Volkswagen Reveals Sharp-Looking ID.7 Tourer Electric Wagon

• Volkswagen revealed the ID.7 Tourer for the European market yesterday, the company's first electric station wagon.

• Compared with the sedan, the ID.7 Tourer gets extra cargo space and a more advanced head-up display.

• The powertrain is identical to the sedan's, but we don't think the station wagon will be headed to the U.S. anytime soon.

Volkswagen is set to launch the ID.7 in the United States in the second half of this year, with the midsize electric sedan serving as an indirect replacement for the long-running Passat. Across the Atlantic Ocean, however, the Passat lives on exclusively as a station wagon. The Passat Variant, as it's known, is now being joined by an electric counterpart, the ID.7 Tourer. Unfortunately, it appears this electric wagon is destined for Europe only.

Volkswagen first teased an electric wagon back in 2019 when it revealed the I.D. Space Vizzion concept at the Los Angeles auto show, and the ID.7 Tourer looks like a toned-down version of that concept. The styling matches the sober and subdued appearance of the ID.7 sedan but sports an extended roofline accentuated by a thin silver trim piece that widens as it dives downwards to form the D-pillar. VW claims cargo capacity increases to 21 cubic feet with the rear seats up and 61 cubic feet with the rear seats folded, up from a claimed 19 and 56 cubic feet in the sedan.