The stricter emission laws that push the automotive trade in direction of an all-electric future make it nearly not possible for corporations to make automobiles such because the Audi Q7 V12 TDI anymore.

The tremendous SUV got here out on the 2008 Geneva Motor Present and made its method to sellers in direction of the top of the 12 months in restricted portions.

It could seem like an everyday first-gen Q7, save for the beefed up wheel arches, silver mirror caps and oval pipes. It additionally had a revised suspension and upgraded brakes, however the icing on the cake was the V12 diesel engine, which Audi claimed was based mostly on the know-how of the R10 TDI racer, though the 2 had no widespread components.

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The unit pumped out 500 horsepower and a large 1,000 Nm (738 lb-ft) of torque. The thrust was directed to the quattro all-wheel drive system by a ZF six-speed automated transmission. The Q7 V12 TDI boasted a 0 to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) dash of 5.5 seconds and had a restricted high velocity of 250 km/h (155 mph).

And it’s nonetheless able to going flat-out at present, as this 2010 instance, with over 164,000 km (101,905 miles) on the clock, was lately subjected to a high velocity run on the Autobahn.

On the go, the feeling is that of a big, old SUV, and that’s hardly a shock. Acceleration from a standing begin received’t blow your thoughts, the reviewer claims, and kit shifts aren’t that sharp. Nonetheless, as soon as it begins going, it looks like it could actually break velocity information, and that’s what makes it so particular.