VW ID. Tiguan will replace the ID.4 and ID.5

Volkswagen has confirmed the name of its next electric SUV: ID. Tiguan. Volkswagen unveiled the production car on 9 October 2026, and sales start at the beginning of 2027. It succeeds both the ID.4 and the coupe-style ID.5.

ID. Tiguan succeeds the ID.4 and ID.5

Volkswagen says the ID.4 and ID.5 have together been delivered more than 950,000 times since 2021. At the time of this announcement Volkswagen had shown the car only as a camouflaged near-production prototype, with no battery size, power, range or build plant given.

Camouflaged Volkswagen ID. Tiguan prototype from the rear — A prototype in a yellow pixel-pattern wrap, driving on a test road

The Tiguan name moves to the electric range

The ID. Polo takes its name from the Polo and the ID. Cross from the T-Cross. The ID. Tiguan does the same with the Tiguan. According to Volkswagen, the Tiguan is currently the best-selling model worldwide for both the Volkswagen brand and the Volkswagen Group, with more than 8.3 million built so far.

The petrol, diesel and plug-in hybrid Tiguan continues alongside it.

Source: https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/press-releases/electric-future-established-name-the-new-id-tiguan-premieres-in-october-20709 Last updated: 14 Oct 2026