This is the 2026 Audi Q7, the third generation of the brand’s largest SUV. It’s new from the ground up, featuring a bolder look and more advanced tech than its predecessor, and it goes on sale this summer.
Here’s everything we know about the 2026 Audi Q7.
2026 Audi Q7: Price, Specs and Release Date
- 2026 Audi Q7: styling and dimensions
- 2026 Audi Q7: interior design and practicality
- 2026 Audi Q7: engines and driving dynamics
- 2026 Audi Q7: price and release date
2026 Audi Q7: styling and dimensions
Audi has reinvented the Q7 for its third generation, giving it a sleek yet imposing exterior design. Out goes the ‘pumped-up estate car’ vibes of the current Q7 and in comes a more upright profile that’s similar to that of other luxury SUVs such as the BMW X5 and Volvo XC90.
Compared with the outgoing Q7, the new model has a higher, less sloping roofline and a more vertical rear end for what Audi calls ‘commanding proportions’. Bulging wheelarches and pronounced ‘shoulders’ give a more muscular stance overall.
Many of the individual styling elements are familiar from Audi’s other SUVs, including the huge front grille, split headlights and full-width rear light bar. It’s clearly an evolution of Audi’s current design language, rather than the more minimalist look previewed by the forward-looking Concept C and the recently revealed Nuvolari supercar.
While it’s certainly bolder than the current model, the new Q7 isn’t any bigger. In fact, the 2026 version is slightly shorter and about the same width, although the elevated roofline makes it a few millimeters taller than before.
Compared with both the outgoing Q7 and Audi's other models, the new Q7 has a greater emphasis on luxury, with some very fancy interior lighting and plush-looking materials. The images released so far show some very appealing 'fine grain ash natural' inlays and centre console trim, although other options will be available.
Options include a panoramic roof that can be switched from opaque to transparent, as well as a Bang & Olufsen premium sound system with 4D sound. How does it improve on the current car's 3D sound system? Well, there are 'actuators' in the front seats – these vibrate so that you feel, as well as hear, your favourite tunes.
Thanks to its higher roofline, the 2026 Q7 is expected to be even more spacious than the current car. Seven seats are standard, with each of them featuring electric adjustment. Boot space is 581 litres in five-seat mode and 1,980 litres in two-seat mode – not class-leading but still pretty cavernous.
There's no official confirmation, but petrol and plug-in hybrid versions are likely to be added soon after the Q7 goes on sale. A high-performance SQ7 model is also likely to be added. The current version has a mighty 500bhp, and the new model is expected to top this.
