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Previewed in 2023, the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer is the model's first entry within the electrical station wagon section. It sits close to the highest of the Volkswagen vary, and is nearly an identical to its sedan counterpart, however goals to draw patrons away from SUVs with enormous cargo areas.
Whereas launching a wagon in 2024 might sound loopy, the Tourer wasn't developed with the American market in thoughts (regardless of the idea that previewed its debut in LA). That's trending towards Europe, the place crossovers and SUVs make up greater than half of the brand new automobile market, however massive wagons stay comparatively in style. Seen from the entrance, the Tourer seems to be very like the sedan on which it’s primarily based: it has a sculpted bumper and horizontal headlights related by a lightweight bar. The downward-swept character line on each side stays, however designers have flattened the ID.7 sedan's distinctive arch-shaped silhouette to unlock extra cabin area. Shiny stripes close to the highest of the roof line assist cut back visible mass, and the roof-mounted spoiler provides a sporty contact to the design.
From the motive force's seat, it’s nearly unattainable to tell apart the ID.7 sedan from the tourer with out trying within the rear-view mirror. In entrance of you is a small digital instrument cluster, a dashboard that’s flat, broad and outfitted with electronically operated air vents, and a 15-inch touchscreen for the infotainment system. It's what's on the surface that counts: Volkswagen notes that trunk area checks in at as much as 21.3 cubic ft with 5 passengers aboard and 60.5 cubic when the second-row seats are folded flat. That's lower than you'll get with the most recent Fiat, which was wagon-only.
Volkswagen has not printed technical particulars; All we all know is that the Tourer can be provided with two totally different battery packs and that the most important possibility unlocks a most driving vary of as much as 425 miles when examined on the optimistic WLTP cycle utilized in Europe. It's constructed on a modular MEB platform, so it'll seemingly come customary with the sedan's 282-horsepower single-motor, rear-drive powertrain, however making it all-wheel-drive needs to be simply as easy. Including a second electrical motor to the entrance axle. We're instructed it will probably take lower than half-hour to cost the bigger battery from 10% to 80%.
Sellers throughout Europe will begin receiving the ID.7 Tourer earlier than the top of the primary quarter of 2024, though pricing has not been introduced. Nothing has been confirmed concerning the Tourer's US launch, however gross sales of the ID.7 sedan are scheduled to start within the second half of 2024.
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