https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2015-audi-q7-23/

 

Yeah, the owner is quoting incorrect towing capacity #s from the Cayenne and T-Reg for some reason; he say he bought the Audi accessory tow kit (so did I)... there's no extra cooling capacity included like you get with the factory installed tow kit option, so it only rated for 5500lbs towing capacity. Add the tow-specific cooling fan and it adds another 1000lbs to the 'official' tow capacity, etc.

It sure is pretty though...but at 99k miles, it is just about to the mileage where the expensive emissions related stuff starts to break and/or leak coolant into the engine valley. Drama and engine/emissions expenses await that buyer for sure. LOL!

 

I would think there is still some omissions warranty left. Also if bought at a low enough price, one could add Fidelity warranty to cover what likely will be a problem as you mentioned. Elbow, the fidelity warranty, I don’t think will cover the emission system.

 

From the Carfax records, it should have residual TDI warranty on it till June 2025, as it sold/delivered approx June 2 2015. The good news and the bad news is that the Gen 2 TDI motor tends to develop the typical coolant leaks a bit later, and some of that is related to the more extensive TDI fix process on the Gen 2 TDI motors/emissions systems. This Q7 got 'emissions fixed' around 23k miles on it in 2017, IIRC, and I think it'll be a super great car for somebody who knows what they are buying into. Not so much for someone who doesn't know.

So if anyone out there is looking for a really clean 2015 TDI Prestige (tow package accessory kit added), and with a light colored interior (kinda rare), and the near ubiquitous Orca Black metallic exterior paint (It grows on you), well this is your Q7 to bid on!!!

Honestly, if I were looking for a Q7 Prestige trim on steel suspension, then I'd be watching this auction to see what happens with the price. It's at $6500 w/two days bidding time remaining. There's gonna be multiple interested parties waiting to bid until the last moments on this one.

If I bought it, then the very first thing I'd do is change out all the driveline lubricants and also power steering/hydraulic fluid, LOL! It's a safe bet none of those has ever been touched.

Good luck if you are bidding on this one! I've got basically the same car with the Gen 1 TDI motor (Malone Tuned) and black on black leather, but with upgraded B&O sound system, and I absolutely 100% love it. Just add some good AT tires and go have an adventure! You just need to know how to DIY and what goes wrong with these, or plan to spend around $4-5k USD to buy an add-on service contract from Fidelity or other provider of used car service contracts to limit your financial exposure once that TDI warranty runs out this Summer. As used cars go, even with buying an add-on service contract, it's still an excellent choice to buy the TDI...it's fabulous and Malone/Tunezilla has ECU and TCU tunes to get rid of the dieselgate dumb-downs and restore it to what it should be.

 

agree with what most have said here, this vehicle has little or no warranty, and whomever buys it will have to deal with DEF and other issues. Plus suspension and tranny issues could easily come up I'll be surprised if this hits $10K.

 

Naw, it'll bid up probably double or go fair bit even higher...perhaps triple from the $6500 it was at...super clean Q7 TDI Prestige with low miles on it, and just a wee-bit of TDI warranty time remaining on it. The trade-in values for these has really dropped, with private seller values also suffering, which is primarily why he's going the auction route for the better buyer pool exposure...people have been bidding up the prices on these clean TDIs quite a bit further than they really should. If I were bidding on it, I'd go up to $15k...maybe higher, but it's a known quantity to me, and they are fantastic vehicles.

We paid $19k for our '15 TDI back in 2021, and that was really a steal for it at the time with only 93k miles, air susp, and good bit of the warranty remaining. Patience wins the day when it comes to car buying. Find what you truly want.

 

Sold for USD $24,250

more than I thought it would go for. Honestly, probably too much. You’d be looking at 30 with the fidelity warranty that likely will be needed

 

LOL, see, what'd I tell you...the crazy bidders wait till the very end, and I was saying it might hit triple, or just under $20K USD as my top-end guesstimate. That seller really did well listing it on BAT!

 

Wow. Maybe ours isn’t so overpriced at that used dealer’s $8900! Ashamed to admit what we received on trade. :-/

 

Said it sold. At 24k!?!?!?.
This is clearly bizarro world.