Electrical wagons are sadly nonetheless few and much between in 2023, however Volkswagen is about to handle this long-roof EV penury with this – the ID.7 Tourer. Our colleagues at Motor1.com Italy obtained up shut with Wolfsburg’s first property and not using a combustion engine in Marseille, France forward of the official launch, therefore why it is nonetheless camouflaged. For those who’re Italian is a bit rusty, you’ll be able to auto-generate subtitles in your most well-liked language.
Sharing the MEB platform with the ID.7 sedan (it is technically a hatchback) and all the opposite bespoke electrical vehicles from Volkswagen, the zero-emission wagon needs to be the antidote to an SUV world. Being a devoted EV, it is not associated to the new-and-not-for-America Passat Variant or the Arteon Taking pictures Brake, though the outside styling would possibly tempt you to imagine it has a reference to the previous. The physique wrap is not actually hiding something on this large wagon with its impressively low drag coefficient of simply 0.24, nearly matching the sedan’s 0.23.
Being a wagon, it is all about practicality. VW quotes a cargo capability of 545 liters with the rear seats in place, which works out to 19.2 cubic toes. Fold the bench and the amount jumps to 1,714 liters (60.5 cubic toes). The German automaker needs to level out you’ll be able to cram in objects practically two meters (78.7 inches) lengthy after folding the rear seats.
The ID.7 Tourer is being described as an “elegant full-sized hatchback model,” and a few will recall VW previewed it 4 years in the past. Certainly, the ID. Area Vizzion idea premiered in November 2019 on the Los Angeles Auto Present. In the course of the occasion, we spoke with then-CEO Scott Keogh – who’s presently CEO at newly based Scout Motors – concerning the prospects of promoting the wagon within the US. In any case, it did debut in L.A.
He steered a possible US-bound variant would have extra rugged styling in the identical vein because the Alltrack fashions. He admitted further physique cladding, larger wheels with meaty tires, and roof rails would possibly negatively influence vary however that is a sacrifice the corporate is prepared to make.
We’re retaining our fingers crossed for the ID.7 Tourer to land stateside the place VW will promote the sedan variant from 2024. The wagon goes to be manufactured in Germany on the Emden plant the place the saloon is slated to roll off the meeting line. VW additionally makes the ID.4 on the manufacturing unit positioned within the northwestern a part of the nation.
Following its world premiere within the close to future, the ID.7 Tourer will initially go on sale in Europe within the second half of subsequent yr.