The press embargo must have been lifted because in the past couple hours most of the UK auto sites have been posting their first drive reviews of the S7....and they are actually not that great :(
Wow. 29.4 mpg from an engine with 420 hp. Amazing actually.
exprobratio
04-19-2012, 09:18 AM
29.4TE=Axxlrod;24289790]Wow. 29.4 mpg from an engine with 420 hp. Amazing actually.[/QUOTE]
That's in imperial MPG units if you do the conversion to US MPG it turns out to be 24.4 MPG which yay is still pretty awesome!
Mcqueen
04-19-2012, 12:41 PM
Nothing in these reviews that puts me off.. Comments about steering feel, etc. have been made about nearly every Audi coming off the production line. I think they are required to put something in reviews to that effect when reviewing Audi..
That said, the more concerning thing to me is the UK pricing - which, I realize is difficult to translate to US prices - however, if I look at 61k(UK) and look at what other Audi's retail for in the UK - that's about the cost of an A8L. Even looking at several Audis- they retail in the US in Dollars for roughly a 30% markup of British pound pricing. (23k UK Audi A4 = 32k USD Audi A4, etc).
Just rough guessing based on those relationships, the S7 MAY have a base price north of 80k. Assuming the options are priced as on an A7, you have a little bit more of a pricy car fully optioned out than I would have guessed.
Audi may, of course, adjust the price point to keep competitive in the US market, but if you are all-in with innovation, led, cold weather, B&O and 20 inch, I'm thinking $96-97??
exprobratio
04-19-2012, 02:10 PM
Lol I looked at my magic 8 ball and it said that the RWD V8 CLS500 in the UK bases at £61,000 and the S7 UK bases at £62,000 ....so since the US Version of the RWD V8 CLS550 bases at $72,000 there's still hope that the US S7 will base in the mid $70,000s
Mcqueen
04-19-2012, 02:12 PM
Magic 8 ball - no doubt... I'm hoping yours is right..
I might have to give mine another shake.
bluwater2005
04-19-2012, 07:23 PM
Just rough guessing based on those relationships, the S7 MAY have a base price north of 80k. Assuming the options are priced as on an A7, you have a little bit more of a pricy car fully optioned out than I would have guessed.
Audi may, of course, adjust the price point to keep competitive in the US market, but if you are all-in with innovation, led, cold weather, B&O and 20 inch, I'm thinking $96-97??
If a fully optioned S7 prices at $97K, I would rather look at a lightly optioned CLS63 or Panamera S. Hopefully they can keep a nicely optioned car below $90K.
Axxlrod
04-20-2012, 09:44 AM
Wow. 29.4 mpg from an engine with 420 hp. Amazing actually.
That's in imperial MPG units if you do the conversion to US MPG it turns out to be 24.4 MPG which yay is still pretty awesome![/QUOTE]
Well, it's still pretty good.
As far as price, I'll be the S7 has a base price in the high $80K's. So you could get one for less than $90K, or add all the options and end up close to $100K.
Mcqueen
04-20-2012, 05:17 PM
That's in imperial MPG units if you do the conversion to US MPG it turns out to be 24.4 MPG which yay is still pretty awesome!
Well, it's still pretty good.
As far as price, I'll be the S7 has a base price in the high $80K's. So you could get one for less than $90K, or add all the options and end up close to $100K.[/QUOTE]
Going for the high end so you'll be pleasantly suprised??
No S variant has that kind of markup over the base. But hopefully we'll see in a month or so.
Garissimo
04-21-2012, 07:48 AM
Going for the high end so you'll be pleasantly suprised??
No S variant has that kind of markup over the base. But hopefully we'll see in a month or so.
Agreed. At the end of the day, the S7 and S6 compete smack dab with the 550i Xdrive M package. That's a $75K car with the usual options. Audi isn't going to price its competition in M5 territory. So figure mid to high 70s for the S6 and low 80s for the S7 with typical options.
exprobratio
04-26-2012, 08:58 AM
My favorite US blog just posted a First Drive Review of the S7 with video ...Autoblog.com
The Autoblog review was good.. The only quibbles I have, is that the Sport differential is standard in the USA, and as that represents one of his complaints in a review aimed at the US market, I think it was worth noting. And then the leather and wheel options may not be as available in our option packages as the overseas models. I don't think we have Valcona nor Alcantara options.
exprobratio
04-26-2012, 07:03 PM
The Autoblog review was good.. The only quibbles I have, is that the Sport differential is standard in the USA, and as that represents one of his complaints in a review aimed at the US market, I think it was worth noting. And then the leather and wheel options may not be as available in our option packages as the overseas models. I don't think we have Valcona nor Alcantara options.
Yah the article didn't seem to have the package details accurate for the US version....you should read through some of the comments on the article. They are obnoxious....the commenters seem to think that the 24.5 mpg quoted in the article is for the hwy and in EU cycle numbers and that the MB cls gets way better mpg. Lol makes me wish I could slap some education and the ability to read critically into those people!
muski
04-26-2012, 10:04 PM
I don't think we have Valcona nor Alcantara options.
According to the 2013 Order Guide both the standard and Comfort Seat are Valcona leather (Comfort seat comes without diamond stitching).
Mcqueen
04-27-2012, 10:29 AM
Stand corrected on the Valcona..
This just in...
http://jalopnik.com/5905765/audi-s7-first-drive
Nice review here...May want to bookmark for launch control instructions!
exprobratio
04-28-2012, 11:02 AM
The Autoblog review was good.. The only quibbles I have, is that the Sport differential is standard in the USA, and as that represents one of his complaints in a review aimed at the US market, I think it was worth noting.
The Autoblog guys just updated their article to say that the sport differential is in fact standard on the US S7