Volkswagen Reveals Sharp-Looking ID.7 Tourer Electric Wagon

• Volkswagen revealed the ID.7 Tourer for the European market yesterday, the company’s first electric station wagon.
• Compared with the sedan, the ID.7 Tourer gets extra cargo space and a more advanced head-up display.
• The powertrain is identical to the sedan’s, but we don’t think the station wagon will be headed to the U.S. anytime soon.

Volkswagen is set to launch the ID.7 in the United States in the second half of this year, with the midsize electric sedan serving as an indirect replacement for the long-running Passat. Across the Atlantic Ocean, however, the Passat lives on exclusively as a station wagon. The Passat Variant, as it’s known, is now being joined by an electric counterpart, the ID.7 Tourer. Unfortunately, it appears this electric wagon is destined for Europe only.

2024 Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer

Volkswagen first teased an electric wagon back in 2019 when it revealed the I.D. Space Vizzion concept at the Los Angeles auto show, and the ID.7 Tourer looks like a toned-down version of that concept. The styling matches the sober and subdued appearance of the ID.7 sedan but sports an extended roofline accentuated by a thin silver trim piece that widens as it dives downwards to form the D-pillar. VW claims cargo capacity increases to 21 cubic feet with the rear seats up and 61 cubic feet with the rear seats folded, up from a claimed 19 and 56 cubic feet in the sedan.

Under the skin, the Tourer is identical to the sedan. That means a standard 77.0-kWh battery that should return around 300 miles of range and an optional 86.0-kWh battery that Volkswagen claims will achieve 426 miles on a charge on Europe’s WLTP test cycle. The bigger pack can recharge at up to 200 kW, going from 10 to 80 percent in under 30 minutes, VW says. The ID.7 is powered by the same 282-hp rear-wheel-drive single-motor powertrain, but could later add an all-wheel-drive version.

2024 Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer

The ID.7 Tourer’s cabin is identical to that of the sedan, with a large 15.0-inch infotainment display protruding from the dashboard and minimal physical buttons. The Tourer does receive an upgraded head-up display with augmented reality as standard, which now displays Apple CarPlay or Android Auto navigation.

Sales of the ID.7 Tourer kick off in Europe later this year, with the wagon being produced alongside the ID.7 sedan and ID.4 crossover in Germany. While Volkswagen had originally said that the Space Vizzion concept would arrive in the United States in production form in 2022, we now don’t expect the ID.7 Tourer to reach our shores. If it does, it won’t be until well after ID.7 sedan sales begin later in 2024.