![]() Pressing the brake pedal at outside temperatures of two degrees confirms the impression as the heating’s warmth fills the car quickly. Unlike in the ID.3, the brand used earthy colours in the ID.4 that creates warmth. ![]() The interior is generously proportioned – even the space above the rear seats – and choice of materials is what you would expect from Volkswagen: high quality. In any case, the chances are good, as became clear during a first test drive over 190 kilometres. Perhaps, industry circles speculate, almost as many ID.4s as ID.3s will be sold in Germany in 2021. This package will become popular, Volkswagen suspects. The synchronous rear motor produces 150 kW, has a maximum torque of 310 Nm and draws power from a battery with 77-kilowatt hours (kWh) net capacity. Until the all-wheel-drive GTX version with an additional asynchronous motor on the front axle (75 kW, 151 Nm) appears next spring, there is only one drive variant for this electric SUV. The size results from the Modular Electrification Building Kit (MEB), which builds the base for both. ![]() The ID.4 and ID.3 are only identical in terms of wheelbase, which is 2.77 meters. Volkswagen’s new electric SUV is 4.58 meters long (32 centimetres more), 1.64 meters high (plus seven centimetres) and 1.85 meters wide without mirrors (four centimetres increase). There is also a difference in numbers compared to the VW ID.3. The Volkswagen ID.4 is quite a heavyweight. Our author finds Volkswagen’s electric SUV having better market prospects than the ID.3, not only because SUVs are popular worldwide, but also because the ID.4 surpasses the ID.3 in terms of quality and feel. Schwarzer took the company’s “world-class car” for a tour on wintry curvy country roads in Germany. Much has been written about the VW ID.4, and now we can finally deliver our first-drive review as Christoph M.
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