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Audi S7 4.0 TFSI quattro S-tronic: Test Drive Review

Date: 19 March 2013

Category: Executive
P11D price: £61,655
Key rival: Mercedes CLS

The S7 is one of four new, large, high-performance Audis, joining the saloon and estate S6 models and the luxury S8, all using a new twin-turbo V8 engine rather than the naturally aspirated V10 of the previous S6 and S8. The unit is claimed to improve mpg by up to 25%, although a large turbo petrol engine, even with clever cylinder deactivation technology that cuts four of the cylinders when under lighter loading, is still not very efficient.

This is the first S7, as the executive Sportback model only recently joined the Audi line-up, and it slots between rival BMW and Mercedes products, as there's a 6-series Grand Coupe and a CLS equal distance above and below for price and power, but not to compete with this £60,000 and 420hp S7.

It's a pricey but spacious and luxurious piece of kit that's also obscenely rapid, but a 30.5% RV and sub-30mpg official economy figure are hard to justify in the face of increasingly impressive high-power diesel alternatives.

Audi S7 4.0 TFSI quattro S-tronic
P11D price£61,655
Model price range£40,815-£61,655
Fuel consumption29.4mpg
CO2 (tax) 225g/km (35%)
BIK 20/40% per month£360/£719
Service intervalvariable miles
Insurance (1-50)group 44
Warranty3yrs/60,000 mls
Boot space min/max535/1390 litres
Engine size/power3993cc/420hp
Top speed/0-62mph155mph/4.7secs
On sale Summer 2012
Score7/10
VerdictPowerful, impressive and
practical machine
handicapped by high
emissions despite
new technology


Verdict


Powerful, impressive and practical machine handicapped by high emissions despite new technology
7/10

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