| With 500bhp and 1000Nm of torque, the Audi Q7 V12 | | | | launched the 5.0-litre V10 Touareg, powered by a |
| TDI, is by most rational measures, almost | | | | 313bhp unit. This reigned supreme for some time but |
| pornographically over-endowed. While some will see it | | | | was eventually swamped by Audiâs 322bhp |
| as a grotesque manifestation of all that is wrong with | | | | powerplant fitted to the Q7 4.2TDI that has since been |
| modern car manufacture, those who have driven it will | | | | upgraded to 335bhp. At the 2008 Geneva Show, the |
| tend to disagree. Thereâs something illicitly | | | | wraps came off a Q7 that blew both out of the water |
| addictive about this much power. | | | | with a veritable tsunami of power. Packing fully 495bhp |
| Many thought a high water mark had been reached | | | | and a monstrous 1000Nm of torque, the Q7 V12 TDI is |
| with powerful SUV diesel engines when Volkswagen | | | | a vehicle that borders on the caricature. |