这辆新Q7虽然在严格意义上不能称之为换代,但是改款幅度之大绝对能称得上是史无前例。更加智能的Q7赶上了如今互联网的风潮,进行了一次快速迭代。
爱尔兰是一个相当”割裂”的国家。
都柏林是这个国家崭新的封面,这是欧洲最年轻的城市,有一半居民都是30岁以下的年轻人。在利菲河以南,蜚声整个欧洲的夜店们聚集着众多年轻人的荷尔蒙,而在这条河的另一侧,矗立着造型奇特的各色建筑,那些是Facebook和Google在这里新建的数据中心。这些勇敢向前的气息带着都柏林在互联网和金融的跑道上一路狂奔,任何新鲜事物在这里都是被鼓励去尝试的,甚至连政府都曾经为区块链技术站过台。
而爱尔兰的另一面,则藏在一页古老的扉页里。它幽静、安详,来自北大西洋的海风让这里四季宜人,绿色蔓延着整个国土,甚至这抹绿色还出现在国旗上,从几百年前用巨石堆砌的城堡外墙蔓延,构成了爱尔兰诗人威廉·巴特勒·叶芝诗句中描写的意像:
“那儿安宁会降临我,安宁慢慢儿滴下来,
从晨的面纱滴落到蛐蛐歇唱的地方;
那儿半夜闪着微光,中午染着紫红光彩,
而黄昏织满了红雀的翅膀。”
开着新Q7在爱尔兰这面古老的扉页上行驶,眼前盘卧在山海之间的公路还用石墙作为围挡,这种穿越的割裂感更甚。
极速迭代的新Q7
新Q7给人印象最深的第一面,就是它快速迭代的部分。
富裕的爱尔兰人——都柏林可是仅次于苏黎世的全世界工资水平第二高的城市,对于Q7有着相当执着的喜爱。在这个国家,你可以看到历史上各款Q7行驶在环绕都柏林的M50高速公路、或者是狭窄的乡间小道上。
谈及“历代”这个词,其实奥迪Q7的历史并没有多长,最早也只能追溯到2003年的奥迪派克峰概念车。但是这款车的改款却相当频繁,初代Q7在2006年上市之后,紧接着就在2009年和2011年经历了两次改款。2015年更替到了第二代Q7,而在今天,我已经开上了二代Q7的改款车型。
顺应市场形势的变化,迅速做出反应的“变化”似乎反而是奥迪Q7车系最“不变”的部分。而这辆新Q7变化幅度,堪比一次整体换代。
首先肉眼可见的变化来自于外观。2015年,第二代Q7推出的时候,其设计语言在奥迪内部也算得上是独树一帜。而紧随其后推出的新一代奥迪Q5、新一代奥迪Q3则采用了奥迪SUV家族全新的设计语言,尤其是随着奥迪全新SUV车型Q8在去年面世,奥迪SUV家族融合科技配置的外观设计被拔高到了豪华SUV的级别,并且广受好评。再加上传统的豪华SUV竞争对手在这两年内纷纷完成了换代,这使得Q7进行大幅度的改款已经势在必行。
新Q7摒弃了之前横条幅的中网结构,垂直的镀铬饰条让本身就增大面积的中网更具有视觉冲击力,在其中放置的两颗雷达和延伸其中的前杠部分则将中网里的内容填得十分丰富。与之同时变化的还有车灯设计,带有明显奥迪风格的复杂LED灯组增加了这辆车前脸的层次感——当然,你要想让它更具有科技氛围,还可以选装更加“黑科技”的激光大灯。
车尾的设计思路也是类似,首要任务是增加富有层次的科技感。当然,改变的方法也和前脸类似,横贯车尾的镀铬饰条在将车尾整体分隔为两层的同时,独特设计的结构也让立体式的尾灯更加凸显。再加上“灯厂”奥迪秀科技般的尾灯设计,完成了车尾与车头的设计呼应。
若是平时,我一般不会用如此篇幅描述一辆车的外观设计。因为车辆设计上的亮点以及读者对于这辆车的感知,通过图片或者视频就可以被清晰传达到。但今天所说这么多的原因,在于这些细节的变化直接让新Q7的气质对比之前的车型有了翻天覆地的变化,并且更明确了以科技升级带来的全方位体验变化所塑造的高级感,视觉体验便是是首当其中的关键要素。
这种以科技体验为中心的高级感也同样延伸到了新Q7的内饰部分。毫不意外,新Q7使用了在A8、Q5和Q8上一脉相承的设计风格。中控台以两块大屏为核心,高度集成了绝大多数功能,并且操作区域的虚拟按键可以提供触感和声音反馈,比起普通的纯大屏控制在体验优化上更进了一步。而保留下来的实体按键,和排挡杆在内保持了统一的金属机械感,也是一种独特的表达方式。
当然,这些外表上的变化都是为功能服务的,以上这些只是新Q7“脱胎”的一部分,真正做到”换骨“般体验的,还在它实际驾乘感受的部分。
绕不过的科技感
有意思的是,新Q7上的很多科技配置甚至比很多国家和地区的法规和适用环境还要超前。比方说集成了LTE Advanced、WiFi热点、Google地图导航、混合收音机、亚马逊云语音服务Alexa以及车联网交通信号灯信息服务的增强版MMI增强版导航会分阶段地在欧洲部分城市推出,而其中有些功能则在欧洲以外的区域则无法实现。但是诸多能用到的功能在交通复杂的地方还是有很强的实用性,比方说城市驾驶辅助功能中,就有例如路口辅助、并线盲区监测预警和后方交通辅助等等,这些子功能集合成为奥迪360°预感知系统,能够预测从侧方或后方以不超过60公里每小时车速接近的车辆,并提前做出应对措施。
还记得我之前提到新Q7在中网上集成的两枚雷达么?它已经很直白地告诉人们这辆车配置了不少驾驶辅助功能。我们在试驾的过程中也打趣道:这么高度集成的前脸加上激光大灯,要是发生追尾真的修不起。但回过头来想,这些高度武装的辅助驾驶功能不就是在最大程度地帮驾驶者避免交通事故么?
划重点:48V轻混
真正让这款车在驾驶体验上有了明显变化的,是新Q7将全系搭载的48V轻度混动系统。
从节(政)约(治)能(正)耗(确)的角度来说,这套48V轻混系统能够为这辆车节省大约每百公里0.7升的油耗。在驾驶者踩下刹车踏板时,这套轻混系统能够最多回收8kW的能量,为锂电池充电。这些电量会在车辆以55-160公里每小时速度行驶,驾驶者松开油门踏板时,发动机进入最多可达40秒的滑行状态中使用。
而这套轻混系统对于驾驶体验最为明显的影响,是在自动启停功能使用时的起步顺畅感。无论你面前是上海拥堵的高架路还是爱尔兰凯里郡悠然的马车,新Q7都不会让发动机频繁的启动让你更加烦躁。
与48V轻混搭配的,还有8速手自一体变速箱。与四驱系统一起,这些功能都将是新Q7全系标配的。我们驾驶的这辆新Q7 55TFSI搭载的是3.0升涡轮增压发动机,340马力的最大功率和500牛·米的峰值扭矩让这辆车的百公里加速能够达到5.9秒的水平。但在爱尔兰凯里郡狭窄且多弯的山路上,驾驶时对于路面的局促感反倒是逐渐消退的。在熟悉路况之前,我会觉得这辆车不比这里的车道宽多少,对向车道迎面而来的每一辆大车都会带来不少压力。但当我逐渐适应了之后,会感觉这辆车似乎变得越来越小。标配的自适应空气悬挂拥有机电式主动防倾杆,在复杂路面上可以减少车身异动。再加上所选配的四轮转向系统,使得这辆车”打满“方向盘的圈数从2.9圈减少到2.4圈,一定程度上提高了转向的敏捷性。
从视觉、触觉到驾驶感的提升上,奥迪为新Q7做出的改变都集中在了同一个关键词上——科技感。在近几年不断涌现的奥迪新车上,这种对于科技带来的豪华感诉求在不断地加强。这次新Q7的改款方针也是如此,这使得奥迪在SUV豪华感的塑造方面主题更加明确。堆砌配置并不难,难的是如何让这些配置所带来的体验改进融入日常的驾乘体验中,成为这辆车不可取代的性格。而在这次改款中,新Q7终于展现出了它最为鲜明的性格特征。
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