Yannis

Having landed in the market earlier this summer, the Audi Q7 4.2 has gathered impressive momentum, while the 3.6-liter gasoline version will be ready for sale at dealers any day now. Great-driving and great-looking, perhaps the only serious complaints about the Q7 might be its less-than-stellar fuel economy. Not-so for the Q7 3.0 TDI we recently sampled – a version that averaged over 25 mpg in mixed driving and likely represents the first new diesel model Audi has planned for the U.S. market in many, many years.

“Bound for the U.S. market you ask?” Well, we have it on multiple good words that the possibility is quite likely. Audi of America is very intrigued by the potential of their TDI technology being leveraged on this side of the Atlantic, and the model with the best business case at this time is the Q7 3.0 TDI. With that in mind, perhaps it wasn’t a surprise when Audi shared the keys to the diesel-powered Q with groups of American journalists on multiple occasions...

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