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Audi SQ7 TDI packs 48V electric compressor, 664 lb-ft

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Take a look at the new  Audi  SQ7 TDI. It's the first time  Audi  has done an S performance version of its flagship sport-ute. The SQ7 is based on the  Q7 , but under the hood you'll find a 4.0-liter V8  turbo  diesel  engine  mated to an eight-speed automatic and all-wheel drive. It produces a potent  435  horsepower, and an absolutely bonkers 664 pound-feet of torque.  That's enough to make us forget it wasn't there in Geneva. It's also more torque than just about anything the  Volkswagen  Group makes – short of the  Bentley Mulsanne  Speed and the new  Bugatti Chiron . Not even the  Lamborghini Aventador  SV or  Bentley Continental GT  Speed can touch that torque figure. Nor can competition like the  Porsche Cayenne  S Diesel (with its 385 hp and 627 lb-ft) or the  BMW X5  M50d (381 hp and 546 lb-ft). It may not surpass the old twelve-cylinder Q7 6.0 TDI (w...