Next Audi Q7 to use Bentley SUV platform
August 1, 2013: Development has begun on the next-generation Audi Q7, using the platform that will underpin the new Bentley SUV.
The MLB platform will also underpin the next-generation VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne models, and a production version of the Lamborghini Urus concept. The next Q7, due next year, will shed up to 350kg from its kerb weight, thanks to a more extensive use of aluminium in its body and structure. It will also usher in a refresh of Audi’s design language.
Next-gen versions of the Touareg and Cayenne are due in around 2016-2017, so both firms are instead readying imminent facelifts for the current cars. The Urus is set to be built from 2017.
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Photograph: VW’s MQB platform
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