2021 Audi SQ8 | Replacing Sports Cars
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2024
- We review the 2021 Audi SQ8 SUV Coupe. The sports car and sedan world is shrinking and these strange crossover attempts continue to flourish with extreme price tags. On paper and mechanically it is everything that a high-performance machine should be along with all-season capabilities. We discuss the good and bad so you the viewer can decide if spending $108,000 is worth it. Other vehicles to consider are the Porsche Cayenne, Mercedes AMG GLE, BMW M Coupe, Tesla Model Y, and Durango Hellcat.
#audi #sq8 #rsq8
Index:
00:00 - 00:36 Intro
00:36 - 4:15 Interior Impressions
4:15 - 8:35 Technical Impressions, Engine, Transmission, and Suspension
8:35 - 13:02 Driving Impressions
13:02 Final Thoughts and Audio Tests - Авто та транспорт
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@@Dowlphin Yup. Love my SQ8.
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So much flatulence you have...
Good for you lol
What a goofball
Your sarcastic tone is funny
I hate the touchscreen hard-on's these days. Found the same experience in the newest Cayenne. I'm fighting a losing battle I know... and I will go back to yelling at the clouds.
Fingerprints, harder to use while driving, and dated and slow in a few years
buy its smaller brother with a real matte material buttons under that display while you can...
@Moe cheap cars are getting touchscreens too, and/or are going away
Just like my manual gearstick, they can pry button-controls from my cold, dead hands!
Just yell at your buddies that like these features. It's their fault right? (:
I just subbed so hard my Audi inlet coolant hose cracked.
I smashed like so intensively my Audi’s transmission exploded.
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I hit like so suddenly my Audi’s timing chain snapped
Just laughed so hard I peed a little.
@@imaheatfan lol tmi
Got the SQ7. That V8 is an absolute beast. And holy shit the B and O sound system is incredible.
The Q7 with the V6 is alright, but when Audi made the SQ7, that V8 is the engine that this needed. The SQ8 is definitely better looking and sleeker imo, but that engine still pulls just as hard.
I hate touchscreen climate controls, car makers need to throw that shit away!! Please!!!!!
Noo man, they have to save some money somewhere, but hey car prices are going up haha hehe
It’s unfortunately what the market is calling for. Mainstream consumers do not know any better when they think a fully digital screen is cooler than having regular physical controls for audio, radio, and HVAC.
@@themightymrpink Then they hop into one of these, and can't operate the touch screen with winter gloves on. They'll learn...
Climate control is a lie anyway. 😜
Yep. I won't ever be buying a vehicle with them. Not a fan of the piano black either. You'd think these design dummies would have heard enough criticism on all these points by now.
Since doctors will be able to afford this car they should not have a problem with the sharp door edge since they can tend to their injured arm themselves.
Can also be used for emergency surgeries. Just hold the patient and run him across one of these edges and lo...perfect cut.
Don’t worry, the new administration will likely expand Obamacare, cutting physician reimbursement while heavily subsidizing insurance, expanding insurance company record profits since Obamacare inception. Combine this with raising taxes on all those hardworking folks taking care of covid patients...I’m sure most physicians will be sticking to a nice Honda Accord.
If you are walking into a door you are an idiot.. nothing to do with design..
@@RedCandleWax24 If what you say does become fact, Dr.s income will be cut as well as we all become happy socialists.
More like insurance fraud for surgeons
I'm fluent enough in money to be perfectly happy never owning, leasing, driving, or riding in one of these technogasms. But thanks for the review -- always enjoy your dedication to your craft.
Bro I love this guy. He’s sooo spot on with what he weighs in on. Other reviewers tend to play nice, which isn’t bad but I really appreciate the honesty. Keep doing what you do Savage.
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The fact that you get a lot of touch screens with little physical controls is sad in this price range.
Not really. Everything in the price range is gonna have a ton of touch screens.
@@person.w9780 One quality touchscreen costs 100€, whereas one quality knob is 10-20€. If you have proper knobs for climate control this alone can bring a cost more than a single screen.
Everything has its own place. When will "engineering just because we can" stop :'(
@@GiGaSzS its been possible not so long ago.... this is just a greed from manufactures.... cost reduction but without price reduction.
@@GiGaSzS Give me tactile, responsive, able to be used without a glance, buttons and knobs over a glorified smart phone interface in a car any day...
Still baffles me how people can applaud touchscreens in cars, while frowning upon using your smartphone in your car... 🤦♂️
They're going to.have the screen no matter what, for navigation maps, as well as lists of music and a few other things that work better with a large display. The problem is removing HVAC and basic audio hard controls. Most makes have realized people do want some controls, and put them back. There are also steering wheel. Controls for some things.
These things are leased & returned, taking a hard hit with a steep depreciation curve. Then posers will buy them up as used cars and pony up for proprietary parts and complicated repairs. What a brilliant business model!
Yeah, but it takes a special kind of fool to buy an aging German luxury car. I hardly ever see older ones around, and I live in a place with plenty of newer ones.
@@markmiller3279 The special kind of fool that realises a 10 yo car that's 85% depreciated leaves a fat wad of cash in the pocket that isn't yet sunk cost. One of my German luxury cars was indeed precisely (in a German way) 10 yo and precisely 85% depreciated when I bought it off a dealer that traded it. 5 years later I've spent about $6K on it for a bunch of stuff incl new turbo. Most work done by a specialist. And yes, I too live in a place rife with the newest bling cars. Also rife with old-money-dears driving reliable old Japanese appliances. Affluent and Effluent in good mix.
Quit being a cornball.
Sounds about right at the end. Great engineering to make a heavy car feel lighter weight. Too bad all that complicated engineering is likely to give you a nightmare after three years, compared to a far simpler sports car.
They could put all of this money in making it 400kg lighter. Like an Alfa Stelvio.
Where does one find the “simple sports car” that you speak of?
Colin Chapman is rolling over in his grave.
@@rsmith2320 well any of the 3 pony cars? Supra ? The new Z ? They all lack air suspension, rear wheel steer, self driving crap that you're going to need to fix down the line
@@R4M_Tommy The Stelvio is tiny in comparison, so it should be much lighter.
Why has the car market accepted this "Coupe with four doors" nonsense?
Look at the people, the customers and you know why.
Audi and porsche actually make it look good bmw and mercedes look like complete turds
People are dumb and marketers love this fact.
Cause people dream of going to a track but are too busy making money to actually do it.
@@thedragon356 it's not like the g*rman big 3 make good looking cars these days
I love 5280 pound (2395 kg) sports cars on stilts!
You sound jealous.
@@RageCage1701 He really does not.
Check engine light on, classic Audi.
Exactly, and there are some people **cough reddit cough** that say they are fine/reliable/not a pain in the ass to maintain. It's a press car ffs, that's what they are trying to show off, imagine if it weren't.
@@descence2082 They are fine. It has an engine light specifically because its a press car. Do you think they produce some kind of special cars to give to the press?
Also regarding reliability, things only go wrong when you have things to go wrong. Don't compare your 4 popper with no turbo and manual trans to a over engineered out of the ass German car with a twin turbo V8. Even its engine mounts are active ffs.
@@descence2082
The only car that expensive that I'd expect to be legitimately very reliable is either a Porsche 911 or Lexus LC500. The Audi 2.0T and 3.0T engines have been getting much better in the past 5-6 years, but they are still more expensive than an average car to maintain. The Audi 4.0T on the other hand is still with some issues however, but no-more than the BMW or mercedes TTV8 equivalents iirc.
Also tbf Audi will show warning lights for a bunch of things that aren't exactly urgent, like having low windshield wiper fluid.
Time for a new engine
@@CrazyWeeMonkey - Ask Nick Murray how reliable his new 911s have been.
Your production quality is nuts.
I agree. More like a TV show than a UA-cam review.
And unsurprisingly good.
One of my favorite SUVS on the market right now..👏👏👏
That intro made me want this car so much. The quality of these videos are just breathtaking. Hope you get hold of more Audis. Love your reviews on them.
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Fingers crossed.🤞
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The 3 screen design in person turns me off everytine.
Interesting because its designed ti turn you on 😏, but in all actuality though the 3 screen design sucks if you don't think it looks cool because its certainly not for functionality
Love you longtine
At 2:17 the needle sweep on start up from a digital gauge cluster. Lmao.
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Great review, as always. The honest info and details are MUCH better than most TV "entertainment" car review shows.
Still trying to figure why this channel isn't more popular. I love it. Great production, informed commentary, technical analysis and personal take. I always look forward to new videos.
Dude thank you for continuing to make these videos and diving in to the things that nobody else will.
Probably the perfect big car in my opinion. Properly luxurious with more than enough speed and sufficient for mild offroading. Brilliant review as always.
Yeah, but with the E-tron SUVs I feel like those might be better investments since they're both so packed with electronics at least the E-trons don't have an engine to also maintain. But you need to invest in an expensive fast charger also.
@@kouichihamada2550these are lease only cars
7.3 miles per gallon... What a time to be alive.
Honestly, this is everything that's wrong with modern automobiles.
It's too much
Yes, waste of resources. On multiple levels.
Imagine this: you have a wife and kids and she insists on something "practical". Both of you are loaded.
But you still want a Lamborghini.
So you compromise, and get the detuned Lamborghini (this is basically the Urus), and sell it to your wife as a "family car". Little does she know...
@@SomeLazyDr If you can afford this, your wife buys a very nice Genesis GV80 or a boringly reliable Lexus RX, and you drive something sporty. Couples who can afford this each have their own cars. OK, a few live in city highrises with one parking space. This is perfect for them.
@@markmiller3279 no you buy this
Why can't we have sport sedans and sportbacks to replace sports cars instead? The extra height will ALWAYS compromise the performance.
Because the relative benefit of extra height and cargo capacity for most people outweighs the relative benefit of a lower center of gravity and lighter curb weight. There will still be some purists who insist on a low slung sports car but cars like an SQ8 can get you to 95% of that for most people in the market at this price point. These sort of SUVs are here to stay.
Love your detailed reviews Mark and Jack. Keep them coming.
Audi, and vehicles such as these remind me of the dancing hippos from Disney's "Fantasia"
good one!
Hippos from Fantasia were not that pretensional
@@cytrynowy_melon6604 pretentious.
I LOVE the closing door with the camera attached and it looks at the Speedo. Keep that in the editing!
I picked the wrong video to make this comment but I just so happened to see you posted this 3 hours ago but when I watch you're videos I feel so deeply connected and it feels like you guys are talking about something bigger than cars. Like the passion and dedication you have is incredible. You speak about each vehicle as if they are some special person and not something made from a factory. You both deserve all the rewards and self satisfaction in what you do because I highly appreciate what you both do and thank the universe ✨ 💛
Had to go back and watch that door-mounted shot at 2:14 a few times. So slick!
Looking forward to the 3x reviews/week if possible. Absolutely love your channel and content
As always, great review (the best, IMHO). I do, however, prefer when you also have Jack's perspective and a friendly argument ensues.
I can see the build quality THROUGH my screen, thank you to the savagegeese team for making visual perfection
And it has a self-dimming speedometer! Is it configurable to a specific speed level? :-D
Personally I like the self BLURRING Heads up speedometer above the 75... !
@@pesto12601 yup, that's what I meant :) What a cool feature that is.
I noticed that too pretty nice
@@pesto12601 It needs a head up display warp drive simulation. Tesla would sue if you called it ludicrous speed simulation.
Excellent review. Appreciate the 411 on the active roll stabilization.
Great review. Amazing how much you fit into a relatively short time span, no fluff at all. I do miss Mr. Singapore though
Are you eating Arby's again... those look like geese Marks, I mean grease marks on the touchscreen.
Too funny. Just finished watching your GLC 63 video. Great as always and makes me lean more towards purchasing the GLC than the Q8.
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10:42 is what real luxury is all about. You won’t see it on a Lexus.
You mean its German lux! And no you won't find it in a Lexus 😆 😂 🤣 😅
hahaha
Maybe my vision is just bad but all I see on the gauge cluster is a Trac Off light
Lexus has nothing close in this segment.
@@babochee ?
Great car! It successfully combines everything - reliability, dynamics, beauty ...! I want this !!!
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Dude, you need to be shooting movies. You guys have a great eye and great ears - the audio video matches are superb
i hate that "displays and gloss black" dashboard.... dealbreaker no matter how great the car could be. 3:27 i think that you are the first reviewer ever to mention that. thank you. endless smudges, dust, scratches, sun reflections....
also almost zero storage (under the armrest or generally in the front area) in a huge car like this is weird.....
Why is a 4-door SUV called a Coupe?? Can someone explain to me how that logically makes sense?
It doesn't. It's marketing bs. These days you can make people believe anything because logic is considered a tool of oppression.
Makes no sense, but someone in marketing thought the word 'coupe' was cool, and since they weren't selling many real ones, might as well stick it on something else. I'm glad this one doesn't overdo the coupishness and wreck the back seat space.
It is much better than calling it a Mustang...
God but the beginning footage in your videos is always gorgeous.
Love this video. Thank you for producing great content and information
Man, thanks for honest reviewes. I subscribed recently as you've been a revelation to me.
Hey, how did you do the wraparound scene to the digital display? That was pretty cool! That was a really good review! Thank you!
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as a jeep guy i'll say this is a genius design in steering with the stabilizer and the rear toe in, this is the future of cars. even if that toe fails one day or sway bar, it will work as a normal car. impressive.
I can't get over how car manufacturers (and consumers by extent) think touch screen climate controls have a place on luxury cars (or any car for that matter). They aren't more expensive, they don't feel better, they don't look better. It's a cost saving measure yet people buy it as if it was shiny diamonds.
It's one of the worst trends in automotive design.
Oh man, I couldn't agree more. Can't count how many times I've longed for a simple on/off/volume knob in my GV.
Yey the door closing shot is back!
I’ve been driving an SQ8 for a year and I don’t share his complaints.
His complaints were rather minor, but he always provides some negatives regardless of the vehicle
I'm glad my childhood memories filled with cool sedan and coupe, but nowadays everyone likes SUV for no reason. I'm a short guy, 165 cm, sitting higher like a truck is kinda terrified and getting in on SUV is kinda bothering. I wish sedan or coupe never gone :(
The intro sold me.
So glad your Sub count is going up! Well deserved.
Love your work
Thank You. As always great and honest review
I've been waiting for this weeks 2nd video yessss, good work as usual guys!
$108k seems pretty ridiculous. I can’t stand that $100k is becoming a “normal” price tag now. That’s literally like $1500-2000/month as far as payments are concerned! That’s insane for a car/SUV like this. The one thing that is saving this car from people thinking the same as above, is that it has a twin-turbo V8...something that was almost non-existent.
Just write those cars off your mind and only look at them in meme filled Savegeese reviews to glance at the lifestyle of important busy business people
Payments? Oh, you must mean lease payments. Nobody finances these to buy them.
@@markmiller3279 leases are waste of money. Always pay cash. No finance too. Financing and paying cash is the only smart way. Leasing is the worst out of this three
@@mastersilence3446 I agree, i mean if cars are necessities and some don’t have the means to buy a car but have to, finance and lease are great ideas. However, paying cash ensures more freedom with the vehicle. Leasing makes no sense especially now when car prices are crazy. 100k may be just a little bit expensive but still affordable unlike something above 200k
great presenter. Really like your videos. Thanks so much.
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That intro line made me chuckle
Great review. How do you think this compares to the levante GTS you tested last year?
I mean I eat and drink and live in my 2019 VW Tiguan. Ketchup gets spilled, crumbs fall off of my Chicken strips, salt falls off my fries and this stuff ends up on the seats, and carpet and shifter/console area. I think any car gets crumbs and smudges and streaks. I’m OCD so I have cleaning products in the car and I vacuum the car often and wipe her down. Micro fiber cloths are my best friend and a mild solution of Dawn dish soap & water in a spray bottle as well as ammonia free glass cleaner. Most people don’t take fuss over their interior to that degree. I’ve recently bought a cookie sheet to eat off of in my cars and it helps tremendously. The lack of reasonable storage in the front half of the car would annoy me a lot tho! I love storage and need storage. This Audi is a great looking ride! But @ $108,000 I probably won’t ever meet the cost of admission and pass on it and choose an Acura MDX and stay under $70k hopefully. Thanks for your work here Mark!
That V8 though. Sounds so good.. German V8's always sound so mean like big American V8's.. I hate the all touch center stack of this car but the rest looks amazing for what it is.
What camera are you guys using for the exterior shots in the beginning of the video? Beautiful!
Can't wait for you to review the Lucid Air!
Thank you for a great, honest and objective opinion. Did you ever evaluate the SQ7 also? If yes where can I find this video?
I would love to see what the maintenance costs on cars like these look in a few years. Just looking at the complexity of the suspension there is no way an average person can work on this alone in their garage.
It'll be like all Audi's like this similar to my Audi's that went from $60K to $6K in ten years and while great when they're , that's pretty much not common. You need to have 1. a solid Japanese luxury car as a backup because that'll be boring but bulletproof 2. a rather large bank account. Using the math I've done from all previous Audis if this costs $100,000 it means in ten years it'll cost $10,000 and where the cost to you during warranty will be next to zero while you make $1,000 car payments after the lease is done and traded in and winds up in someone's hands in ten years IF it's still even running that person will have to put approximately, and not even a made up number, around $1,000 on average per month (based on $12,000 yearly cost in repairs) to keep it running. So either way you're paying a grand a month long term regardless of where it is in its life PLUS the cost of a second car that will get used at least once a month while your Audi is at the stealership or a trusty third-party Audi repair shop. The final cost of owning a $100,000 Audi all told across owners after ten years can be over a million dollars, easily.
@@colin-nekritz I see vanishingly few 10 year old luxury cars on the road.
It will break, and some schmuck will keep driving it with the suspension sagging.
Just got mine last November, this is spot on! 😂
One of my fav videos was the old Ford truck review I would like to see more of that , and I love the technical aspect of this channel so I wonder is a review of the new s class coming and also a review of the brand new Toyota Mirai
Living in the midwest with a RWD sports cars means not only swapping tires, but also not being able to go to out when there's too much snow on the ground due to getting high centered. While sometimes that's acceptable, other times it's not.
Also, with everyone else driving around a truck or large SUV, I can't see since I'm so low to the ground. I either have to wait until people clear out or nose too close to traffic to make a turn. After driving like that for 6 years, I'm starting to gravitate towards a sporty SUV as my daily car.
I've already got a motorcycle for a more engaging ride and I'm not going to buy a vehicle for twice a month driving. Never thought I'd ever consider an SUV for my next vehicle, but this is what it's like to get old I guess.
That looks like an incredibly complicated vehicle. Straight to the junkyard as soon as the warranty is over I am sure.
haha looks like you will only buys used 90' cars then..
This comment makes zero sense.
Absolutely! Unless some fool buys it and ends up driving it around with a bunch of broken parts (like the fancy roll bars).
@@CountCorax I just stated a fact. You can t avoid advanced computing devices on most modern high performance cars these days.
Modern high performance car = high maintenance
Resolutely a lease job. I shudder at the cost of replacing the rear-steer rack, anti-roll mechanisms and air springs when they fail. Then there’s the direct-injected hot-V engine. You’ve balls, Mark, for nailing it with the snow and power poles in close proximity. 😲
Don't forget about those frameless windows... those are always a treat to deal with after a few years.
I don't even wanna buy a car but I watch every video you make because they are soo good and interesting
Wow-what a great review. You spoke about mechanical stuff i have not heard others speak about very interesting. But audi build great cars. they know what they are doing.
Thank you.. I've hit your subscribe button
Great video as always, but I missed Jack!
True sports cars are dieing for shit like this☹
I took the type r for a drive a couple of weeks ago up in the hills and I ran into an SQ8 that was mobbing. Person could drive pretty well too. Was super nice and funny to see cuz he actually does that in an SQ8.
Love the scenery too.
Can't imagine what the repair bills on this are going to be a few years down the road...
Sell after warranty and eat your shorts in depreciation.
Probably as high as on „old“ V10 Touaregs, W12 Phaetons etc.
Sooooo you will be broke when something breaks.
That intro made me feel like I was about to start an epic RPG adventure!
Great review.
The water dripping from the bottom of the car gave me anxiety 😂
Great review. How was the ride in comfort mode compared to an A8? Looking to get something more practical and not give up the luxury. Thank you.
where do you get your music from? you know this, but your production values are fabulous.
when can we expect the nsx review?
An SUV cannot be a coupe any more than penne can be spaghetti
Great technical review. These are very accommodating of a tune to get significantly more power while still being under the torque limit of the ZF trans which was originally designed for the TDI V8 version.
A coupe is a car with a fixed roof, two doors, and a sloping rear. If it has four doors, it is not a coupe. The SQ8 is not, therefore, a coupe of any kind.