Thanks for the report. The ID.7 is a bit bigger than I'm used to, but I like it quite a bit. Love the back hatch. I'm waiting for VW to announce pricing in the U.S.
Thanks for your videos. You mentioned that you only use the backseat for your three dogs. We have two basset hounds and use the backseat for them in our ID.4. We put empty cardboard 12 bottle wine cases in the footwell area and cover the backseat and boxes to create an extra wide space for them. They love the extra wide seating. We have a net between the two front seats to keep them safely in the rear.
Glad you’re still happy. I’m happy with my Mach e too. Both have a few small issues but nothing serious. Just went through an arctic cold snap -41C with no problems. Just lucky I picked a home charger that could handle it too.
@@mendywouter5628 I'm surprised by the short delay, I ordered my ID7 Tourer 1 week ago, and it is announced in August (in Belgium) ! Still, I can't wait to get it ! 😅
Great to hear confirmation that VW is on track finally. If you have the money and are in the market to buy, I don't think you can overlook Id7. If you need more towing capacity of course, but it has everything else. Model Y can be had cheaper, but then with less range (still enough for most people). They should make a version of Id7 to match that with LFP battery, and VW would be cooking!
After 2 and a half months my new Bolt EV has close to 1800 miles on the odometer and I too am very happy with it. I call it my little Cadillac lol. Gr8 vid as usual. 🚙 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🔌
My dislikes about the software (3.0) : - the fact that you have to tap on ok each time you get in the car - the fact that it relaunches each time you leave the car (even for a few seconds) - laggy sometimes (essentially at start) but not always
Love your videos and all of the production you put into them. How is the rear wheel drive in the snowy weather? Did VW do a good job with stability control?
Nice report. The estate/touring version of this would get much attention esp from those who wouldn't look at a sedan/saloon and vere towards SUVs. One question - would a recent iD3 be better than your old iD3 - with sw v4 on maybe better seats?
I would go for saloon, Im fed up with rouring cars not to mention aerodynamics and look. Trunk is the same anyway. Time of real spacey station wagons is gone anyay.
Happy to note that they left away the small weird screen behind the wheel. I always found it cheap. Integration is way better now in the id7. Regarding software, I hope we will get 4.0 in the older iDs/Enyaqs (but quite pessimistic).
I feel it exactly opposite. Bigger and closer display is way better to read. Doesn’t look cheap at all, and make it it look different from others. Only thing I sometime have problem with, is “gear” selectror, I mean, when parkig I sometimes dont know, whtwr there is reverse or drive 😊 Maybe it is just me🤷♂️
Great honest review, I fell the same abot frunk, maybe because of Tesla fans, every car must have it. I Would use it only for some stuff I don’t really use often, opening is not comfortable.
@@Petr1331Since Headup with augemented Reality is always available, I can understand the decision. I drive now a car with Headup for 7 years, and only seldom I look at the main display...the Headup is just the Display I use. In fact they decided to have only a small Display as an "emergency" Display.
I have the travel assist on my ID.3, it is very good on straight roads and keeps me in lane but in turns it starts to go crazy also on turns if there is stationary traffic it doesn't see the cars and Everytime I get a big red warning to break.. Driving is of course awesome from VW Still 10 seconds is too much in the Tesla I get there in like 2 seconds or even less
Glad you are happy with ID7. Interesting what you say about the V4 software. As a friend of VW, do you have any information about when VW will launch a “proper” facelift for the ID3? My ID3 is fine but it needs that V4 software and lit controls.
Pleased you are liking your ID7 😁. Like you I really don't need a large car, I have a Cupra Born, which suits me fine. Just need VW to sort out their version 3.x software - do you think they ever will ?
It looks like only 2024 version of every ID will get 4.0 version then it stays with 3.x for previous ones, I hope there will be some updates but I don't think anything else except complete overhaul (like in version 4) will improve overall experience of software usage
I test drove the ID.7 and the infotainment is very fast compared to the older VW EV's. The UX team still has a lot of work to do though. Compared to Polestar/Volvo it's so cluttered and messy. To many small "buttons" on the screen which makes it hard and unsafe to use when driving, unnecessary information and "cool design" that takes up a lot of space and the colours are made for kids. They really have to clean that up before I'd consider buying a VW EV.
6:14 It's a shame that this will never come to older cars. A 3 year old car won't get real updates anymore and the ID.3 Facelift is already dead on arrival. This behaviour from VW is the main reason why my next car won't be from the VW group.
Thanks for all of your videos on the ID.7. I think that it will do well in North America, except that the almost 1 year delay in launching it here will allow others to catch up. It appears that VW prioritized the launch in China and that didn't work out well. My guess is that they could have sold many more if they had prioritized a launch in NA. I probably will not wait another 9 months for the ID.7, but will likely go with Kia. That's too bad, as the ID.7 seems to be the perfect car for me.
@@abraxastulammo9940 Maybe that’s it. I had not heard that VW would hold the launch until the bigger battery is available. I still think that a version with the smaller, but still adequate, battery would do well in NA.
@Battery Life can you please test next time a couple of other annoying thing experienced in other videos of ID3/4s? - How is your door closing button working in the rain/snow? :) - stability and speed (lag) of android auto - ambient light set up? E.g. I was missing the option of having ambient light activated when parking but could not set it to disappear automatically during drive (only option is to disable it is manual). ambient light is extremely annoying during driving for me - Rear breaking light lamp/led bar fogging - is there a sunglass compartment (e.g. in Skodas)? Very useful - Induction charging: telephones getting very hot in a closed compartment in ID4, how is this solved in ID7 Thanks :)
I presume the steering wheel is capacitive, same as the Megane E-Tech, not having to jerk the steering wheel to get it to register you are still there is so much more relaxing isn't it? When in traffic using assist, how long before you have to press a resume button/accelerate to move off again?
That software was so bad, I decided not to buy an ID4 in 2021. I bought another ICE vehicle. a BMW X1. Now I'll take another look at the ID4 AWD but it's 10k more than a X1. Seems crazy imo but I'll check it out soon.
@@AstkeYes, anything smaller than a 55 is a low profile tire in my eyes. I prefer ride quality and dont care about stance/wheel gap. Give me something like an older Kona electric, 16 inch wheels with thick tires. 😊
@@samusaran7317I drive a Passat with 16 inch wheels. LOVE it. I've done so many stupid things which would have sent lower profile tires exploding I think.
As a Passat GTE owner (who only uses Android Auto when navigating/as a media player), I'm curious about how you use "built-in"-navigation together with (?) Android Auto on Hank? Any comparisons or are you simply not using Android Auto for navigation?
@@abraxastulammo9940 Nope, that's also one aspect. I know they will be adding support for charge-stats to some extent in the future, but it will not/can't be as integrated as the native system. That's what makes my question to me even more interesting. I prefer navigating with Google maps, but it has bigger issues due to the lack of integration when it comes to charging logic.
The biggest improvements (compared to 2021 ID.3 Max) seem to be the new infotainment system, new engine/aero (better range) and faster charging. It’s a shame that ID.3 facelift didn’t get the new infotainment or the new engine, and aero optimizations were minimal. Both ID.4/ID.5 2023 facelifts got the new infotainment and engine. I don’t need a big car either. If I would buy a new car right now, I would choose Volvo EX30 over VW cars. It has AWD too. Shame that ID.3 GTX never become a reality.
But if they do a ID.3 GTX (AWD) with the new infotainment and the new engine and further aero improvements, I would be really interested about it. The indoors material quality issues got already fixed with the current facelift. It’s just the new tech that is missing.
Does it not bother you that the close button is on the left on the trunk door? In ID.4 it is on the right. Makes more sense to me as most people are right handed.
@@natoftwthat are the same people who say you don’t need a SUV 😂 if live in country with a lot of snow u need it definitely AWD and higher clearance. Period! Especially when u get 50 cm Oder 1m snow in just few hours. I cam from Germany and never thought I will need a AWD or a SUV but now I live in Canada with a lot of snow on shit on the roads … I know now u need it .. of course in most places in Europe u don’t need AWD or SUV but hey if you want and u can afford it just buy what you want!
I still see that you need to press OK every time you start the car. That is very stupid detail from VW. Can you dig into why they force you to do that. Other brands don’t. It should be enough to confirm this once in the software.
So two of your 3 likes are features that your id.3 also could have if you had bought it? Not much of a ID.7 review. You still have to click OK on every entry… Great to hear that v4.x is better, previous ID owners is now left in The Dark. My BMW i4 is two years Old and have a better charging curve. I would have expected VW to deliver better in a completely new car. The question i dont get answered anywhere: Does The ID.7 have preheating of The battery to fast charging? All The IDs have The hardware, but it cant preheat The battery.
Yes, it preheats if you navigate to a charger AND there is a button to start manuall preheating. There is also a video from Battery Live, which shows each single button and functions of MIB4, too...
The fact that you avoid click bait is more than enough reason to like and keep watching your videos. Awesome!
Thanks for the report. The ID.7 is a bit bigger than I'm used to, but I like it quite a bit. Love the back hatch. I'm waiting for VW to announce pricing in the U.S.
Danke!
Ich danke
Thanks for your videos. You mentioned that you only use the backseat for your three dogs. We have two basset hounds and use the backseat for them in our ID.4. We put empty cardboard 12 bottle wine cases in the footwell area and cover the backseat and boxes to create an extra wide space for them. They love the extra wide seating. We have a net between the two front seats to keep them safely in the rear.
Glad you’re still happy. I’m happy with my Mach e too. Both have a few small issues but nothing serious. Just went through an arctic cold snap -41C with no problems. Just lucky I picked a home charger that could handle it too.
For me you have confirmed - the ID7 it the Volkswagen as it should be! Great review! :-) BTW: but I fell in love with ID2ALL :-) :-)
Yes! Very much looking forward to the ID2, it looks a real winner.
Oh man.. I can't wait till I have mine!
Same here !
@@mendywouter5628 I'm surprised by the short delay, I ordered my ID7 Tourer 1 week ago, and it is announced in August (in Belgium) ! Still, I can't wait to get it ! 😅
@@sirsams that's indeed fast ! I am driving the hatchback for a couple of months now. Still very happy with the car
Great to hear confirmation that VW is on track finally. If you have the money and are in the market to buy, I don't think you can overlook Id7. If you need more towing capacity of course, but it has everything else. Model Y can be had cheaper, but then with less range (still enough for most people). They should make a version of Id7 to match that with LFP battery, and VW would be cooking!
Yep, that towing capacity is greatly missing for some. And than there is price of course. Apart from those, great car!
It is a beautiful car with good specs.
It looks like it needs a good clean Chris tut tut, no excuses about the weather 😅
New favorite word: "Immensely" :)
Thanks for a great video! It confirms my decision to order an ID.7.
After 2 and a half months my new Bolt EV has close to 1800 miles on the odometer and I too am very happy with it. I call it my little Cadillac lol. Gr8 vid as usual. 🚙 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🔌
Nice car and it looks like they did a good job with 4.0
Love your way, keep on, greating from DK
A very enjoyable review 👍
I can’t wait to be able to order one 😸
Great video Chris. I thought at least one of your cameras was a GoPro which is totally waterproof definitely could handle some snow.
Wow 3600 in 3 weeks, that is a LOT, even by my standards .
Would be nice to have jump marks in the video.
True, I forgot to put them in.
My dislikes about the software (3.0) :
- the fact that you have to tap on ok each time you get in the car
- the fact that it relaunches each time you leave the car (even for a few seconds)
- laggy sometimes (essentially at start) but not always
Love your videos and all of the production you put into them. How is the rear wheel drive in the snowy weather? Did VW do a good job with stability control?
Haven't driven it on bad snow. We rarely get that here
I hope to see the same feedback also in tourer version....I wait it so much 😅
It should sell like hot cakes in Sweden, the land of the "kombi" or Tourer or wherever you wanna call it
Nice report. The estate/touring version of this would get much attention esp from those who wouldn't look at a sedan/saloon and vere towards SUVs. One question - would a recent iD3 be better than your old iD3 - with sw v4 on maybe better seats?
I would go for saloon, Im fed up with rouring cars not to mention aerodynamics and look.
Trunk is the same anyway. Time of real spacey station wagons is gone anyay.
Happy to note that they left away the small weird screen behind the wheel. I always found it cheap.
Integration is way better now in the id7.
Regarding software, I hope we will get 4.0 in the older iDs/Enyaqs (but quite pessimistic).
I feel it exactly opposite.
Bigger and closer display is way better to read. Doesn’t look cheap at all, and make it it look different from others. Only thing I sometime have problem with, is “gear” selectror, I mean, when parkig I sometimes dont know, whtwr there is reverse or drive 😊 Maybe it is just me🤷♂️
Great honest review, I fell the same abot frunk, maybe because of Tesla fans, every car must have it. I Would use it only for some stuff I don’t really use often, opening is not comfortable.
Funny, 150KW in ICE would be just fine, but in EV, where the torque is much higer in low speeds is “weak” 😊
@@Petr1331Since Headup with augemented Reality is always available, I can understand the decision.
I drive now a car with Headup for 7 years, and only seldom I look at the main display...the Headup is just the Display I use.
In fact they decided to have only a small Display as an "emergency" Display.
@@josefv-y8m Headup showos only few infos, mainly for navi , speed, signs etc. It is just about preferences.
I have the travel assist on my ID.3, it is very good on straight roads and keeps me in lane but in turns it starts to go crazy also on turns if there is stationary traffic it doesn't see the cars and Everytime I get a big red warning to break..
Driving is of course awesome from VW
Still 10 seconds is too much in the Tesla I get there in like 2 seconds or even less
Glad you are happy with ID7. Interesting what you say about the V4 software. As a friend of VW, do you have any information about when VW will launch a “proper” facelift for the ID3? My ID3 is fine but it needs that V4 software and lit controls.
Will the ID 3 get the V4? I believe I have heard something about that only the new 2024 VWs will get V4. I can be wrong.
@@Harrythehun That’s what I meant. But more about when those 2024 models will be available?
Summer I guess
Pleased you are liking your ID7 😁.
Like you I really don't need a large car, I have a Cupra Born, which suits me fine.
Just need VW to sort out their version 3.x software - do you think they ever will ?
It looks like only 2024 version of every ID will get 4.0 version then it stays with 3.x for previous ones, I hope there will be some updates but I don't think anything else except complete overhaul (like in version 4) will improve overall experience of software usage
I test drove the ID.7 and the infotainment is very fast compared to the older VW EV's. The UX team still has a lot of work to do though. Compared to Polestar/Volvo it's so cluttered and messy. To many small "buttons" on the screen which makes it hard and unsafe to use when driving, unnecessary information and "cool design" that takes up a lot of space and the colours are made for kids. They really have to clean that up before I'd consider buying a VW EV.
6:14 It's a shame that this will never come to older cars. A 3 year old car won't get real updates anymore and the ID.3 Facelift is already dead on arrival.
This behaviour from VW is the main reason why my next car won't be from the VW group.
Thx for a great video, however are you sure there will only be 340 ps in the GTX?
Beautiful review,one of the best!
Would be nice if you did a comparison between the 4 and the 7 - I’m a prospective buyer. ✌️
Thank your for this vidéo! Did you test your battery capacity?
Scanner says 77.000 Wh
All my range tests say 73,5 kWh
Question about the rear seat of the ID.7 - what is the headroom and legroom like?
Thanks for all of your videos on the ID.7. I think that it will do well in North America, except that the almost 1 year delay in launching it here will allow others to catch up. It appears that VW prioritized the launch in China and that didn't work out well. My guess is that they could have sold many more if they had prioritized a launch in NA. I probably will not wait another 9 months for the ID.7, but will likely go with Kia. That's too bad, as the ID.7 seems to be the perfect car for me.
They don't have the big battery yet.
@@abraxastulammo9940 Maybe that’s it. I had not heard that VW would hold the launch until the bigger battery is available. I still think that a version with the smaller, but still adequate, battery would do well in NA.
@Battery Life can you please test next time a couple of other annoying thing experienced in other videos of ID3/4s?
- How is your door closing button working in the rain/snow? :)
- stability and speed (lag) of android auto
- ambient light set up? E.g. I was missing the option of having ambient light activated when parking but could not set it to disappear automatically during drive (only option is to disable it is manual). ambient light is extremely annoying during driving for me
- Rear breaking light lamp/led bar fogging
- is there a sunglass compartment (e.g. in Skodas)? Very useful
- Induction charging: telephones getting very hot in a closed compartment in ID4, how is this solved in ID7
Thanks :)
I presume the steering wheel is capacitive, same as the Megane E-Tech, not having to jerk the steering wheel to get it to register you are still there is so much more relaxing isn't it? When in traffic using assist, how long before you have to press a resume button/accelerate to move off again?
That software was so bad, I decided not to buy an ID4 in 2021. I bought another ICE vehicle. a BMW X1. Now I'll take another look at the ID4 AWD but it's 10k more than a X1. Seems crazy imo but I'll check it out soon.
Not sure If Im digging the lower profile tires. You think this car could use aftermarket 17 inch wheels or smaller?
low profile? these wheels look a bit small even for this car
@@AstkeYes, anything smaller than a 55 is a low profile tire in my eyes. I prefer ride quality and dont care about stance/wheel gap. Give me something like an older Kona electric, 16 inch wheels with thick tires. 😊
No, 19 inch is minimum
@@samusaran7317I drive a Passat with 16 inch wheels. LOVE it. I've done so many stupid things which would have sent lower profile tires exploding I think.
3600 km in 3 weeks is quite a lot. I have double of that in a year lol.
A lot of tests. Without that I would be at 1000
Can you explain please why you opted for one without a heat pump? Is it noisy or something?
How is the connectivity between the car and android auto?
In my id3 it is so very annoying that it won't connect if you start the car straight away.
As a Passat GTE owner (who only uses Android Auto when navigating/as a media player), I'm curious about how you use "built-in"-navigation together with (?) Android Auto on Hank? Any comparisons or are you simply not using Android Auto for navigation?
Does android auto know the live car stats?
@@abraxastulammo9940 Nope, that's also one aspect. I know they will be adding support for charge-stats to some extent in the future, but it will not/can't be as integrated as the native system. That's what makes my question to me even more interesting. I prefer navigating with Google maps, but it has bigger issues due to the lack of integration when it comes to charging logic.
I always used both, not at the same time.
@@BatteryLife Do you mean you have same navigation setup on both systems in parallell?
The biggest improvements (compared to 2021 ID.3 Max) seem to be the new infotainment system, new engine/aero (better range) and faster charging. It’s a shame that ID.3 facelift didn’t get the new infotainment or the new engine, and aero optimizations were minimal. Both ID.4/ID.5 2023 facelifts got the new infotainment and engine. I don’t need a big car either. If I would buy a new car right now, I would choose Volvo EX30 over VW cars. It has AWD too. Shame that ID.3 GTX never become a reality.
But if they do a ID.3 GTX (AWD) with the new infotainment and the new engine and further aero improvements, I would be really interested about it. The indoors material quality issues got already fixed with the current facelift. It’s just the new tech that is missing.
Does it not bother you that the close button is on the left on the trunk door? In ID.4 it is on the right. Makes more sense to me as most people are right handed.
You get used to it.
Glad VW has figured some things out! Lovely car
This tech in a. ID.4 must be the ultimate car on the market imo.
And this is the case already...the updated ID4 (you can order only this anymore), has the 286hp Motor and MIB4.
Rear drum brakes can go to negatives
I really like the car, but I NEED awd for my country, where no one is cleaning the roads in winter.
No you don't. Just say you're an incompetent driver without actually telling us.
Should be introduced in autumn this year.
@@samusaran7317 Sure, whatever rocks your boat.
@@natoftwthat are the same people who say you don’t need a SUV 😂 if live in country with a lot of snow u need it definitely AWD and higher clearance. Period! Especially when u get 50 cm Oder 1m snow in just few hours. I cam from Germany and never thought I will need a AWD or a SUV but now I live in Canada with a lot of snow on shit on the roads … I know now u need it .. of course in most places in Europe u don’t need AWD or SUV but hey if you want and u can afford it just buy what you want!
@@samusaran7317 Stupid remark by someone who is clueless. The alternative to GTX up here is 2WD + shovel, sand and walking boots 😂
Battery degradation is high on VW's atm But the car as a whole is the best they have made yet.
I think 7 % at 100000 km and charging to 100 % quite often is not too bad according to ADAC with their ID.3 test car.
I think 7 % at 100000 km and charging to 100 % quite often is not too bad according to ADAC with their ID3 test car.
I still see that you need to press OK every time you start the car. That is very stupid detail from VW. Can you dig into why they force you to do that. Other brands don’t. It should be enough to confirm this once in the software.
I love everything but price 😢
ID.7 and ID.3 are still to expensive ones.
I suppose that ID.7 fair price is almost same price as Model 3.
Voltwagen
So two of your 3 likes are features that your id.3 also could have if you had bought it? Not much of a ID.7 review.
You still have to click OK on every entry…
Great to hear that v4.x is better, previous ID owners is now left in The Dark.
My BMW i4 is two years Old and have a better charging curve. I would have expected VW to deliver better in a completely new car.
The question i dont get answered anywhere: Does The ID.7 have preheating of The battery to fast charging? All The IDs have The hardware, but it cant preheat The battery.
Yes, it preheats if you navigate to a charger AND there is a button to start manuall preheating.
There is also a video from Battery Live, which shows each single button and functions of MIB4, too...
To slow man you need to install a new engine ...