Audi Q7 Review & Prices

The all-new Audi Q7 is here, and it's more tech-heavy than ever before. It has masses of road presence, it’s spacious and it’s full of kit, but you can only have the Q7 with a diesel engine at the moment and the touchscreen-heavy interior gets annoying at times.

You can think of it like an old manor house that’s been brought up to date with the latest TV, sound system and lighting solutions - but which has also retained a log burner in the living room.

It’s not the only option on the market, though. The BMW X5 is soon to be replaced but is still one of the best SUVs you can buy, while the Mercedes GLE has had a big refresh with a new look and interior. The Volvo XC90 is a sleeker, understated alternative and as always, the Range Rover Sport is worth a look in, too.

This new Q7 is a drastic departure from its ageing predecessor, with almost no visual similarities aside from its prodigious size. Wider, taller and much more aggressive with an enormous front grille, super-sleek headlights and boxy corners, it’s an intimidating thing to behold. The Q7 will have smaller cars quaking in their tyres on the school run, that’s for sure.

The loss of Audi’s last-generation interior design is a tragic one as the latest fare is less premium, but the Q7 is the most convincing take on the current, super-swoopy cabin. It certainly looks and feels luxurious on a surface level with a mixture of wood, upholstered surfaces and soft plastics surrounding you.

Start poking around and you’ll notice a few creaky plastics and irritating infotainment, because the vast majority of the Q7’s controls now live in the central display, which is unintuitive to navigate.

At least it’s hugely spacious across the first two rows, with enough headroom in seats six and seven for adults to tolerate short journeys. There are loads of storage cubbies, too, and a boot space of 722 to 210 litres, depending how many seats are in place. Most impressively, there are six ISOFIX child seat anchor points - so you could practically use the Q7 as a school bus.

Power options are limited at the moment, with only a single, automatic, 3.0-litre diesel engine available. Audi claims you’ll manage 36.6mpg across mixed driving conditions.

Even with its enormous length and width, the Q7 is very easy to drive around town thanks to its four-wheel steering, multitude of cameras and smooth gearbox making for a serene experience. The seats are comfortable and the lack of wind and road noise makes for pleasant motorway wafting, too. For such a big barge, the Q7 is even pretty adept at tackling country lanes, with little body lean and loads of grip.

Verdict

The new Audi Q7 is more than a worthy successor for the old model. It looks and feels premium (aside from the odd touch here and there), and it’s very comfortable to drive. It’s a shame there aren’t more engine options yet, but nonetheless it makes for a brilliant all-rounder.

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The Audi Q7 starts at almost £82,000 in entry-level S-Line trim, which is a huge jump in price compared to the £70,000 previous-generation car. That being said, it comes with lots of clever tech as standard including four-wheel steering, matrix LED lights and adaptive air suspension.

BMW hasn’t announced UK pricing for the new X5 yet, but you can expect it to be similar. The Mercedes GLE meanwhile, starts at just under £80,000.

Step up the Q7 range to the Edition 1 model and you’ll pay £89,000. It features 22-inch wheels, red brake calipers, sports seats which feature red seatbelts, red stitching and ambient lighting as well as heated seats all round and heated arm rests.

The range-topping Vorsprung comes in at a mighty £101,000 with niceties such as 23-inch alloys, OLED taillights, a Bang & Olufsen sound system, head-up display and a glass roof with customisable tint patterns.

Quiet, comfortable and composed, but the Q7’s clever tech finds its limits in town

In town

The Audi Q7 does a fantastic job of soaking up the worst that city driving can throw at it. The 3.0-litre diesel engine is very quiet and the automatic gearbox is so smooth that you can barely feel when it’s shifting gear. The mild-hybrid motor means the big Audi can even do low-speed manoeuvres without turning the engine on at all.

It’s hugely comfortable over broken, bumpy roads, and the standard-fit four-wheel steering means the Q7 doesn’t feel like such a big tank when you’re faced with sharp corners and narrow streets.

Visibility isn’t amazing, though, and the auto-park assist software gets easily frazzled when faced with cross-traffic or tight spaces.

On the motorway

Get out of town and the Q7 becomes even more comfortable, wafting along motorways with ease. There’s barely any wind or road noise, even on the enormous 23-inch wheels, thanks to the standard-fit air suspension.

The diesel engine is a touch grumbly when accelerating, but it’s hardly noticeable and barely a mark against what is a very capable cruiser.

On a twisty road

Point the big Audi down a tight twisty lane, and it fares a lot better than you might expect. The 299hp, 3.0-litre diesel engine has plenty of grunt and the brakes are very powerful, meaning it’s easy to get up to speed between corners, and to shave some off before approaching a turn.

Even in its ‘comfort’ setting the Q7 is pretty adept at tackling bends, though there is a bit of body lean - to be expected from such a tall, heavy car. Switch it to sport mode and the suspension and steering firm up, feeling even more planted when carving through corners.

Plenty of space to get comfortable, but there are some sub-par storage solutions

No matter how tall you are, the Q7 will almost certainly accommodate you behind the wheel. There’s loads of adjustment in the steering wheel, and the seats which themselves are comfortable. Even the armrests are heated on posh models.

The storage spaces are more questionable. While the door bins, centre console and glovebox are plenty big enough the wireless phone charging pads and cupholders are disappointing. The former feature MagSafe locks to keep your smartphone still on the move…but means they’re unusable if your phone isn’t magnetic, while the cupholders are an awkward size and don’t grip very well.

Space in the back seats

The middle row is more than accommodating for tall adults, offering enough head, knee and foot room for most body shapes and sizes. The Q7 is so wide that three grown adults can fit abreast, too.

Not only that, but with climate controls, sliding and reclining seats, big door bins and a flip-down armrest with a pair of cupholders, sitting in the Q7’s middle row is a very posh experience.

The third row folds up electronically, and is accessed by pressing a button to fold the middle row seats up and away. Even your rearmost passengers get heated seats and cupholders, while the big windows mean it feels light and airy - even if tall adults will feel a little squeezed.

Boot space

Thanks to its size increase, the new Q7 has an absolute behemoth of a boot. At 722 litres in five-seater guise it easily tops the Mercedes GLE (630 litres) and BMW X5 (650 litres), but it’s worth noting that’s with the middle row slid as far forwards as possible. Set back, boot capacity drops down to 581 litres.

Even as a seven-seater the boot capacity is 210 litres, which is enough for a brace of backpacks or a few carry-on suitcases. There’s a button to drop the rear air suspension down, handy when hauling big loads, and all of the back seats fold down at the push of a button.

Posh materials and a premium design, but the infotainment controls are frustrating to use.

Audi has given the Q7 a very posh interior, befitting a car of this price tag. The dashboard is curvaceous and flows onto the door cards, the sculpted seats look luxurious and you can choose some very pleasant wood and upholstery - even a wool-type fabric, instead of the typical leather. On the surface then, everything is very lovely.

Once you start to poke around a little, you’ll find a few low points which dull the shine a touch. The triple-screen infotainment system is as overwhelming to behold as it is in Audi’s smaller cars, and it still feels like an unnecessary gimmick.

Not only are the climate controls now digital, but even the air vent controls have now been relegated to the touchscreen, which makes them very frustrating to use on the go. If it ain’t broke…Audi will find a way to make it more difficult to operate, it seems.

The ambient interior lighting is fancy, as are the top-spec models with programmable OLED lights which you can change the patterns of, and the optional Bang & Olufsen sound system is very impressive.

With only a single diesel engine option and a huge price tag, the Q7 is one of the more expensive SUV options when it comes to tax and fuel economy. Audi claims 36.6mpg from its 3.0-litre motor, which isn’t particularly impressive given it’s been fitted with mild-hybrid tech. We’ll confirm how close you can get to this once we’ve driven it in the UK.

Costing over double the £40,000 luxury car supplement threshold, the Q7 is subject to extra tax between years two and six, while also sitting in one of the highest Vehicle Excise Duty road tax brackets. Company car drivers are better off choosing a plug-in hybrid or EV for reasonable Benefit-in-Kind payments.

The new Audi Q7 hasn’t yet been tested by Euro NCAP, but given Audi’s sterling reputation for safety and the plethora of standard-fit safety features, it’ll be a shock if a five-star result isn’t on the horizon.

Audi has also fitted some clever tech to the Q7’s lights, which project onto the road to let other drivers know when you’re changing lanes - in addition to the normal indicators. Otherwise, adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane keep assist, driver fatigue monitoring and a suite of surround-view cameras help keep you safe on the road.

Audi came 23rd out of 30 brands in the 2026 Driver Power survey for owner satisfaction, which isn’t a particularly impressive result. What’s more, none of Audi’s latest models have made it onto the top 50 cars to own list, either.

You get an EU-standard three-year, 60,000-mile warranty with the Q7 - which is as barebones as they come. BMW and Mercedes both offer unlimited-mile fare across the same term, and considering Audi’s expensive servicing and repairs, a more substantial guarantee would be appreciated.