2018 Audi A7 Sportback - Excellence Coupe!!

2019 Audi A7 Review
Its beauty is more than skin deep.

Ever since its introduction early this decade, the Audi A7 has brought credibility to the “four-door coupe” concept, thanks to the car’s winning combination of luxurious refinement and sporting character wrapped in some particularly fetching sheetmetal. For its follow-up effort, the A7 grows (arguably) even more handsome, but there are greater changes underneath its freshly pressed skin.

-Highs
Lusty powertrain, dazzling interior, devilishly handsome.
-Lows
All-touchscreen interface, self-steering could use some work, Americans are denied some high-tech toys.

The dimensions closely mimic those of the outgoing car, but the design employs more crisp lines and sharp angles. The model is again a hatchback, and at the trailing edge of the liftgate is a spoiler that deploys at 75 mph. Flanking the lower, more hexagonal grille, the A7 offers three different headlight setups: standard LEDs, matrix LEDs, and matrix LEDs with laser high-beams (the last two are as yet unconfirmed for the U.S. market). The taillights, which span the width of the car, consist of 13-element units at each side connected by an LED center strip. The front and rear turn signals light up sequentially, and when the car is locked or unlocked, the front and rear lights perform a little flashy choreography.

The A7 shares its architecture with the redesigned 2019 A8 and the upcoming next-generation A6, although the sub-8s have significantly less aluminum in their final build. The platform’s highlights include a 48-volt hybrid-assist system, greater self-driving capability, and a redesigned MMI interface. For our market, the A7 comes in a single mechanical configuration with a 340-hp turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6, which supplants the 2018 model’s supercharged six of the same displacement and output. It’s paired with Audi’s seven-speed dual-clutch S tronic transmission rather than the eight-speed conventional automatic used previously, and Quattro all-wheel drive is standard.

On the road, the A7 deftly blends polish and performance. The transmission’s light-throttle upshifts are all but imperceptible—in part because the engine is so quiet—and its low-speed behavior is smooth enough to pass for a torque-converter automatic. Yet it’s also quick to snap off downshifts when requested. The turbo six’s maximum torque comes online more than 1500 rpm lower than before and peaks at 369 lb-ft (up from 325 previously), and it’s available over a broad span from 1370 to 4500 rpm. The muscular V-6 effectively motivates the lighter new A7 (Audi claims a 4001-pound curb weight for the Euro-spec version, a reduction of more than 150 pounds), and turbo lag is minimal, if not entirely vanquished. The engine’s flexibility and the transmission’s responsiveness mean that there’s little need to bother with Dynamic mode, which hangs on to lower gears unnecessarily long. Or choose your own ratio with the paddles or the shifter’s plus/minus gate.

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