The new Audi Q7 will hit Indian showrooms on December 10, 2015.

The new Q7 is 300kg lighter than its predecessor and is marginally smaller, but with more prominent creases, a new single-piece grille, angular headlamps, rectangular LED tail-lamps and new bumpers at the front and back. Inside, the company has gone with a minimalist theme with a dashboard free from clutter, a free-standing infotainment display and an all-new centre console with a new gear lever and multi-media controller.

The new Q7s will draw power from a 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engine developing 268bhp and 61kgm of torque mated to an eight-speed automatic gearbox with paddle shifters and the Quattro all-wheel-drive technology badged 'Q7 45TDI'.

Expected to be available only in one fully loaded trim at the time of launch, the new SUV will get features such as Audi’s new infotainment system, full leather seats with electric adjustment, four-zone climate control, a 19-speaker Bose audio system, panoramic sunroof, an electric folding third row, a 360-degree camera, Park Assist, Matrix LED headlamps, touch pad with handwriting recognition, Audi’s ‘Virtual Cockpit’ all-digital instrument cluster and Drive Select, and air suspension.

Audi's new Q7 will initially be a CBU import with local assembly of the SUV expected to start at the company’s Aurangabad facility sometime in 2016.