Volkswagen does not build many cars like the Volkswagen ID.7: a 5-door liftback / 5-door Station wagon / estate, built from 2023 to 2026 in the decade the industry is turning electric. Its designer of record is Michal Uhrin.
How it came about
The Volkswagen ID.7 is a battery electric car produced by German marque Volkswagen since 2023. It has a five-door liftback design and is marketed in the E-segment. An estate model marketed as the Tourer or Shooting Brake was officially unveiled on 20 February 2024.
The hardware
it is rated at 210 kW. Kerb weight is 2172 -. Power-to-weight lands near 97 horsepower per tonne, which is brisk everyday performance. The wheelbase is 2966 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Volkswagen's history is not in doubt: the Volkswagen Passat (B8) (saloon) / Volkswagen Arteon came before it; the Volkswagen ID. Unyx 07 (China) followed it; it was built at Emden. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Kia EV6, the Kia EV5, the Geely Galaxy L6. Its Volkswagen stablemates include the Volkswagen Apollo and the Volkswagen Routan.