Volkswagen will concurrently broaden its vary of electrical vehicles and enter the burgeoning electrical station wagon phase when it launches the ID.7 Tourer. Carefully associated to the ID.7 sedan, the long-roof mannequin options an aerodynamic exterior design and a spacious inside.
Past the powertrain, this new variant of the ID.7 breaks with custom in a single key manner: It is not known as Variant, the title that has denoted a lot of Volkswagen’s wagons for the reason that Kind 3-based mannequin (often called the Squareback in the US) made its debut in 1962. It is nonetheless lined in camouflage, however the wrap is gentle sufficient to disclose that the Tourer appears quite a bit just like the sedan from the tip of the entrance bumper to the B pillar. Past that, its roofline gently slopes into an nearly shooting-brake-like rear finish accented by a spoiler above the hatch window.
Designers dialed in a 0.24 drag coefficient, which ought to maximize vary. As compared, the sedan’s drag coefficient checks in at 0.23.
Inside images have not been revealed but, however we’re informed there’s area for 5 passengers and as much as 19.2 cubic ft of your stuff. Folding down the rear bench will increase that determine to a crossover-like 60.5. We’re anticipating that the Tourer, which shall be positioned as an upmarket mannequin, will provide the identical primary set of options because the sedan, so the checklist of accessible gear will embrace a 15-inch touchscreen for the infotainment system, electronically-controlled air vents, massaging entrance seats, and a 14-speaker Harman Kardon sound system.
Equally, we’ll have to be affected person to study what’s below the sheetmetal; Volkswagen solely clarified that the ID.7 Tourer rides on the modular MEB platform that underpins all of its present ID-branded fashions. Rear-wheel-drive will seemingly come customary, and dual-motor all-wheel-drive could possibly be supplied at an additional value in some markets. Sedan patrons have two battery packs to select from: a 77- and an 86-kilowatt-hour unit.
In-built Emden, Germany, the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer will make its full debut in 2024. As of writing, nothing means that the mannequin shall be bought in the US. We’re getting the ID.7 sedan, nonetheless; it would be a part of the ID.Buzz and the ID.4 in showrooms earlier than the top of 2024.