Life for us mammals is relatively limited. Without the luxury of a mid-cycle update can be expected that the average person in the United States, about 80 years to live before the time stops ticking. This is not too terrible in the grand scheme of things. After all, the typical mountain lion is fortunate to have 20 years as a feared predator, while most of the guinea pig cage safely go home after only eight years. Mammals do not have many options when it comes to is old.

Not so with the machine. With few exceptions, the average life cycle of a car is a short 5-7 years. However, instead of sitting idle as the age of senility beloved car, automobile manufacturers for the treatment of mid-cycle makeovers with new bumpers, updated electronics and more efficient engines. The intention is to give new life patterns and their call, who have not lost in a sea of ??recent projects.

The Audi Q7 is at the heart of the ‘fifth model year – Pressure 60 in human years. And fresh from a facelift last year alone, we receive a full-size SUV for a complete heart transplant in 2011. The new V6 engine is not only technically, the seven cars more competitive in a difficult market, but Audi’s first bear to go to offer after his retirement. Or behind the shed.

Since the Q7 is about to enter its sixth year of production, the question is, Audi executives in the night, if you roll to remain competitive in their first generation of the platform – possibly until 2014 – while their opponents in this new, fresh product . L ‘, Cayenne and Touareg are all new M-Class, and the third generation of the MDX and X5 is expected within 18 months.