Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer Review 2025

After a sustained waning of car buyers’ enthusiasm for large estate cars, salvation for those who don’t want an SUV for family transportation may come courtesy of the switch to electrification. One such choice has been added to the expansive VW EV range in the guise of the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer — here’s everything you need to know.

With the majority of its electric-only ID-badged models, VW has ensured that they generally follow the exterior size and shapes of their combustion-engined cars, but with the advantage of much more spacious interiors. Witness the Volkswagen ID.3 compared with the Golf and the Volkswagen ID.4 and the latest Tiguan as prime examples.

Further up the sizing scale, it’s a little different — take the Volkswagen ID.7, an elongated five-door coupe-style hatchback that effectively took the place of the VW Arteon in the firm’s line-up. It has now been modified with a capacious estate-bodied tail to create the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer, which usurps the old Arteon Shooting Brake and sells alongside the VW Passat Estate.

Why VW went for the Tourer label when it has a long history of using Estate isn’t clear. Assuming it wanted its ID.7 holdall to have a distinct identity, that’s understandable, but it’s far more generic a name than either Shooting Brake or its original Variant title for such a bodystyle.

More important than its name are the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer’s load-carrying credentials — it’s an especially roomy five-seater estate, with a 605-litre boot capacity when the rear bench is in use. Once folded over the total volume measures 1714 litres, which outdoes plug-in hybrid versions of the Mercedes E-Class Estate by 39 litres. The loadspace floor measures 1948mm, sufficient to use the ID.7 Tourer as an impromptu camper, although it doesn’t lie completely flat.

Complementing the generally unfussy exterior styling, the interior of the VW ID.7 Tourer is minimalist, with dashboard dominated by a 15-inch multimedia touchscreen. It’s a significant improvement over recent interfaces from the brand, with a slicker, more responsive interaction, the whole arrangement subtly angled towards the driver. We’d prefer more physical buttons and dials to alter settings such is the interior temperature — fingers crossed for the facelift.

Volkswagen revised the ID.7 Tourer’s trim levels in April 2025, becoming Match Plus and GTX Plus — before that they were missing the Plus suffix. Standard kit on the Match Plus models is generous with 19-inch alloy wheels, LED Matrix headlights, a 360-degree camera system, three-zone climate control, keyless entry and starting and massaging front seats.

Additional equipment on the sportier ID.7 Tourer GTX Plus includes 20-inch alloy wheels, a 12-speaker Harman Kardon audio package, adaptive suspension, ventilated front seats and heating for the front and outer rear seats.

Three electric drive systems are available for the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer starting with Pro — not that its name gives anything away. What you need to know is that it has a 286PS motor producing 545Nm of torque for a 0-62mph time of 6.6 seconds. Energy storage is courtesy of a 77kWh battery enabling a WLTP Combined cycle driving range of 371 miles.

Next up is Pro S, where the same motor system is paired with an 86kWh battery giving an extended driving range between recharges of 422 miles on the WLTP Combined cycle. Due to its 44kg of additional heft, performance is ever-so-slightly dulled, reflected in its 0-62mph sprint time of 6.7 seconds.

If performance is more your thing, then steer your attention towards the 340PS ID.7 Tourer GTX. Two electric motors are fitted here, driving all the wheels via VW’s 4Motion system, with a very brisk 5.5-second 0-62mph time available as a result — fast estate cars are going to be around for some time yet. It has the same 86kWh battery as the Pro S, although the extra urgency nibbles away at the driving range potential, resulting in a figure of 357 miles.

Recharging for the 77kWh battery has a maximum DC ultra-rapid flow rate of 175kW, meaning a 10-80% replenishment should take around 28 minutes. For the same level of recharge of the 86kWh battery, only 26 minutes are required thanks to it being able to accept an electrical flow of up to 200kW.

Using a domestic AC wallbox charger with an 11kW connection, VW quotes eight hours for a flat-to-full recharge of the 77kWh battery and nine hours for the 86kWh one. As most people in the UK are limited to a 7.4kW flow rate when charging at home, you can expect to add three to five hours to those times.

All of this sounds rather compelling, so how does the VW stack-up against its rivals? Well, therein lies a curiosity because right now no other manufacturers offer anything that’s directly comparable to the ID.7 Tourer.

You can go a smaller and less expensive, which will considering models such as the Peugeot E-308 SW and Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer Electric — both are competent electric load-haulers, but with smaller boots and driving ranges than the Volkswagen.

Or, the alternative route is to pick something of a similar size with an even more upmarket image and a price tag to match — in other words, the Audi A6 e-tron Avant and BMW i5 Touring. Until other brands get their electric estate acts together, the ID.7 Tourer is in the centre of a rather sweet spot.

Order books for the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer opened in spring 2024 with prices currently at £51,795 for the Pro Match Plus, £55,280 for the Pro S Match Plus and the range-topping GTX Plus 4Motion weighing in at £59,815.

Keep this page bookmarked to read our comprehensive full Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer review in the weeks ahead.