SPY SHOTS: 2026 Audi SQ7 & Q7

Описание: While not a flagship, the Q7 is the largest Audi based on the MLB Evo platform. With the second-gen Q7 celebrating its 10th anniversary in January 2025, it's hardly surprising that Audi has been recently spied testing the long-overdue third generation.

Pictured in Euro-market specification, the newcomer takes much stylistic inspiration from the 2026 model year Q5 and Q5 Sportback. The design language further builds on a few elements from the China-only Q6, which rocks MQB Evo underpinnings. Gifted with split lighting units, the Q7 and its performance-oriented brother show full-width rear light bars under the camouflage wrap.

You can easily differentiate them by looking closer at certain stylistic elements, beginning with the number of exhaust outlets. The front bumper and upper front grille also differ, with the SQ7 rocking the sportier aesthetic. Further differentiated in terms of wheels, tires, and brakes, the pictured SQ7 and Q7 prototypes appear to be flaunting hidden exterior handles just under the greenhouse. Early prototypes featured more traditional handles, making this particular sighting all the more interesting.

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