2020 Audi SQ8 flies under the radar

Sometimes, you don't need all the power in the world to make a great car.

While the eyes of most fast-SUV fans might be on the hot-to-trot Audi RS Q8, don't sleep on the middle-child SQ8.

With a whole bunch of thrust and all the things that make the standard Q8 great, the 2020 Audi SQ8 makes quite the compelling case in the large luxury SUV segment.

Perhaps surprisingly, there's a pretty decent market for souped-up luxury SUVs with six-figure price tags. 

The BMW X6 M50i offers a lot of oomph, but its aesthetics are… an acquired taste, and I don't think its interior is as well laid out as the Audi's.

The Mercedes-AMG GLE53 Coupe's mild hybrid system offers an actual output boost, unlike the SQ8, but again, you have to look at the thing.

Of all those choices, though, none delivers the two distinct experiences that the 2020 Audi SQ8 does.   

It's as cool as a cucumber most of the time, acting like a car built for chauffeurs. 

Hit a few buttons (or, honestly, just depress the accelerator far enough) and things take on a whole new life of brisk acceleration and deft handling. It's the best kind of two-for-one deal.

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