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What the Q7 does, and does very well, is pose. And impose. Cabbies don’t want to mess with you, while lesser mortals feel, well even lesser when it turns up next to them. And now, the Q7 also holds the title of “look at me, you buffoon”. I tried counting the number of LEDs that the car sports but at last count, I was still counting. Turn indicators, daytime running lamps, brake lamps — they all have gone on a diode spree. That’s why we found an excuse to shoot it at night.
So how much sense does the 4.2 TDI make in today’s world? For 90 per cent of the time, the 3.0 TDI will suit your requirements just fine and will still look the part. But for that 10 per cent when the chauffeur turns up sick or you don’t want to see him for at least one day of the week, then the 4.2 TDI turns into a sickle yielding tool that others wouldn’t want to confront. At an introductory price tag of Rs 58.68 lakh, ex-showroom Mumbai, just Rs 5 lakh more than the 3.0 TDI, it makes a water-tight case for itself. As for rubber bands, they are best left for the additional wads of notes you will require to fuel up!
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