After five years on sale, the Volkswagen ID.4 bids a not-so-fond farewell, replaced by the ID. Tiguan. The new electric SUV seeks to rehabilitate Wolfsburg’s public image as it navigates turbulent times, and it’s going up against some serious Chinese competition.
Succeeding the ID.4 (and the coupé-style ID.5, which is also going the way of the dodo) is an immensely difficult task. The two cars sold fairly well – a combined total of over 950,000 units reached customers’ hands since 2021 – but they haven’t exactly been beneficial to Volkswagen’s reputation of peerless quality and ease of use.
The company has thus listened to its customers in a bid to turn things around, and reusing the moniker of its hugely successful C-segment SUV seems like a good place to start. New name, but not an entirely new car – the ID. Tiguan is m
