Car and Driver: 2017 Audi SQ7 TDI Driven: It Borrows from the Bentayga

Not long ago, platform sharing was practically synonymous with old-fashioned badge engineering, that dark period when the only engineering effort automakers put into distinguishing their identikit models went to the formulation of the adhesive required to hold on their brand insignia. These days, platforms are all about shades of gray. Automakers encourage us to think in terms of the sort of scalable architecture that allows cars of radically different shapes and sizes to be spun from the same basic component set. Which is why, even though the Audi Q7 is closely related to the Bentley Bentayga in many ways, it remains very different in others. READ MORE ››

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