Artir Osmani

Does anyone of you think that the new s7 will get the 4.0 tdi engine from sq7?

tenspeed

Maybe in some parts of the world. Different regions get different things. I heard that the USA S6/S7's are getting a high-performance V6.

Glisse

No, it will be the 2.9 TT V6 in every market. Only the A8/Q7 (and Porsche Panamera, and perhaps the new Porsche Cayenne) get Audi's 4.0 TDI V8.

N8!

just saw this:



https://www.topgear.com/videos/top-g...rsche-panamera

Glisse

Yes, Porsche couldn't fit the full 48 volt system in the MSB chassis on the new Panamera (they use a low current DC/DC converter to run 48v systems such as active stabilisation). So had to remove the V8 TDI's electric compressor, as that requires lots of current - you can see how well the SQ7 gets off the line. I'm not a big fan of diesel, but the Audi V8 TDI's are excellent. Heavy, but huge torque and they sound good. I can understand why the OP was interested in one.

As the new C8 series does have a full 48v system, there is chance that Audi will release a high performance version of the 3.0TDI running an electric compressor in conjunction with turbocharging. They built a prototype a few years back.