Volkswagen has previewed its first-ever all-electric estate ahead of its launch in Europe next year.

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The ID.7 Tourer will join the ID.7 saloon that’s currently launching, providing a more practical format said to offer plenty of space and high efficiency. This will draw on the brand’s 60+ years’ heritage of developing estates, most recently with models such as the Passat or Arteon Shooting Brake that the ID.7 Tourer indirectly replaces.

Teased in camouflaged form with integrated QR codes at the rear, it’s based on the MEB platform used across the Volkswagen Group for models such as the Škoda Enyaq and Audi Q4 e-tron.

In the case of the ID.7 estate, it’s designed to bring “the character of an elegant full-sized hatchback version with a particularly generous sense of space and an increase in trunk volume”.

The cabin is said to bring plenty of passenger space thanks to short overhangs and a long wheelbase, while boot capacity stands at 545 litres, rising to 1,714 litres and almost a 2m-long cargo space with the rear seats folded.

The sleek profile also delivers aerodynamic efficiency with a Cd-value of 0.24; almost the same as the 0.23 figure for the saloon.

As with the ID.7, the Tourer variant will be produced at the Volkswagen plant in Emden, north-west Germany.

There’s no word on the powertrain yet but the ID.7 saloon is available in two versions: an entry ID.7 Pro model with a 77kWh battery that gives up to 615km (382 miles) of official WLTP range and a Pro S derivative with an 82kWh pack for a headline 700km (435 miles) WLTP range figure. Both feature a rear-mounted 286hp single motor that’s newly developed and is the most powerful and highest-torque electric drive motor in a Volkswagen ID. model so far. A dual-motor four-wheel-drive version of the ID.7 saloon is also planned.

The ID.7 Tourer is one of 11 new electric models that Volkswagen will launch from 2023 to 2027. Other arrivals include the new ID.3 and the long-wheelbase ID. Buzz launched this year, which will be followed by a compact electric SUV in 2026 and the production version of the ID. 2all – which will be priced at less than €25k (around £22k). Volkswagen says this will give it the widest range of electric vehicles compared with its competitors. It’s also aiming to achieve an electric car share of 80% in Europe by 2030 ahead of plans to only produce electric vehicles in Europe by 2033.