{"id":926638,"date":"2026-10-09T14:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926638\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:58:15","slug":"volkswagens-replacement-for-the-id-4-crossover-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926638\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen’s replacement for the ID.4 crossover is here"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on the images VW supplied to Ars, I think they\u2019ve mostly met that brief; the R-Line interior in particular looks rather good to me. More importantly though, VW has been listening to feedback.<\/p>\n

The return to normal door handles will be welcome, even if it might have been driven by Chinese vehicle regulators<\/a>. Even more welcome are the plethora of physical controls: real buttons on the steering wheel, real switches for the climate control and windows, and real physical air vents, not computer-controlled ones. There\u2019s a new 15-inch infotainment screen that looks nice but will need to be responsive, plus the option of a 12-inch passenger display, a trend I continue to bemoan like Grandpa Simpson shouting at the clouds<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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One of six retro dial designs. Instead of a tachometer, it shows you percentage power deployed (or regenerated).<\/p>\n

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\n One of six retro dial designs. Instead of a tachometer, it shows you percentage power deployed (or regenerated).<\/p>\n

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The interior looks less utilitarian than the ID.4, particularly in R-Line trim.<\/p>\n

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\n The interior looks less utilitarian than the ID.4, particularly in R-Line trim.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen<\/p>\n

\n One of six retro dial designs. Instead of a tachometer, it shows you percentage power deployed (or regenerated).<\/p>\n

Volkswagen<\/p>\n

\n The interior looks less utilitarian than the ID.4, particularly in R-Line trim.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen<\/p>\n


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The R-Line seats look more supportive than a generation of helicopter parents.<\/p>\n

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\n The R-Line seats look more supportive than a generation of helicopter parents.<\/p>\n

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The electric Tiguan should be practical.<\/p>\n

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\n The electric Tiguan should be practical.<\/p>\n

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\n The R-Line seats look more supportive than a generation of helicopter parents.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen<\/p>\n

\n The electric Tiguan should be practical.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen<\/p>\n

One feature that really got my attention is one of the options for the new 10-inch digital main instrument display: the retro dials. Instead of something presumably 21st-century looking\u2014I don\u2019t know since we didn\u2019t get any press shots of the default theme\u2014you can opt to replicate the dials and warning lights from an Mk1 Golf, an Mk2 Golf Country, an Mk 4 Golf, a first-gen Tiguan, a racing Toureg, or the Beetle. (I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s the original rear-engined Beetle or the retro one designed by J Mays in the late 1990s.)<\/p>\n

Pre-sales for the electric Tiguan start in Europe next week, with a starting price in Germany of 42,695 euros ($44,716). Although the ID. Tiguan is coming to the US, VW told us it \u201chas not announced North American timing for the vehicle. Following the European ID. Tiguan launch in early 2027, the company will share North American timing, offer structure, pricing, and other market-specific details in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Based on the images VW supplied to Ars, I think they\u2019ve mostly met that brief; the R-Line interior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-926638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}