2023 Audi SQ7 Interior and Cargo

In keeping with its luxury image, both models come with Valcona leather seating in Arras Red with Anthracite stitching and a black dashboard, carpets, and headliner. This option can be switched out for Black with Rock Gray stitching or Rotor Gray with Anthracite stitching.

The cabin features premium touches such as Illuminated aluminum door sills with S badging, stainless steel pedals and footrest, and Carbon Vector inlays. The Executive Package can be added on the base model for more leather around the cabin, while the Luxury Package, available only to the top Prestige trim, adds luxury materials such as black Dinamica to the headliner and extends the leather upholstery to the center console, door armrests, and upper part of the instrument panel. High-gloss Gray Oak wood can replace the standard carbon inlays at no extra charge on either trim.

By offering three-row seating, the 2023 Audi SQ7 limits its cargo capacity, but treat it as a two-row car, and things look much better. Even with the power split-folding 50/50 third row in place, the SQ7 offers a decent 14.2 cubic feet, beating the 12.6 cubes in the Volvo XC90. Behind the split-folding 35/30/35 second-row, the Audi offers 35.7 cubes, which is nearly two cubes more than the BMW X5 offers. Behind the first row, you get a handy 69.6 cubic feet of cargo space, which is enough to fit a disassembled two-stroke racing kart and a few spares.

Inside the cabin, you get the usual small-item storage solutions. The center console offers storage for a phone and set of keys, there's a center console storage bin, a couple of cupholders, and a glove box in front. Door pockets are of a decent size front and back.

Audi likes to charge a premium price for optional extras but hasn't been stingy with the standard features on the SQ7. The base model comes fitted with a power panoramic sunroof, four-zone automatic climate control, ambient LED interior lighting, a hands-free tailgate, heated front seats, and wireless phone charging. Prestige models add features such as a contour/ambient LED interior lighting package, sunshades for the rear door side windows and tailgate, heated rear seats, and ventilated front seats. These can be optionally equipped to the base model for $2,150. Prestige trims can add massage to the front seats.

Standard driver assistance features include Audi adaptive cruise assist with traffic jam assist and a top-view camera system with Virtual 360 view. Audi's pre sense front, basic, and rear are also standard, as is the Virtual Cockpit Plus, which features a 12.3-inch instrument cluster. The driver assist suite is bolstered with a head-up display and traffic sign recognition on the Prestige trim. Available only to the range-topper is night vision assist with thermal imagery.

The dashboard of the SQ7 is home to numerous digital displays as the automaker does away with most physical buttons. The infotainment system consists of two screens; an 8.6-inch lower screen, which takes care of climate controls, while the 10.1-inch top screen handles infotainment duties and everything else you'd expect. The system features navigation and voice control, Bluetooth streaming, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, as is a limited-time subscription to Audi connect services and SiriusXM.

Both trim levels come standard with a Bang & Olufsen 3D Premium sound system that sounds great when bumping Out Of My Head by 1991. An optional Bang and Olufsen 23-speaker system is also offered on the Prestige trim level for serious audiophiles.