Audi Q7 Concept Pictures: