Out on the road we found the 2012 Audi A7 to be a willing and capable performer.
The discovery of the so-called "laughing gas" was made at 11:15 beside the A7 at Ashkirk in Selkirkshire.
And with no dock or control panel to break its clean lines, A7 is a model of discretion.
ENGADGET: Bowers & Wilkins intros classy A7 and A5 AirPlay speakers, leaves out the 30-pin dock
My week with the A7 was scarcely long enough to explore all of the technology packed into the vehicle.
FORBES: 2012 Audi A7 Test Drive and Review - High-Tech Meets High Style
The Audi A7 looked svelte at the Frank-Gehry design IAC headquarters building.
Another highlight was Audi connect, which brings the internet into your A7.
FORBES: 2012 Audi A7 Test Drive and Review - High-Tech Meets High Style
Driving the A7 can be almost as arresting as staring at it.
FORBES: 2012 Audi A7 Test Drive and Review - High-Tech Meets High Style
My test vehicle was the A7 3.0 TFSI quattro Auto Tiptronic Sedan.
FORBES: 2012 Audi A7 Test Drive and Review - High-Tech Meets High Style
A7 and A5 feature outstanding audio performance and Apple AirPlay wireless streaming.
ENGADGET: Bowers & Wilkins intros classy A7 and A5 AirPlay speakers, leaves out the 30-pin dock
Based on the A7, the four-door coupe pairs a 560-horsepower V8 engine from the S8 sedan with an AWD eight-speed automatic transmission.
Those of you who can't bare to go dock-free with the A5 and A7 will be pleased know the third-generation Zeppelin features a Lightning connector.
A7's generous dimensions provide room for a 6-inch dedicated bass driver and allow it to deliver impressively full and controlled bass, even in large living rooms.
ENGADGET: Bowers & Wilkins intros classy A7 and A5 AirPlay speakers, leaves out the 30-pin dock
It runs a quad-core Cortex A7 CPU with 1GB of RAM, but curiously we found this larger device to be more sluggish than its dual-core little brother.
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According to the rumored specs, both are tipped to rely on MediaTek's quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC, include dual-SIM support and run Android 4.2.1 (skinned, of course).
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There are four A7 cores married to a quartet of A15s, an interesting bit of digital polygamy that could result in a very efficient CPU. We shall see.
Audi says the A7 can make the leap to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds, which is impressive for what is a relatively small engine in such a large sedan.
As a nice touch, Android 4.2 will be common among the bunch, as will backside-illuminated sensors on the cameras and the quad-core, 1.2GHz MediaTek MT6589 (Cortex A7) SoC.
While the two models share engines, transmissions and most other components, the A7 distinguishes itself with racier exterior styling, a four-passenger interior and a large hatchback instead of a trunk.
Recipients on the upscale end of the price spectrum are the Audi A7, Chrysler 300 and Hyundai Azera sedans and the Infiniti JX35 and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque SUVs.
Expect this kind of connectivity to become more common in vehicles in the near future, but for now A7 is the only car on the market with a factory-installed broadband wi-fi feature.
FORBES: 2012 Audi A7 Test Drive and Review - High-Tech Meets High Style
Those of you who can't bare to go dock-free with AirPlay speakers the like the A5 and A7 will be pleased know the third generation of Zeppelin features a Lightning connector.
The regression results for Europe, using the same approach as outlined earlier, show a consistently negative effect of social transfers on growth, even though the coefficients vary in size and significance (table A7.4).
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The 2012 Audi A7 also offers an adaptive radar-based cruise control system that not only maintains a set speed and distance from the traffic ahead on the highway, it can operate as efficiently in stop and go traffic.
Having gotten up close and personal with a working P780 (photos after the break), Sina Weibo user Lisancha added that said phone features dual-SIM with dual-standby, a quad-core MediaTek chipset (likely the Cortex-A7-based MT6589) and a launch date set for the second-half of May.
While the 2012 Audi A7 may not be as uncompromising sporty as a BMW 550i or carry the deeply chiseled exterior of a Mercedes-Benz CLS, it should appeal to a broad spectrum of luxury car buyers on the basis of its overall pleasing performance, tastefully attractive styling and broad array of cutting-edge amenities.
There aren't many more details to share beyond what the company mentioned at CES, but that doesn't diminish what could be a best-of-all-worlds processor: the automatic switching between four Cortex-A15 and four Cortex-A7 cores should give it a performance edge over many of its peers while reducing power consumption by up to 70 percent.
Road blockades sprang up in dozens of locations throughout France, notably near the airport in Marseille, at wholesale markets in Toulouse and Lille, the Tancarville bridge over the river Seine in Normandy, the A7 motorway south of Lyon and the A6 motorway south of Paris - though some of these were later reported to have been dismantled.
Measuring at 6.93mm thick (instead of the rumored 6.13mm), we're surprised that Oppo didn't set this to be the follow-up to the Finder: sure, it's 0.28mm thicker, but it also aces the latter with a 4.7-inch 720p in-cell display, a 1.2GHz quad-core chip with 1GB RAM (likely MediaTek's Cortex-A7-based MT6589 SoC), Android 4.2 and a sorely missed 3.5mm headphone jack -- so no micro-USB adapter required.
ENGADGET: Oppo's 4.7-inch, 6.93mm-thick R809T pays homage to the Finder
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