Audi's SUV gets a makeover by PPI
The Audi Q7 is the embodiment of being fashionably late, having arrived on the scene at the tail end of the SUV bubble looking like a million bucks. No doubt it will still win customers with its combination of expensive looks and performance above and beyond what traditional utes offer. Still, the aftermarket loves to tinker and the Q7 is a willing canvas. The newest body kit to be offered for Audi's SUV is the PS Q7 by PPI, a German tuning company you might remember for the single-frame grilles they sell for last-gen Audis and the monster 600-hp Audi A8 Executive sedan.
The PS Q7 is adorned with aggressive cosmetic enhancements that include a new front bumper with large air intakes, four small fog lamps, and a matte carbon fiber splitter below the big Audi grille. The new bumper also reportedly reduces lift on the front axles at speed. Side sills with small exhaust vents behind the front wheels take up residence on the Q7's flanks while a new rear bumper with two cutouts for PPI's 4 pipe stainless steel exhaust dress up the rump. A tasteful rear spoiler is also located above the rear window.
PPI placed 22-inch one-piece alloy wheels at each corner, which are tucked under each fender thanks to the PPI sport module, a chip that allows the Q7's air suspension to go lower than stock. A big brake kit has also been installed to scrub off speed that the PS Q7 accumulates from its various stages of tune. The top Stage II package increases the power of Audi's 4.2-liter V8 all the way up to 600 horsepower, just like the A8 Exec express.
[Source: Fourtitude]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Ron 5:09PM (11/27/2006)
What was the motivation behind making it look like a bloated minivan? 'Hideous' would be kind.
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RayRay 5:19PM (11/27/2006)
Maybe it's just the photograph, but I think "hideous" is a laughable understatement.
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Ken J 5:30PM (11/27/2006)
I think this style is starting to date itself. Big rims, slammed body, obnoxious intakes, and black rims with chrome lip are all done in every order and scale far too many times. I'm tired of it.
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samuel 5:25PM (11/27/2006)
Looks like it was designed by a toddler. Simply horrendous, no taste whatsoever, no sense of style. I almost don't think it can be real.
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Jason 2:21AM (11/28/2006)
Disgusting and a waste of money and resources. People have some bad bad taste out there.
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fizzandpop 6:38PM (11/27/2006)
Look it's a German version of the Pontiac Montana!
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JON C 7:44PM (11/27/2006)
Looks like Audi "jumped the shark" with that one.
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Typesbad 8:44PM (11/27/2006)
Yes, by all means, build 'em, bring 'em over and distribute them through every Audi dealership. Then hopefully, when everyone as seen one of these on the road, the whole aftermarket look (as detailed by Ken J) will come to a four-Brembo screeching halt!
Please people, stop spending your excess income on ugliness! And if you argue that it is just a matter of taste answer me this: Have you ever seen a good looking tuner car five to ten years after its been modified?
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ObsessedAudiFan 2:28PM (11/28/2006)
even an obsessed audi fan can't defend this. stop the madness. audi's aren't supposed to be ghetto. leave the bling for mercedes.
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grides 10:10PM (12/17/2006)
Once again, the Rings Rule. PPI guys, you rawks
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Suny 9:04PM (11/27/2006)
I like that, looks agressive, Q7 especially
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the dude 8:41PM (11/27/2006)
Says a PPI technician to the interviewer, "Yes, our Q7 will find zee way onz to zee rap videos on ze MTV"
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G.R.O.C. 11:11PM (11/27/2006)
Does it mulch the leaves after it sucks them up too?
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Andy 11:27PM (11/27/2006)
That SUV is way too low. That defeats the advantage of having an off-road-able sport-ute.
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Eriq 9:05AM (11/28/2006)
That's just wrong. Maybe right for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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Tiago do Vale 3:06AM (11/28/2006)
I just vomited...
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Maarten Verschure 5:56AM (11/28/2006)
Here in the Netherlands its named driving Banana. Even uglier now.Lots of people with bad taste do.
B.r. Maarten Verschure
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Justin 7:59AM (11/28/2006)
Dear PPI,
You made me look lame and like a minivan. I hate you.
Yours truly,
Q7
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Mike 9:38AM (11/28/2006)
Funny to see how retards seem to have the ability flock together en mass, and like good retards, repeat what the first idiot said! Funny!!!!!!!!!!
If you call this ugly, then it's about time you guys took a look at yourselves in the mirror! Now that's UGLY!!
#14 I guess the "banana" joke is funnier in Dutch. It reminds me a bit of Borat's walking chair joke!
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Justin 12:45PM (11/28/2006)
At least when I look at myself in the mirror I don't have to see a bigoted ass who uses the term "retards" to describe people when the reality of retardation is a far more depressing situation Mike.
This thing is ugly as hell, like your soul, and most likely the Pontiac Aztec with plastic spinners sitting in your driveway (Corny comment quid pro quo).
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