The 2012-2015 Q7 is one of the most beautiful curvaceous SUVs.

If you're going to buy a used Q7 and already know it's a horrible idea, you might as well go balls-deep and get one with the V12 TDI.

I have one in Qld, currently 11 0000 kms, 21" 295 wheels S line. No problems with braking. Stops plenty quick for its weight. Impressively quick actually. I've taken it out to a back road and slammed the brakes on at 110kmh and it stopped far quicker and in a much shorter distance than most other cars I've owned. Stable, super comfortable, excellent driving experience. Had it 2 years, got it with 62000 kms, still in love with this car and I've had a few beemers in the past. Had an issue with the aircon blower under the dash, was an easy DIY replacement. In sports, not really slow, for a heavy beast, it's actually fast. I have to use cruise control a fair bit because it's actually too easy to end up over any speed limit due to the comfort in the driving not making you aware of your actual speed. Great family car, the 7 seats are useful when you need the extra ones, huge luggage space when you need it too. Tows any trailer in its towing range effortlessly. I've towed everything there is for it so far except a caravan and it handled the weight like it wasn't even there. Worth every cent I paid for it. Services I do at a local mechanic, you don't have to use Audi. 3.0 Tdi V6.

The honesty in these videos is so refreshing. You guys are doing amazing work and a great service to car enthusiasts everywhere!

I drove Audi Q7 for last 7 years its a TDI, never had a problem, besides the VW Diesel classaction lawsuit that replaced the exhaust system. Its important to have good tires on it because if you use cheap rubber like Nitto tires, your ride will be very hard and jumpy and if you use Bridgestone Alenza tires it will be the best ride you ever had. I currently have 117,000 miles on it and drove it around west coast from Los Angeles to Vancouver and Arizona and Texas.

I have the 2012 TDI and it's just turned over 340,000 miles. I have replaced a wheel bearing (front), Injector seals (twice) and the battery. (other than oil, tires, brakes, etc). I am not nice to it, I tow with it (sometimes exceeding max) I occasionally offroad with it and love hooning about in winter. It still looks mostly new and doesn't even have a tear in the leather yet. It's been the most problem free, trustworthy vehicle I've ever owned by a very large margin.

I'm amazed because I've owned two and both have been great. They have quirks but all cars do. I've worked for various automotive manufactures for over 10 years and what most people don't know is most parts for different manufacturers are made by same suppliers...we did Honda, Mercedes, Tesla, and Jeep parts out of same plant...

My friend who is a diesel mechanic, he has a Q7 Diesel from 2010, he told me that only the Q7 or Q5 3.0 Diesel up to 2010 are good and reliable vehicles because the engine it has is excellent, but all of them are from 2011 onwards. top Audi made a change and began to implement many plastic parts in the vehicle and that is the reason for many problems it has.

I have a 2007 Audi Q7. It’s 2023 and it’s still my favorite car. I have a charger and a Benz and the Audi is still my go to car. Audi for life ❤

This is quickly becoming one of my favourite car channels.

Currently have 2 Q7 TDI's, a 2013 Prestige and a 2015 Premium Plus. Both from new. No problems with either. The 2013 is at 135k miles and the 2015 is at 100K miles. The arm rest creeping was annoying. I put silicone grease on the rubber stops and that seemed to solve the squeek for a while. Then I replaced the rubber bumpers with felt tabs off of Amazon. Noise is gone. Just make sure to clean the mounting surface with alcohol before applying the round felt tabs. Both of these have a Bose sound system with sub woofer, the 2015 has a JBL sub that fit's into the same space as the smaller Bose sub. Be sure to clean the AC condensor drains every couple of years and your golden. The 2013 did have a wiper blade launch into space. The replacement looks to be an improvement. BTW, not sure why your OZ interior is so bad, both of our interiors are still very nice with no issues or wear.

We have 2010 Q7 TDI S line. Here is what most car reviewers will not tell you. Second hand we purchased it AUD$24,000 around 90,000km. At that price you get a car more luxurious, better handling, more power, more torque, more fun and more fuel efficient than most if not all Toyota's, Hyundai etc that are 10 years newer then the Q7 and cost triple the price of the Q7 second hand. Yes on the down side maintenance is more often and more costly and we had some of the issue mentioned in the video. However most of the mechanical issues can be fixed by a good local mechanic using OEM or second hand parts that do not cost nearly as much as what dealer would charge. Don't forget you are already getting more car for less money so spending a bit more on maintenance to have something nice can be worth it. I mean look at a 2020 Toyota Prado, cost around $60,000 with very high KM's, no moon roof, heavy, slow, down on power and torque, looks outdated, interior looks like a doctors office, no LED rear lights, lack of features and the list goes on and for all the lack of specs the Prado is 3 times more expensive, at one stage they were selling second hand more expensive than new. Good cars but overpriced.

The 3.0 TDI made Ward's top 10 engine list. Mines been rock solid and going on 130k miles with still over 10k miles of warranty left from the diesel gate mods. I feel this video could have been much more informative like other videos on KZfaq that look at this vehicle. My EGR went out at 120k miles under warranty, I replaced the blower and driver window switch controller and had to regrease/lube the rear gate latch after it started sticking at extremely low temps, causing it not to close all at around 105k miles. I also replaced all the drive train fluids at 100k miles and replaced the transmission filter which desperately needed it. I've put less money into my q7 than any other vehicle I've owned for this amount of time. Can't wait for the emissions warranty to be up so I can delete the exhaust and get back to 35 mpg. If you're looking at one get one between 12-14. Don't get a 2015 or one from before 2012. Don't get the air suspension, lane keeping or auto cruise control features. You'll thank me later.

Just got a 2015 Q7 TDI. Came with a coolent leak. Fortunately to get to it many engine parts had to be removed and those to be replaced were covered by the extended warranty. Now check engine light is on so maybe more fun. Love the car. Drives like a dream. Plenty of power and that’s good because I got it to pull my boat. Your video scares me but has given me things to look for. The road awaits!

Yea, I have a Q7 and it's a beast. Mine is way back 2006, and I have had the engine knock once, my air condition fails every year. 😂 . I still love and drive it!

Love this channel! Thx for all the helpful info!

Had 2006 3.0TDI facelift 5 seater, s-line saloon, ordinary suspension back in 2015 with 160k kilometres, right before MK2 release. It was something extra, everybody thought that this was a new car, till this day I love facelift design. Long story short: Had it for 2 years, then my parents used it for 4 years (sold it last year with 230k km). For 2 years it didn't have any major issues despite driving pretty hard (nobody expected me to go hard into a corner with this 2.3 ton elephant, rip front tyres sidewalls, also experienced that legendary Audi understeer even more in this car :D), luckily it passed MOT on it's own. 14l/100km (10l at best if you drive slower than granny) in town doesn't seem economical, especially in these days. In those 6 years there was probably 2000 eur invested in this car for various small repairs (starter, passenger door lock, electrical problems). We were very lucky, because there was no engine, transmission repairs. After those years Q7 depreciated 50% and next owner had 1500Eur, probably injector repair job instantly, I believe transmission was counting it's last days also. So yeah, despite all that I still love that car, but I would never recommend to buy Q7 today (especially old Q7 with high mileage, 171 kw engine), it is VERY expensive to run, various electronic problems after winter could make you go crazy, just buy universal or hatchback, especially if you drive alone most of the time :). Q7 today are 20-30% more expensive so it's really not worth to buy it, but if you really want it, probably choose engine with 180kw, cheaper to run, lower mileage, so it should last longer (even better if previous owner changed timing chain, transmission). P.S. Glad I found this channel last year, absolutely fantastic content, definitely one of the very few car review channels that I actually enjoy watching. The value of knowledge that you put out for us for free is priceless. Thank you! Greetings from Lithuania, Europe. :)

I might be a bit biased as an Audi Q7 owner but here is some of our experience with the car. Model 2007 with the 3.0 diesel 233 HP. Bought in 2018. 1. No lose Seat back. All is as from factory (and we have 3 children kicking etc. on the seats. 2. Multimedia works 100% 3. Adaptive Cruise control works 100% (is being used 2-3 times a week and for about 2000 km every year going on holiday) 4. Holiday gets me to the driving experience. On longer journeys the car is fantastic for a 15 old car. Adaptive Cruise control combined with the driving comfort and height of the passenger seats is making our 2000 km trip each year to an easy peacy. On these trips we use the third row which is perfect for our children. (All are currently below the age of 6) 5. Repairs Of major repairs after 4 years we have replaced some pipes for the Air conditioning and regulators for the suspension. These two fixes amounts to about 4K USD with Air conditioning being the worst with a cost of nearly 3K. In total I believe we have spend about 7K USD on repairs. Maybe a bit less. It has to be said that the Air condition problem was there when we bought the car and therefore also got a discount. Notable. 6. Reliability We have had some problems with power. The no touch door handles had an issue which stole power when the car was turned off. This was captured by Audi after an extensive research. So this definitely has been annoying. Other than that we have had no problems with the car regarding daily reliability. It just works, drives and does its job. I hope this helps future buyers. Feel free to ask in comments and I will try to answer.

Have a 2009 3.6 l Q7 and runs great only had a water leak which I manage to fix and purchased a new Bose board amplifier and it’s been working great since 2017. Still have it and very reliable.

I love every second you dedicate to give us quality content and honest journalism. Thank you so much for the great work. Lovely

I would have to say that any car which is 7-17 years old can have issues especially as you are looking at cars over such a huge age gap. A 17 year old Lexus or land cruiser will definitely also have issues. I would have appreciated a review of perhaps up to 10 years old and then 10 to 17 years old as being more appropriate and informative to me as someone looking to buy a car . Another thing is purchase price, on a previous comment you said a Lexus or land cruiser were a good alternative. Really??? $30 000 for a 2014 Q7 compared to $75 000 + for a land cruiser very big difference in price! If comparing cars of the same vintage, prices should also be a factor. Thanks

The unedited folding of the rear cupholders-priceless!

I'm an Audi enthusiast and am on my 4th Audi A4 S-line for the following reasons: 1.) I am stupid 2.) I love the four rings (refer to reason #1) 3.) Quattro (again, refer to reason #1) 4.) Rally, IMSA, and Lemans history. 5.) I hate surplus money (I'm American).

Consider the Q7 as a three row Touareg. The Touareg was a two row only SUV. Also because both the Touareg and the Q7 got some very torquey diesels. Painful that they discontinued the V8, it was one of their most reliable engines, that's not saying much.

OMG!!! I'm on the floor...LOL!!!!! This is the most informative and truthful car review ever! Thank you!!! Drop the Mic!

I have owned my 2011 Q7 for close to 8 years now. I have the V8 diesel, just on the second set of tyres after 100,000km in my ownership. 1 set of brakes, 1 battery and a service once a year at my local mechanic, nothing broken, nothing wrong. Averages around 10 litres per hundred k's. Like any car if you look after it, you will usually get a good ownership experience in return. These cars are not meant for a city runabout, use it for a country tourer and get a small hatchback for the city.

Interesting story. My uncle was one of the first people in South Africa to get a Q7 when they launched. He hardly had it and noticed that the dashboard was starting to melt. Took it back to Audi whereby they ended up giving him a different Q7. Later found out that Audi had send engineers from Germany to investigate this problem. Still don't know what caused it to this day

"738 lb-ft for those of you using a stupid unit of measurement." "Enough torque to alter the rotation of the globe." "50 shades of beige." "You've got a spot for life's filth and history, and your secrets down here. And which in this car, there are quite a few." "..verging into motoring journalist wanker speak with you know, steering nuance and all that sort of bullshit." "... when you're driving something the size of a decent two-bedroom home in Sydney..." The wit, candid Aussie humour, and definitely Aussie unfiltered opinion, is something that draws me back like a magnet. You've nailed the script and it gets better with every video! All the praise aside though, this channel ought to be a mandatory watch for anyone going to buy a used car. I don't think I've commented as much on YT but I cannot recommend your content enough.

In case you didn;t know, the glove box actually also doubles as a small fridge. Most owners miss that detail...

Enjoyed your video mate, but it looks like I have bought a UNICORN (your words), I purchased my Q7 3.0Tdi 7 years ago for $18k, she (Bertha) had 175000k's on her, well 7 years later she now has 450000k's (mainly highway / country running) on her and is still kicking arse , the biggest problems have been 1. windscreen wiper snapped, alternator, a/c but these were all replaced , she has now done the big lap twice and heaps of interstate trips, so yes we love our big girl.

I bought a 2004 Toyota Sienna 6 years ago for $5900, with 130,000 miles on it. I've changed fluids as needed, & this weekend I'll change the brakes & rotors, its at 205,000 miles now, ZERO PROBLEMS. I've looked at flashy Audi's, then I look at my bland Toyota, and FULL Wallet !

So… Q7 owner here, bought used 2015 last of the 4L range and as long as you buy with that in mind, you’ll likely have limited issues. The engines were well upgraded from an injector POV, making them infinitely reliable (refer to the multiple Facebook groups) . Repairs have become quite cheap, with front tyres and brakes being a typical issue with any large SUV. Have used it as a large Ute, towing, cement in the boot, 700kg of tiles etc and it’s handled it like a beast (on air suspension even). This drives, pulls , and handles waaay better than our other big SUV (2017 disco 4). These engines have been seen to go over 500kkm (over 700k in one I’ve seen),with just gooood servicing. I’m Now getting an aftermarket warranty (@ 135kkm) and looking forward to many more miles. But crikey it’s hideous, any angle, without 21” wheels it is just a hefelump of note, just get in and with black leather no issues noted with stretching, but the sunroof creak is the only one I’ve noticed which is inconsistent with the brand.

My 2014 Q7 TDI has been rock solid.

Love this review defo made me chuckle 😅...subscribed!

Very accurate video! Love my Q7 and it always puts a smile on your face. Get black interior as it feels much more modern, beige is horrendous!

Loved this video! Thank you for an honest review

I’m glad that found your chanel!! You’re super knowledgeable and funny as hell 😂

I love the smoking pedestal you hop on whenever there's an ashtray in a car, bless you

Great content! Perfect narration... Subscribed 👍

Excellent AK! It's as if most reviewers are Car Experts right up until the point of ownership... Cheers for the balls in saying it like it is.

Great work with the channel, great refreshing style compared to typical car reviews. Hope it blows up

Bought a 2014 Q7 TDI with 133k miles. The car is pristine inside and out besides for some weathering on the exterior plastics. Within the first 1k miles, oil cooler started pouring oil all down my driveway. Towed to shop, $3k. A couple months later, DEF sensor failure, fixed myself, part was $300. Couple months later started going into limp mode if you accelerated too hard. Bad injector on cylinder 1, replaced myself, $220 part. Hood wouldn't keep itself open and slammed on my head, replaced both struts myself, $50. Developed small oil leak, likely the rear main seal on the engine, several large drops on driveway every morning. Several thousand dollar repair to fix so now I park it in the grass. Few days after fixing the injector, car started using coolant like crazy but no leaks. Did some troubleshooting, blown head gasket. I've had the car for 20k miles. What a total piece of garbage and I completely regret buying. If anyone is interested in taking it off my hands it's yours for what I still owe on it, $13k. I see a lot of you in the comments saying what great cars they are, I'll even knock the price down to $10K.

7:48 My '10 TDI does fantastic off-road. Especially now that they are much cheaper, off-roading/overlanding these is quite popular. More so with the Cayenne & T-reg but the Q7 is definitely capable so it's worth checking for the damage (missing/damaged underbody plastic is a good sign it's been romped) Overall after 5 years with our '10 TDI as our daily driver in the states, we absolutely love it. We paid around $13k for ours & you get so much for so little. It's great for road trips, towing campers/trailers, hauling kids & dogs, & even mid-level off-roading with just adding AT tires. I will say it is rather inexpensive to repair IF you are doing the work yourself. I'm a hobbyist mechanic/car builder (by no means a pro) & the issues that have come up have been easily fixed in a few hours on a Saturday. I did buy an aftermarket powertrain warranty just to cover the major stuff that's out of my depth. The bad: interior quality is disappointing to say the least. The center console hinges easily break when dealing with AZ heat. Due to the heat, a lot of interior adhesives have weakened or failed. All of those have been easily fixed & improved in my driveway though (including the seat back issue he showed). Same for the leaking washer fluid jets & wiper arm disconnect at the bearing. Aside from upgrades I've done, in 5 years I'd say we have around $1500-2,000 into repairs & maintenance (plus about 6-7 days of work) which is almost as cheap as my Subaru.

Thanks again just looking up what other people have bought. Would always watch your videos before making a decision.

I spent 15K on service over 4 years with my 2008 Audi Q7 4.2 I recommend getting the 3.0T version 2012 or newer

Love my TDI Q7! Yup it’s somewhat expensive to maintain. Thankfully the recall covers the EGR etc for free. So far the oil sensor and oil control valve has broken ($800 repair) but it seems rock solid minus that

Awesome detailed review as always mate. I’d been considering a TFSI Q7 thinking it would be ok and enjoy some supercharged fun while accommodating my growing family. I’ve now just gone and removed all Q7’s from my carsales watch list 😂 I’ll stick with my SQ5 (which I’m sure had it’s own issues but has been flawless for me) for now even though I need more second row space for rear facing baby seats. Any recommendations for a spacious car with a bit of grunt in the sub $40k range? Had been considering VE or VF ssv wagon 🤔

I have a 3.0 T 2014 with 130k no problems at besides oil changes, & brake pads the only thing that needed to be replaced was the blower motor and I replaced that myself. Overall good car for me…

Glad I found this video… moving on from the Q7! Thanks!!

This is TV quality. Slightly astounded that this is on KZfaq. Funny, entertaining and informative. Superb!

Great video, thankyou. I'm considering the next generation of Q7 (2016 on), but I'm not a brand snob so I'm also considering things like the Hyundai Palisade, which for similar money comes much newer and with lower km. Your honesty and the forthright opinions offered are refreshing and useful. Ive never checked out redriven before but I'll be having a look at it now. You've earned a new follower. Bravo.

What a GORGEOUS Audi…. Much better than ALL newer Audis

Thank you for this enlightenment video, great work

The ‘old man neck thing’ is such a great description! 👍👍

I can’t stop watching reviews of the luxury cars that I really really really want to own one day ONLY to stop myself ever making that mistake in future 😂 BTW love your work guys 👌

I bought a SQ7 2018 this year - best car I have EVER owned - way better than my EClass or 7 Series - simply beautiful and I am getting MORE MPG than either of the other two

Ok, only my Mum's and my experience with our own Q7. Mine is now at 268k My Mums - 350k plus Things that go wrong, yep, theres a few. Do your own maintenance and repair, what I have done so far is a couple of sensors, go to supercheap, they use bosch obd II readers, then google/youtube. Tyres, eats them! Brakes, eats them! Had washing bearing failure, easy fix. The one that does annoy me, is the door handles/actuators fail- f'n hard to fix! Offroad, it has surprised a lot of ppl. All in all, great car to own, I brought it as a daily for the kids to trash, hence door handle issues.

Hi, here in Canada (and the USA) we had the Dieselgate debacle which resulted in detuned versions of our TDIs in exchange for cash and 10 years or 177,000 kms of warranty. Even with the detune these achieve approx. 9 l/100km combined and 8-8.5 l/100km on the highway. In today's high fuel costs it still has good payback. Oh and I guess I'm driving a unicorn LOL.

Oh wow my Q7 looks exactly like this!!! Beautiful Truck!!!❤️❤️

Honest review, thanks mate!

Currently have a 2017 Q7 3.0tdi in bits, oil cooler gasket, assorted plastic coolant fittings all leaking coolant, only done 100,000km. It also has rh rocker cover leak and rear main leak. 1 headlight is about $3500 - $4000 not including the labor involved.

I couldn’t stop laughing!! Fifty shades of beige, old mans neck and the transformer cup tray!! You are so funny 😂 and refreshing! Thank you 🙏🏻 for such a great video

Had one, 10 years old with 80,000 miles,lovely drive, but constant battery drain, air suspension issues, rattle trim pieces, Eats tyres for fun,had to go after 18 months of ownership.

In my q7 2011 I Needed only to replace injector washer. Quality is really good and everything is working fine so far. Car has 140k kilometers. Users says tires lasts for approx 20-30k kilometers only as this car is 2.5 tons!

One thing that I reckon would really add value to this video would be to recommend an alternative *if* you don’t recommend this car

That is a very Oldman one, I purchased a 4 years old sq7 and it has been perfect so far

Really good video. Thank you from England.

I love my 4.2 V8 2008 never had any problem keep Your parts and service on time I promise you’ll Be happy

Just bought one and I reckon it's really good!

I've got 2014 q7, so comfortable and spacious to drive and yet fuel economical love it for the family, only thing we done do it was change the injector seals

Years ago, I considered getting a 2nd hand Q7 TDI when looking for a 7-seater. Did a ton of research and went with a Benz R320 CDI instead (would've gotten a GL but wife found it too big) - at 200,000km now and only did the usual: tire, oil, brake and filter changes. Was scared of all the issues being reported by the Q7 owners. Nothing against Audi, I've been driving an A6 for a few years now with no issues.

“Kids can be utter bastards”! 🤣. Best car channel on KZfaq 👌

Our 2006 4.2 petrol is great. Serviced regularly, sounds great. No troubles apart from I want to change the MMI to a model touch screen system. Ours has limo blacked out windows all round on silver car. Love these cars, luxury to drive. Took a while to work out how to sort the lights out when towing. Needed resisters on the cables to the trailer.

Hi AK. Very informative review! Definitely agree with all what you said about this car. By the way, are you planning soon to do a review of BMW 5 (F10), Honda Civic (X) or Audi A4 (B9)? Greetings from Bulgaria :-)

I remember from the 80's to early 2000's when Audi really did make nice quality long lived and reliable cars. Audi never even made SUVs then, they had the Audi 80 and100 in saloon, estate and cabrio forms and Quattro. Then the golf based A3 came along with the name changes to A4, A6 etc and after that the range started to really expand and reliability started to reduced at the same time. To be honest Hyundai and Kia have caught up to such an extent that their vehicles are just as attractive, more relaible and better built. Just like Re-driven said if you want an Audi Q7, BMW X5, Range Rover or Mercedes ML for the image of looking rich then go ahead and fool yourself out of a lot of your own hard earned cash.

Just purchased 2011 Q7 S line 3.0 Diesel. Just thought I would add that there is a compartment under drivers seat with an Audi branded first aid kit. Also in rear well where spare is there is a small portable air compressor on the left hand side to inflate your tyres. Again Audi branded. The fuel economy is amazing for such a big vehicle. I was driving a Mitsi Pagero Sport on lease previously which is thirstier than the Audi with a smaller engine.

How do these German car makers build things that look and feel so indestructible when new, yet explode like an origami swan filled with C4 when they rack up a few miles? It astonishes me.

So, you went and got the most run down q7 you could find and started hanging shit on the whole brand! I've had to get the missus a second hand car due to her riding off her 5yo Lancer and with the money we got back from the insurance we were lucky to find a 2009 audi A3 from an old fella who hardly drove it. Still had the original tyres on it. For the first time, after 18 years in Oz, I felt like I'm in a car again. I've had commodores, falcons, Hyundais and currently I drive a d90. They all feel like you are sitting in a plank of wood with 4 wheels and no suspension. That 14yo A3 though drives as if it was made yesterday! Definitely getting a q7 first chance I get. If you know how to look after a car you will get the longevity out of it

Drove 2.0 3.0 tfsi 50i bmw 2008 quatroporte with 4.3 Ferrari engine.. the whole KZfaq tells me not to buy it.. yet i do. The secret is.. do your homework on the car, know it's flaws.. take care of them upon purchase.. change oil 3-7k km, depending on harshness of use, pray for transmission to stay in tact and have 5k stored in case shit happens. Never had to use that 5k stash in the end. Shopping for 2013- 2015 q7. Thank you so much for the info! All i needed to make up my mind!

I can't stop laughing and enjoying watching your reaction especially when you mentioned about ashtray... 🤣🤣🤣 Great review!

Love my Q7- been way more reliable than my land rover was.

May be I've been lucky but all my Audi's are extremely reliable and lowest cost to own compared to all my friends other makes. My 2008 Q7 3.6L bought new, it has 65k miles and I haven't spent a dime in fixing it. Yes, the left mirror motor went out. Other than that original battery and everything, 1 set of brakes at 61k miles, 2 sets of tires. It's all about how you keep your car, it's complex and most technicians don't have a clue to diagnose or fix them, hence breaking the car in the process.

I’ve owned a 2007 3.0tdi BUG engined sline Q7 since it was 1 yr old. I’ve had 14years of reliability and solid performance catering as the family “battle bus” and trackday towing machine. I’ve done most of the mechanical servicing and repairs myself and honestly in that 14 years I’d say I’ve only spent @ €3000 on parts that are not normal service consumables (wishbones, injector seals, one injector leak off pipe, powersteering pump, rear wiper motor, MMI board for the infotainment, and blower motor). I’ve never kept a car so long, it’s reliability and comfort meant it was hard to justify changing it. I felt that the newer q7 just offered a nicer cabin environment. BMW 5 series were unreliable engine wise and my wife didn’t like XC90’s 😂 Unfortunately the most difficult part of ownership these days is the fuel consumption and high road tax (@€1600 PA in Ireland). So a change is finally coming!

I have a diferent opinion about it i purchased my audi q7 2015 4 years ago with 60k miles and now is 210k i wich that i could take a picture of my dash and the best of it is that looks amazing, so in based to my experience i think that the mos important is where you buy it and the conditions on how you buy it and the maintenance thats all

Q7 3.0 TDI 2007 with 421000 km, bought it with 3100000 km 😁😁😁, Reapairs : Injector Seals Brake pads Tires Oil Thats it. I use it to tow a car Trailer. Even with Trailer attached, it accelerates fast💪

love this vid. Thanks!

I ended up buying a 2015 x5 rather than one of these and I’m so glad I did. The x5 has its issues but no where near as bad as this. The motor has been perfect.

I have to pipe up here. I still drive a 2008 3.0TDI Q7 bought new. It has 382,000 km on it. The "horrible reliability" you keep banging on about never happened. In 14 years I replaced the ERG (both banks) twice, emergency break hydraulic lift once, two injectors and a water pump. That's it.

You said the car is Slovakian and not German. Well, yes. But, to be fair, Bratislava is literally across the street from Austria, sooo, how different could it be? I have a 2013 3.0 TDI and LOVE IT! zero problems in almost 10 years.

My 2013 tdi had some injector issues and needed some rotor work done. Right now it is having dpf issue, but it is at 140k miles and we did a lot of short trips around town last 2 years. No issue on this car so far made it undriveable and it is quite a tank all things considered. It's a gen 2.1 3.0 tdi.

I have a 2009, in the states, with the 3.6 vr6. 140k miles. Probably the worse problem I had was the panoramic roof leaked and I had to drop the headliner and re squeeze the drain tubes. Also had an issue with coil packs melting and burning the spark wires, which had to be spliced to replace. I like it though.

Keep up the amazing videos 👍👏 One suggestion would be to add UK mpg figures too please 🙏

I’ve always admired the Q7 (from a safe distance).

I have the '15, 3.0 TDI. Positives: Ride and handling are great for a large-ish SUV. It wasn't terribly expensive to buy used. Fuel economy is decent for a large-ish SUV. Negatives: Center console is stupid. Cupholder makes stupid noises when you put a cup in it. Programmed throttle response delay is annoying and dangerous. DPF, EGR and Adblue system burn extra fuel and cause reliability problems. Audi dealer repairs are stupid expensive (I just paid $2,000 USD to replace a thermostat). It's not "luxurious", but costs luxury money to maintain. GPS maps are out of date and Audi wants a bunch of money to update them. My wife hates it.

You just got a sub from me! Great review.

Great job ! You effectively scared me away from the purchase of a 2015 Prestige S model with low miles and a bad steering rack. Surely that black cloud of potential repair is simply too scary for this blue collar bloke.

Another Great video!, it does occasionally rain in Australia

Cheers for this review mate, I’m not getting one now 🤙

Definitely get a black interior one with the plus or premium interior. Look for the climate control for that back. Then it gets MUCH nicer. Base is bland for sure. Only thing you missed was the tow capacity. 7000lbs for my American one. Great video though! In the US minus Honda and Toyota all cars are terrible for reliability so it’s actually average lol.

Have in the States, Honda and Toyota are the only two brands that I know of where the build quality of their cars made outside the US (here or in Canada) are as good as the Hondas and Toyotas built in Japan. The quality control is just amazing ❤.