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Audi Q7. Big on Safety

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  • 30-12-2008 1:18pm
    #1
    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭


    Or so says the 1/2 page ad in today's Irish Times. Funny, last time I checked it couldn't even manage the now-obligatory five stars in the euro NCAP. First in the list of safety features is - wait for it - 7 seats. Are people really that stupid?


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    ninty9er
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    Anan1 wrote: »
    Are people really that stupid?
    Do you really need to ask?

    [translation] Yes, yes they are![/translation]


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    kyote00
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭kyote00


    IQ=7 :D


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    Tipsy Mac
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    Its safer from a point of view that it will mame and kill anyone or anything it collides with due to its size.


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    skyhighflyer
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    Saw that too. Lazy advertising at its finest, something along the lines of "whether powering through the motorway, (and I quote) or on the school run, the Q7 is the safest place for your family"

    Must have trouble shifting them now they're 2k a year to tax and there's no builders to commercialise them.


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    cashmni1
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    I actually think it is a from of Falce Advertising. The Q7 is definately NOT the safest place for your or any family.


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    Heroditas
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    Perfect for ferrying one child 500m to school though :rolleyes:


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    VolvoMan
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    Would everyone be in agreement that the Q7 is one of the most irrelevant cars of the 21st century so far?


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    killybram
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    I have driven one of these yokes and have to say I was impressed by the fact that it wasn't as 'boaty' as other 4 x 4's I have driven. Have to say that they are an unreal machine but totally unfashionable at the minute. A nice 2.7tdi A6 would be a real sensible motor(leaving the 7 seats issue aside).


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    unkel
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    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    VolvoMan wrote: »
    Would everyone be in agreement that the Q7 is one of the most irrelevant cars of the 21st century so far?

    Yep I am. Everybody else and their brother made an SUV by the time that yoke was launched. Thankfully the lot of them have finally gone out of fashion.

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    peasant
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    unkel wrote: »
    Yep I am. Everybody else and their brother made an SUV by the time that yoke was launched. Thankfully the lot of them have finally gone out of fashion.

    Yet Porsche is still to launch the Cayenne diesel ...that'll be the nail in the coffin then.


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    colm_mcm
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    peasant wrote: »
    Yet Porsche is still to launch the Cayenne diesel ...that'll be the nail in the coffin then.

    I thought the whole point of the Cayenne, as opposed to a Toureg was that it was a Porsche (granted the engine's in the front and it's a jeep, but still a kinda Porsche..) In diesel form it's just an ugly yoke that has a diesel engine, and the engine in the front. But it's still a Porsche. Not a VW. Riiiiiight...


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    unkel
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    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    peasant wrote: »
    Yet Porsche is still to launch the Cayenne diesel ...

    I can only hope they won't go ahead with that. Please, let them not go ahead with that :(

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    skyhighflyer
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    VolvoMan wrote: »
    Would everyone be in agreement that the Q7 is one of the most irrelevant cars of the 21st century so far?

    To be fair, they were probably perfectly relevant at the time they were being designed (early this decade). And in my weaker moments I think they look good in a Panzer-like way. But yeah, in Ireland, with this economy and with the Greens sharing power it's game over for the Q7.


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    bazz26
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    Just another D4 tractor to combat the Tesco carpark.


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    moleyC
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    VolvoMan wrote: »
    Would everyone be in agreement that the Q7 is one of the most irrelevant cars of the 21st century so far?

    I would have to say that that trophy should go to the X6 should it not, at least the Q7 can carry more than 4 people.


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    Seth Brundle
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    Just wait till the X6M comes out!


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    RobAMerc
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    porsche must surely be the worlds most sucessful car manufacturer now ( I dont mean biggest btw ) They are the one company while keeping their brand image at an all time high are flogging cars by the new time. And btw the Cayenne has been one of their most successful models ever.

    Bully to Porsche if they make a diesel Cayenne - If it means they can continue to make the sports cars we all love then let them build what they like


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    Heroditas
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    bazz26 wrote: »
    Just another D4 tractor to combat the Tesco carpark.


    Marks and Spencer carpark surely? ;)


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    unkel wrote: »
    I can only hope they won't go ahead with that. Please, let them not go ahead with that :(
    Porsche launches production of the Cayenne diesel
    Posted Dec 29th 2008 at 5:55PM

    http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/12/29/porsche-launches-production-of-the-cayenne-diesel/

    :D:D:D


    the last Porsche diesel looked like this
    Porsche_Traktor_Diesel_Super.jpg

    not that far off, really :D


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    VolvoMan
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    kbannon wrote: »
    Just wait till the X6M comes out!

    I wouldn't mind as much except the fact that they cancelled the new E92 M3 CSL for that!:mad:


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