Latest Audi SQ7 Diesel Ups To 503 Horses Thanks To ABT

It’s only been a few months since the lightly redesigned 2020 Audi SQ7 entered the stage, but ABT Sportline is already up to its old tuning tricks.

As you’d expect, the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 diesel is among the parts tuned by the company. A new engine control unit helps raise power to 510 PS (503 hp / 375 kW) and 970 Nm (715 lb-ft) of torque. That’s up from the stock model’s 435 PS (429 hp / 320 kW) and 900 Nm (664 lb-ft), which does the 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 4.8 seconds and maxes out at 250 km/h (155 mph). ABT has not yet announced acceleration figures for its tune.

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The latest SQ7 also boasts a sports air suspension and steering, and from 2020, it will get the new wide body kit that’s currently in development. ABT is accepting pre-orders for the reworked front and rear bumpers, fender flares, new side skirts and roof-mounted wing, whereas the 22-inch rims, available in three different patterns, with glossy black, matte black, dark smoke or shadow silver, are already up for grabs and round up the list of changes on the outside.

For the interior, the tuner has prepared several different finishes, trimmings and options, such as the special start-stop switch cap and welcome lights that greet users every time they open the doors.

This isn’t ABT’s first encounter with the SQ7, as a couple of years ago, they tuned the pre-facelifted variant, giving it the wide body treatment, as well as an identical power hike, which helped it sprint to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.6 seconds, or two tenths of a second quicker than the stock version.