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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Audi A7: Quiet Enough to Be a Library [Watch (HLS stream): Audi A7: Quiet Enough to Be a Library](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/72Gz5jA6.m3u8) (3:36)  _Published 2015-03-27. Money contributor Bill Saporito test drives the new Audi A7 and finds a quiet and smooth ride._ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:05 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Was Eerily Quiet With Few Spectators](/video/qZH3h2FT/) ### The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Was Eerily Quiet With Few Spectators [Audi Autonomous Office Chair](/video/z5ZDUUNx/) ### Audi Autonomous Office Chair [Audi A3: Made for Millennials](/video/iNh2uny7/) ### Audi A3: Made for Millennials --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] So whats the difference between a $ 75, 000 car and a $ 25, 000 car? Yeah, I know, $ 50, 000. But, if you're going to pay that much money you have to know what you're going to get for that step up in price. And the Audi A7 gives you a pretty good answer. What do you want for that extra 50 thousand? Well, you want some style and you want better engineering. You want some bells and whistles. You want a great ride. This is the Audi A7 and it answers a lot of those questions. From the front, this may look like a typical Audi but, as you get to the rear deck, you see this beautiful sloping design and it's got a spoiler pops out of here. This is a, this is a roomy hatchback. Got plenty of room for our producer, if you'd like one. And, of course, it's got an automatic closure because, for 75 grand, you'd better not be putting out too much effort. So, the A7 is powered by two engine choices. This is the V6 TDI Turbo Diesel. It's about 240 horsepower, which doesn't sound like a lot, but there's plenty to move this car because it's fairly light weight. It's paid with an 8V transmission, this thing is very smooth. So, let's take a look in the back here. As you'd expect, it's plush. There's plenty of room. A little short on the head room, but in terms of shoulder room and plushness, there's plenty. There's separate heating controls, a couple of power ports back here, even an ashtray, which you don't see very much. [ MUSIC ] So, you really begin to see that extra 50 thousand on the inside of this thing. Now it has a lot of features. For instance, this pop- up screen display. Now, that allows you to get to the rear camera but it's also a side camera, a front camera. You can basically look around corners. One of the great things about this car is the drive itself. It handles beautifully. It is quiet as a library. It rolls over the road. You think you're just driving on a ribbon but it's, it handles bumps so well that you can barely feel them. Now what you also get is a cruise control system that basically will take over the driving if you'd like. You set it, it'll keep a distance. If traffic slows, the car slows. If traffic stops, the car completely stops and then starts again as the traffic picks up. So you sort of on, you could see yourself on the way to driverless. Cars here in th, in this outing, and this is one of the features of expensive cars. They're gonna do more of the driving for you. [ MUSIC ] So, would I pay 75 grand for this? Well, if I had 75 grand, I just might because the ride is really terrific. The cockpit's beautiful. The design is great. engine is completely reliable, and heck, it gets 40 miles to the gallon on diesel, so you know, I can save a few bucks there. 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