nyca

The Macan is too small. I am cross shopping the A7 and the Range Rover Sport, but still leaning A7.

drleegary

I just happen to own a 2012 Range Rover Sport HSE and I just purchased an A7 Prestige Package. The Range Rover Sport and A7 are 2 completely different vehicles (obviously). I love them both and if I had to to give one of them up, I'm not sure which one I would give up. I don't have any complaints just yet with my A7 but the one complaint I have with my RRS is the lack of room in the vehicle overall. The new models (2014) have a little more room but from what I've seen thus far it isn't much of an improvement.

Let me know if you have any specific questions on either.

tertak

That's actually what I am afraid of might happen. One charm of A7 is how rare they are at least in Seattle area, compare to say 5 series, E class and Tesla.

In any case I have to test drive both cars before deciding on Macan S or A7. Both cars appear to have enough cargo spaces. Some reviews mentioned about not much room in rear seats on A7 but since I won't sit in the rear, that is not an issue.

RookieWill

As you almost certainly know, the A7 is now standard with 3 rear seats (think they made a boneheaded move in 2011 by not making it available). Anyway, I've been using the rear seat more and more lately. I have two booster seats for my 5 and 7 year old and my 9 year old sits in the middle. 9 year old hates it, but think that is because his little brothers try to rest their heads on his shoulder on long trips...

We've not had 3 adults back there yet, but imagine that rear seat would get awfully cramped at that point

amelen

Yup - a newer A7 is also one of the options I'm considering. They are doing a refresh for 2015, so we'll see what that brings. We also have an SUV in the garage (my wife drives an MB ML350 BlueTEC) and I'm not a huge fan of SUV's - so I'm leaning towards the A7 over the Macan. However, I'd be interested to test drive both. I've also considered the S6 & A8 (since the S7 only has 2 back seats) but haven't test driven either.