A comprehensive update to the Volkswagen ID.4 electric SUV has been confirmed to debut next year, with the changes set to be similar to the difference between a Mk5 and Mk6 Golf.
The 2027 Volkswagen ID.4 electric family SUV will be “completely different” to the current model, the brand has confirmed, but it won’t be an all-new car.
It is expected to debut at the end of 2026, only 18 months after the imminent Australian arrival of the current model following several delays, but five years after the first-generation car was revealed, and four years since European deliveries started.
A Volkswagen representative told UK publication Auto Express the future ID.4 will have a “completely different” exterior and interior design compared to the current model, with more physical buttons set to be introduced in its cabin.
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“Everything on the outside will be different. The swooping styling will be cleaner,” the representative said. “The interior will be completely different as well.”
According to the representative, the difference between the current ID.4 and the new model will be similar to the Mk5 and Mk6 Golf, with the latter being a heavy facelift of its predecessor with shared underpinnings, yet referred to as a new-generation model by Volkswagen.
As such, the ID.4 will retain its MEB electric-car platform rather than switching to the Volkswagen Group’s upcoming SSP architecture for all electric cars, with key elements likely to be retained, such as its 2771mm wheelbase.
Inside, the ID.4 is tipped to gain more physical controls following criticism of the current model, which includes capacitive steering wheel buttons and touch sliders for its climate and audio controls.
New batteries and powertrains have also been confirmed for the new ID.4, but exact details are yet to be announced.
Australian customer deliveries of the 2025 Volkswagen ID.4 are due next month, priced between $59,990 and $69,990 before on-road costs. It is arriving in local showrooms four years after it became available in Europe.
A similar upgrade is also expected for the Volkswagen ID.3 hatchback, along with the ID.4’s coupe-styled twin, the Volkswagen ID.5.
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