tnedator

I test drove a Q7 today and plan on ordering on Monday, but forgot to check for rear cup holders. Is there a fold down arm rest with cup holders in back?

RickObe

Not 100% sure it's included in all trim levels. Best to ask.

TDI Brad

The rear cup holders are very small and there is no storage in the rear arm rest.

BigKutta

What about the third row? I know the last gen had them on either side, but I forgot to note this one before ordering. Thanks

Cadx6

Third row cup holders are still on the sidewall / armrest.
Better known as trash bins to my grandkids

BigKutta

Haha. Thanks

Future2012A6

I'm a new Q7 owner and I love much about the vehicle! However, one of the shortcomings are the lack of interior storage and the woefully inadequate cup holders, especially in the second row armrest. Thankfully I won't be spending much time back there.

jksmith04

I have had my Q7 for a few months now. My first Audi. I love everything about it - except the small cup holders. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal when I was buying the car, but it's difficult to find drinks that fit in the front cup holders. Forget about my kids using the ones it the back - they're worse.
I work with a guy that does end-user research for my company. I was talking to him about my new car and the cup holders. Turns out he did a 12 month customer satisfaction project for Audi USA years ago with his old company. Everything came back very positive. The largest negative (above everything else) was the small cup holders. When they presented the findings back to Audi, they were very impressed with the results and concerned with the negative comments about the cup holders. They left the meeting stating "if they did nothing else, they were going to fix the cup holder problem". Audi's fix was to develop a tapered coffee mug. That is what they presented back as the fix... True story.
Has anyone found a good solution for the cup holder issue?

BigKutta

I rarely eat and drink in the car so never pay much mind to the cup holders, and usually use them to held my phone. But from the complaints it seems the ones in the Q (front) seem pretty bad that you need adapters or redesigned cups? How small are we talking here? Cannot hold a Vendi Starbucks cup, or cannot hold a 7-11 Super Big Gulp?

TDI Brad

These cups https://www.rticcoolers.com/shop/drinkware/tumblers/RTIC-Tumbler-20-oz work well for me. The Yeti cups have too big of a base. I am not sure if these fit in the rear cup holders. I know there are cup adapters made but they look cheap and ugly. I have found that a long neck beer bottle fits in the rear cup holders as if it were made for them. Those Germans do love their beer now so maybe it was. 😉