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I put my order in last week for a 2015 A7 Prestige. I hate the redesign and am looking forward to a current-spec car. From what I gather on the internal documents and what has been discussed in other threads, the US 2015 abbreviated model year can be summarized as "2016 content with 2014 external appearance". For example, the steering wheel is going to be a 3-point rather than the 4-point in the 2011-2014. So when dealers say "no changes" for US MY2015 they are misinformed.
The only reason why I went Prestige is for the seats - mission critical deal breaker for reasons that have also been discussed on this forum. To spare you the search: What has been called the "Comfort Seat" in the MY2014 that came on the Prestige are perforated leather with a critical extra inch or so of seat length and extra padding. The issue is that on the German configurator for MY2015 (where you see the 3-point steering wheel now standard) the Comfort Seat is now a separate EUR 2,500 option independent from the S-line package, ventilation and heating which can both be added to the standard seat.
Can someone who is taking delivery of a US 2015 Prestige confirm that the seats are the same as on the 2014 Prestige? Pictures of your seats world be super helpful.
Please disregard my post above (I can't delete posts). The image below was captured from the Hyannis, MA dealer inventory. You can see the new 2015 steering wheel and the Comfort Seat from the 2014 MY is still there.
Unless it has changed for MY2015, in past U.S. A6/A7 models, the 3 spoke steering wheel (with shift paddles) has been standard with the Sport Package. The ventilated "Comfort" seats as shown in the photo are included with Prestige. In the ROW, all of these options (and many more) are available separately.
Right, the sport wheel is "new" only in the sense that it is now standard. Though I'm not sure if it comes with paddle shifters. See Zatmeen's thread here on the 2015 changes itemized for the US market: https://www.audiworld.com/forums/sho....php?t=2867738
What I was concerned about in my OP was the risk that although "on paper" i.e., functionality, the seating features are unchanged (n-way adjustment, heating, ventilation, etc.) the seats would physically differ. "Extra thigh support" doesn't tend to show up on a feature list.
07-13-2014, 02:50 AM
MY2015 A7 Prestige Seats
