The consequences of crossover-or, more accurately, the unibody SUV still vibrates through the luxury segment. America can not get enough of these family haulers expensive, and buyers even begin to choose their top sedans like the size. To wit: the new Audi Q7 expects to outsell A6 in one or two years, and the BMW X5 already beat series 5. After just nine months on the market, the redesigned Volvo XC90 is the Swedish brand's bestseller. And more Americans took home the Land Rover Range Rover Sport from Jaguar to sell the car, a huge factor in the judge's decision to build the upcoming F-Pace SUV.
Practicality is the main reason is eating crossover mid-size sedan sales. So, in the interests of practicality, we decided to compare the most practical version of the three lines, settled at a price point that is somewhat impractical $ 70,000, give or take a few thousand. Entering these parameters into C / D comparotron spit out four SUV here. To keep the field is fairly level, we equipped each vehicle with a third row of course (optional on the BMW and Rover), power everything, sunroof large, active cruise control, monitoring blind-spot, and other safety equipment that enables it crossover rolled on the highway with brief moments of autonomy.
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2017 Audi Q7 3.0T vs. 2015 BMW X5 xDrive35i 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE 2016 Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Inscription
2017 Audi Q7 3.0T vs. 2015 BMW X5 xDrive35i 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE 2016 Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Inscription
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By TONY Quiroga March 2016 Photography By JAMES LIPMAN
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From the March 2016 issue
The consequences of crossover-or, more accurately, the unibody SUV still vibrates through the luxury segment. America can not get enough of these family haulers expensive, and buyers even begin to choose their top sedans like the size. To wit: the new Audi Q7 expects to outsell A6 in one or two years, and the BMW X5 already beat series 5. After just nine months on the market, the redesigned Volvo XC90 is the Swedish brand's bestseller. And more Americans took home the Land Rover Range Rover Sport from Jaguar to sell the car, a big factor in the decision to build the Jag upcoming F-Pace SUV.
Practicality is the main reason is eating crossover mid-size sedan sales. So, in the interests of practicality, we decided to compare the most practical version of the three lines, settled at a price point that is somewhat impractical $ 70,000, give or take a few thousand. Entering these parameters into C / D comparotron spit out four SUV here. To keep the field is fairly level, we equipped each vehicle with a third row of course (optional on the BMW and Rover), power everything, sunroof large, active cruise control, monitoring blind-spot, and other safety equipment that enables it crossover rolled on the highway with brief moments of autonomy.
Of the four we've gathered, the BMW X5 is the undisputed champion of the sale. BMW on average 45,000 South Carolina-built X5 sales per year in the US Present at the creation of the segment, the BMW X5 launched in 2000 and delivered to the third-gen models for model year 2014. Adding the option and the 300-hp X5 xDrive35i which starts at a reasonable $ 57,195 swells into a $ 68,270 machine was tested here.
Audi does not sell SUV until 2006, but the Q7 made up for the delay with a large dose of kindness. In the intervening years, updates keep fresh Q7 and strong sales. The new Q7 is so new that it leap-2016 models entirely to jump right into 2017.
Audi price starts at $ 55,750, but bringing equipment levels in line with the rest of the group means ponying up $ 9,500 for Prestige trim levels. With several options-such as driver assistance package, adaptive air suspension, and Glacier White paint-price rises to $ 72,875.
The Volvo XC90 is a crossover that other luxury newly redesigned. Built on a new platform, the XC90 has the only four-cylinder engines in the class-but four which is the 316-hp 2.0-liter powerhouse with both a supercharger and a turbocharger strapped to it. It was not an amazing impersonation of a larger engine, but "small hearts in a large three-row SUV" strategy reminiscent of the ticker at the Great Dane. Big dogs do not live long, and a 2.0-liter Volvo had us wondering how durable hard-working liver will prove.
XC90 T6 AWD has a base price of $ 50,795, but trim levels Inscription LED lights, walnut inlays, vented seats, and decadently soft leather adds $ 5,600. Including safety and luxury goods which bring parity with the rest of the group and the price rose to $ 67.055, still the most expensive of the test.
At the other end of the price scale is the Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE, a piece of aluminum which starts at $ 65,945 but walked to $ 87,281 when equipped like no other. We can chip away at a few options, such as system Meridian Premium Audio ($ 1,850), packet pickup ($ 650), ebony lacquer ($ 350), rubber mats ($ 537), and wheel locks ($ 134), but even without them, the Range Rover Sport is more than $ 80,000. We considered the LR4 less dear, but concluded that the body-on-frame architecture-what Land Rover calls an integrated body-frame would make it an outlier in the group.
Also considered, but was cut for lack of a third row is the Mercedes-Benz GLE (formerly M-class). To get the third row in the Benz SUV GLS requires larger and more expensive, or SUV formerly known as GL-class. We do not include GLS out of concern that the size and the price is excessive for this test. It is recognized before we found the Range Rover Sport as tested price. Others lux three-row SUVs, such as the Acura MDX, Infiniti QX60, Lexus GX470 and Lincoln MKT, all considered too cheap, then this fab four.
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