Variant or Shooting Brake?
Volkswagen presented the Volkswagen ID7 this week, a new electric flagship. In addition to the presented liftback, there will be a real Volkswagen ID7 station wagon. The ‘Variant’ will appear next year.
During the introduction of the Volkswagen ID7 in – among others – Amsterdam, we were more or less assured of this by a product manager at the brand from Wolfsburg. “You can imagine that next year is a good time to launch that car,” we are told with a smile when we ask about the extra spacious version of the ID7. It could be called the ID7 Variant in good Volkswagen tradition, but it is also possible that Volkswagen opts for ‘Shooting Brake’, just like with the Arteon. After all, since ‘coupé’ can be freely abused for all kinds of four and five-door models, we are no longer surprised.
The fact that the ID7 station wagon is coming is thanks to that the 2019 ID Space Vizzion concept no surprise anymore. An electric station wagon is by no means self-evident in itself, because combis are traditionally not that important for the world market on which a car like the ID7 operates. But in Europe and especially in Germany, the role of the station wagon remains great, as it turned out again recently. In regular form, the ID7 already offers something that Europeans in particular appreciate: a large fifth door. So it is a liftback and not a real sedan, as the Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Ioniq 6 and BYD Seal are.
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