Volkswagen ID.7 shows plenty of promise

THE next member of Volkswagen's 'fastback' ID.7 will be revealed in full later this spring, but we've already tried a prototype that's at least 90-per cent finished.

- Matt Robinson

Climb inside and you're greeted by a minimal dashboard that's home to a revised digital instrument cluster. It's a clean look, thanks partly to a lack of physical air vent controls, because this is now done electronically. Feedback from earlier ID. models means there are many more soft-touch materials, too.

The new 15-inch screen in the middle is mostly a step forward from the displays found in current ID. models. It's responsive, the graphics look crisp and pleasing to the eye, and it's big enough to have room for permanent climate controls.