The Volkswagen ID.3 is soon joined by a second ID model: the ID.4. It does not stop there, after all, the brand wants a complete ID family, of which the brand-new electric ID.6 visible in these photos will become part.
The ID family, which today consists only of the ID.3, will welcome its second member later this month: the ID.4. The ID.4 is basically the pair’s mid-sized electric crossover, sister model to the Skoda Enyaq, which, like that Czech SUV, will compete with cars like Nissan’s Ariya electric. It will not stop with the ID.3 and ID.4. Volkswagen has shown numerous study models in recent years begging for a production version. One of them, the ID.Crozz, dries up like the already mentioned ID.4. The brand new SUV featured in this set of photos is the derivative of the ID. Roomz who shined in Shanghai in 2019.
Although Volkswagen is doing its best to disguise the test model as a Peugeot 5008, it is abundantly clear that a fully electric Volkswagen MPV is stretching its MEB legs here. In terms of design, the new MPV, which Volkswagen will most likely call ID.6, is very similar to the study model presented last year from which it is derived. That also means that the ID.6 has strong similarities in appearance to the ID.4 to be launched later this month. Seen black and white, the ID.6 is to the ID.4 what the Peugeot 5008 is to the 3008. That Peugeot disguise does not seem to be chosen just like that. You can count on an MPV that extends over a distance of 4.9 meters and, thanks to a solid wheelbase of about 3 meters, offers space for five to seven passengers. The sliding doors of the ID.Roomz have had to make way for regular doors.
Under the skin, of course, a variant of the modular MEB platform specially developed for EVs of the Volkswagen Group. The ID.Roomz had two 306 hp electric motors on board, units that draw their energy from an 82 kWh battery pack. In any case, count on milder powertrains for the production version. For example, the Skoda Enyaq – and probably the ID.4 soon – is also available with a 55 kWh battery pack and with a 62 kWh model. Count on electric motors of 180 hp, 204 hp, 265 hp and the aforementioned 306 hp version.
ID models
What else is in the ID barrel? Quite a bit! In addition to the ID.3, ID.4 and the ID.6 visible here, there will be a production version of the ID planned for 2022. Vizzion. That car may be accompanied by a station brother that same year, a car where the ID. Space Vizzion already served as a harbinger. More ID violence comes in the form of the production version of the ID.Buzz and its order version, the ID. Buzz Cargo. Model name ID.5 may be reserved for the coupé brother of the ID.4.