VW ID 7 takes fight to Model 3

Large saloon will arrive this year with up to 435 miles of range and a Cd of just 0.23

- MARK TISSHAW

The all-new Volkswagen ID 7 has been closely previewed by this camouflaged prototype at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The ID 7, which had previously been known as Aero B in concept guise and during development, will be offered initially as a five-door liftback, with an estate model to follow.

It is the sixth model to be launched in the ID range and will initially sit alongside the Arteon and Passat, the latter of which will be offered only as an estate in its next generation. In time, it will become VW's sole offering in Europe's shrinking D-segment because no further versions of the Arteon and Passat are due once the switch to EVs has been made.