Volkswagen’s top leaders have changed their minds. Instead of bringing one of the zero-emission SUVs made in China, the German firm prefers to develop a large electric SUV in Europe. These are the first spy photos of the future model, the Volkswagen ID.6 2024, camouflaged under the bodywork of the Tiguan, and from which we tell you its secrets.
A few months ago there were rumors that Volkswagen intended to try to save the development costs of the new seven-seater electric SUV, bringing the ID.6 from China to Europe. A logical and far-fetched strategy, but the German brand has thought better of it and has decided to develop a new model for the zero-emission range of Volkswagen ID. adapted to the demands of the client of the Old and the New Continent.
because the future Volkswagen ID.6 2024 It will be sold both in Europe and the United States, and its tests have already begun. Are spy photos taking advantage of the colder temperatures that continue to roll in the long winter in northern Europe confirm it. the one that will be the third electric SUV of the German brand has appeared with some curious mules hidden under a modified Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace bodywork. You can even see that its proportions are larger than those of this model.
The European and American Volkswagen ID.6 starts its tests
And with a little more detail we can also see that the MEB platform has been fitted into the body of the bodywork, modifying the degree of inclination and the width of the C-pillar, at the same time as the central pillar is also larger, so it has an extra in the wheelbase, plus a generous rear overhang. These details are much clearer on the white test mule.
And it is that the future Volkswagen ID.6 will be a model that not only will occupy the gap left by the Tiguan Allspace that will not take overbut will also offer ample interior space with seven seats and a large volume of boot space, with more than five meters long and with a cabin as spacious as that of a Touareg. A first phase of tests in which the qualities of the extended MEB platform are being tested, and which will end up materializing in the production model based on the concept of the ID. ROOMZZ Unveiled at the 2019 Shanghai Motor Show. Although this preview has given rise to the Chinese ID.6, it will also have a European and American variant.
It is the missing piece for those of Volkswagen, anticipating direct competition and even Premium, which will launch on the market in 2024. Under the body it will be one of the only electric ones in the range equipped with only two electric motors with adjustable power, so the total traction will be standard and, as a minimum, it guarantees 225 kW of maximum power. About 306 hp. The lithium-ion battery will be offered in two levels, with the 77 kWh most powerful available today on the MEB platform and also another of 100 kWh net, with a maximum autonomy that will be around 600 kilometers on a single charge.