12 May,2017 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
RCB skipper Virat Kohli's love for Audi is well-known and the German car manufacturer celebrated their 10 years in India by gifting the Team India captain an Audi Q7 to join it's five other brothers
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli's dismal Indian Premier League season is practically over. And the team's performance and his individual showing have surely been bitter pills to swallow. But the Team India skipper got some good news ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, with Audi gifting him it's premium Audi Q7 as a gift to celebrate the German company's 10th anniversary in India.
Virat is a diehard Audi lover and has a cast collection of the German-make car in his garage. His Audi fleet was 5-cars strong before the entry of this latest one.
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Audi gifted the car to its Brand Ambassador and customer as a mark of his loyalty to the company. The RCB skipper's garage already includes an Audi R8 LMX Limited Edition, Audi R8 V10, Audi A8L W12 Quattro, Audi S6 and Audi Q7 4.2 TDi.
Virat Kohli thanked the company and describing his love for his 'new ride' the cricketer called it the 'complete package' in a tweet.
Priced at Rs 87.7 lakh, the Audi Q7 is a premium SUV that comes with a 4.2-litre V8, has a eight-speed automatic transmission and the company's special Quattro all-wheel drive system.
Virat Kohli and Alia Bhatt at the launch of the Audi R8 V10 Plus in 2016
Interestingly, the kingpin in the Mira Road call centre scam had purchased an Audi R8 worth around Rs 3 crore from Virat for Rs 50 lakh.