This is the first ever Audi Q8, and it's quite a thing. Based on the same platform as its siblings - the Lamborghini Urus and Bentley Bentayga - if you think about it one way, this is the most affordable way to get yourself one of the VW group's best SUV chassis/engine combinations.

And it's not like you'd be shortchanging yourself in the looks department, this Audi drew stares and comments wherever we went. It's a traffic-stopper of note. It's a bold new design for Audi and we think it works.

But, at R1.4million before options, does the car, as a package, justify the price? We sent Ciro De Siena to a pretty road in the Cape winelands to find out. At sunset.

0:00 Intro
1:38 Pricing
2:03 Exterior design
2:33 Driving experience
3:24 Engine
3:36 Power & Torque
3:58 Fuel Efficiency
4:44 Speed
5:27 Interior
7:34 Conclusion
9:20 Outro