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Audi S7 vs Jaecoo J7

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Audi S7
Audi S7

2020 price

Jaecoo J7
Jaecoo J7

$31,990 - $45,990

2025 price

Summary

2020 Audi S7
2025 Jaecoo J7
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo V8, 4.0L

Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

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Fuel Efficiency
9.6L/100km (combined)

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Seating
4

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Dislikes
  • Limited rear-seat headroom.
  • Expensive options.
  • Rear-wheel steering.

  • Average driving experience
  • Lack of physical buttons inside
  • No spare for the PHEV
2020 Audi S7 Summary

If you want something large, fast and comfortable, no one does it better than the Germans, and the latest entrant to the market is Audi’s all-new S7 Sportback.

Using the uber-stylish second-generation A7 as a basis, the new S7 Sportback scores cutting-edge technology and premium appointments befitting a large luxury sedan, but it’s often what’s under the bonnet that will draw buyers in.

This new S7 replaces the old version’s 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 for a 2.9-litre twin-turbo petrol V6 but, don’t fear, as having fewer cylinders has not dulled its performance or appeal.

As a whole though, does the new Audi S7 Sportback deliver a winning blow?

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2025 Jaecoo J7 Summary

Yep, it’s yet another new brand. And, yes, it’s from China.

You can be forgiven for not keeping up with the influx of new car brands in recent years, even as a professional I can find it challenging at times. But that’s why we’re here, to help you determine which brands to pay attention to and which ones you can probably ignore.

So which one is Jaecoo?

Well, the good news for the brand is that it comes from one of China’s biggest and most successful car companies, Chery, which has been a leading exporter for more than two decades, so it has a reasonable understanding of international markets.

Jaecoo is designed to be a separate, stand-alone brand from Chery, and in Australia will be sold at specific Omoda-Jaecoo dealerships (as the Omoda 5 is also spun-off into yet another ‘new’ brand). The Jaecoo J7 we’re driving here is its first model, a mid-size SUV that will compete directly against the likes of the BYD Sealion 6, Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Tucson and more.

Because despite management referring to Jaecoo as a “luxury” brand and calling the J7 a “premium SUV” that’s all within the context of the Chery universe. Jaecoo is simply a more premium alternative to Chery, not a true luxury brand that will challenge the likes of Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and the rest on quality and, as you’ll soon see, price.

We’ve already sampled the entry-level J7 2WD but now we’re getting to experience the 4WD and range-topping SHS, which stands for Super Hybrid System, but is better known as a plug-in hybrid. The SHS is the model we spent the most time in and that’s what we’ll focus on in this review.

Chery/Jaecoo executives say that what it calls ‘new elites’ - people that are “moving up in the world” and are looking for a “fashionable” and “cool” car - are the target market. But as we’ll explain, the market for the J7 is likely to be much broader than just the fashionable elite and cool kids.

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