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It's a Mad World: 500-hp, 757 lb-ft of Torque V12 TDI Audi Q7!

As of late, Audi seems to have a collective one-track mind that's focused on

Built by the same people that do the RS4 and RS6, the Q7 V12 TDI is a very special automobile. (Photo: Audi)

diesel. It's put TDI power in just about everything it makes, from its R8 supercar to its TT sports car, and even its smallest A2 economy car. It's well on the track to making the world's cleanest diesel available for our North American market too, and has conquered Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series with a prototype racer powered by this unorthodox fuel. And now it's about to apply its track-dominating TDI technology to the performance SUV segment with this 6.0-liter V12 twin-turbocharged diesel-powered Q7.

Essentially, this is the production version of the insane concept car that was launched at last year's Detroit show. This monster of an engine, just like the concept, makes a full-fledged 500 horsepower and a gargantuan 1,000 nm of torque - equal to 757 lb-ft of torque from 1,750 to 3,250 rpm. That not only makes it the world's most powerful diesel fitted to a production car, but one of the quickest sport utility vehicles anywhere. Zero to 60 mph is conducted in a hardly believable 5.5 seconds, and it has no problem topping out at an electronically limited 155 mph. Unbelievably, despite this

This is an engine that's unlike any other in the world. Power and torque galore! (Photo: Audi)

performance, it consumes an average of just 20 mpg of diesel.

The Q7 V12 TDI isn't, however, just a big engine crammed into a crossover SUV. Audi has reworked much of the Q7 to accept the engine and cope with the power. A serious portion of the chassis has been redesigned and is now made from aluminum, while the suspension has been built up to cope with the weight of the engine. To provide stopping power, Audi has fitted 20-inch carbon-ceramic discs with eight-piston front calipers, surrounded by 21-inch wheels.

Although the Q7 V12 TDI isn't an “S” car, each model will be produced by Audi's specialty division, quattro GmbH, and feature an upgraded interior trimmed in high-end materials. The Q7 V12 TDI will begin terrorizing Cayennes and AMG MLs in Europe starting this summer, with nothing announced for North America.

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