Volkswagen ID.7 GTX Review 2025: Price, specs & boot space

If you find the standard ID.7 appealing but want a bit more performance, the ID.7 GTX is worth considering, especially if you like the way it looks, with the model-specific 20-inch wheels and other (admittedly subtle) visual enhancements. It isn't drastically faster than the other two versions of the ID.7, though, and the range takes a sizeable hit compared to the Pro S. We think most buyers would be better off with a Pro or Pro S ID.7.

This is an easy one, as you don't have a choice here. The ID.7 GTX is a single trim level with only one battery available - the larger 86kWh unit shared with the ID.7 Match Pro S.

The Tesla Model 3 Performance is only a little more expensive than the ID.7 GTX and significantly faster, but it's a bit smaller and not everyone will be a fan of the aggressively minimalistic interior which omits even an instrument cluster for the driver. A BYD Seal Excellence is also faster than the GTX but undercuts it on price fairly significantly, although you might end up spending a lot of time explaining to people what a BYD is and why your car is called 'Seal'.

For a more exciting time behind the wheel, the BMW i4 is a fine alternative, but again, it's a touch smaller than the ID.7, and the larger BMW i5 is much more expensive than the ID.7 GTX. The most similar car of all is, of course, the ID.7 Pro S, which features the same battery pack and will feel much the same as the GTX the majority of the time.

If you want an EV that truly thrills, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N only costs a little bit more than the ID.7 GTX, yet is much more powerful and a lot more exciting. It's a very different sort of proposition to the GTX, though. 

This is where the ID.7 really stands out compared to other Volkswagen ID products. There aren't any obvious cheaper bits of trim, and the fit and finish is very good throughout. The additional GTX detailing is also well-executed, even if it is pretty subtle. 

It's hard to tell at this stage how well the ID.7 GTX will fare over a longer period of time, but we're confident it'll stand up to many years and thousands of miles of use without wearing prematurely. 

As is the case with all versions of the ID.7, the GTX gets a 15-inch 'Ready 2 Discover' touchscreen infotainment setup. It's a good job it is a decent size, as you'll have to use it for the climate functions, the key ones of which are permanently shown along the bottom. 

It's certainly an improvement on older Volkswagen setups, but there are better systems out there in terms of responsiveness, even if this one isn't egregiously slow in doing something after a prod. The menu system is reasonably easy to navigate, and having customisable shortcuts on the screen is a nice touch. 

The navigation system works well enough, but many (if not most) drivers will prefer to link their smartphone and use a preferred app like Google Maps or Waze, which is easy enough to do thanks to Android Auto and Apple CarPlay being fitted as standard. We had no issues using the former system, and it was quick to connect a phone. 

One big upgrade the GTX gets over lesser ID.7s is the 12-speaker Harman Kardon sound system, which is excellent. Normally, it's part of the £2000 Interior Pack.  In terms of USBs, there are two USB-C ports in the front and a further two in the rear. 

The ID.7 GTX's boot space is no different to that of any other ID.7, and that's to say, very good. You're looking at 532 litres in the hatchback, increasing to 1,586 litres with the 60/40 split rear bench folded flat. You can also spec the Tourer as a GTX, which gives you a 605-litre boot that expands to 1,948 litres with the rear seats down. 

The space inside is generally very good, especially in the rear, where the car's long wheelbase gives an abundance of legroom. Meanwhile, by sticking the drive selector on the steering column, it's possible to place a large storage area between the front seats, which we found handy during our week-long test of the car.

There's just one combination here - the 86kWh battery pack used in the ID.7 Pro S, combined with a GTX-specific dual-motor setup. 

Although the driving and ownership experience of an ID.7 GTX will be much the same as any other derivative, this is somewhere you'll definitely notice a difference. 

The Pro S, which uses the same battery pack as the GTX, manages 436 miles on a full charge according to the combined WLTP figure, but opting for the GTX, with its extra motor draining the pack, drops that figure to 365 miles. Each of those numbers will be nigh-on impossible to replicate in real-world driving, which is all the more reason you might want the car with the more impressive figure. A 436-mile range in the Pro S means over 300 miles should be doable. 

In the GTX, on the other hand, we didn't get much over 200 miles from a full charge, although admittedly, it was at a very cold time of year and our driving was biased towards motorway cruising, which EVs don't tend to do so well at. The GTX Tourer is a bit heavier, which means its range figure drops, but not by much - the official figure is 358 miles.

Picking a GTX doesn't mean missing out on the standard ID.7's excellent refinement. Even at cruising speeds, wind and road noise are filtered out nicely, which is always impressive in an EV when there isn't an engine noise to help drown out either. As for the powertrain itself, it's barely audible unless you have the sound system turned off. 

The ID.7 Pro tested by Euro NCAP is representative of how the GTX will perform in the event of an accident, and on that front, it did very well. As well as earning the maximum five stars, it was rated highly in each of the four test categories, with 95% for adult occupants, 88% for child occupants, 83% for vulnerable road users and 80% for safety assistance systems.

As should be expected for a fairly recently launched car with a premium price tag, you aren't left wanting for safety tech. A lot of this is bundled within a system called Travel Assist, which is intended to be smoother than other assisted driving setups by only needing a single lane marking to keep the car in the right position on the road and using 'swarm data' from other road users. 

There's also speed limit recognition (which did get the limit wrong quite a few times during our test of the car), autonomous emergency braking including pedestrian and cyclist detection, a driver attention/drowsiness monitor and a head-up display to help keep your eyes on the road. The latter also includes an augmented reality system which is able to 'highlight' cars in front of you and display various safety messages as though they're on the road. It's impressive and effective, but it does take your eyes a little while to adjust to what's being displayed. 

As a new derivative of a fresh model, it's hard to say how reliable the ID.7 GTX will prove at this stage. However, the car's MEB architecture is now well established, and Volkswagen has worked hard to iron out software bugs experienced in earlier models to sit on the platform.

Volkswagen as a brand hasn't fared brilliantly in recent HonestJohn.co.uk Satisfaction Index surveys, but looking into the data further, a lot of this is down to problems experienced with ageing models dragging the average down. It's also worth pointing out that EVs have far fewer moving parts than combustion-engined vehicles, meaning there's less to go wrong.

The warranty is a little disappointing at three years and 60,000 miles. Normally we expect three years and 100,000 to be the minimum, and many OEMs go further than this, offering seven-year warranties and some even longer. The battery is covered by a separate eight-year, 100,000 warranty that guarantees 70% of its original capacity, but that's pretty standard nowadays. 

It should come as no surprise that as the most powerful version of the ID.7, the GTX also sits in the highest insurance group at 41, compared to 38 for other derivatives of the car. Although it costs a little bit more to buy, the ID.7 GTX Tourer is also in group 41. 

Electric vehicles have long been exempt from paying car tax or vehicle excise duty (VED), but that comes to an end on 1 April 2025. After that point, from year two of ownership onwards, they'll be liable for the same annual rate as any other car. Currently, that's £180 for 'alternative fuel' vehicles and £190 for regular combustion cars. 

The GTX is its own trim level, and it's a well-equipped one at that. It comes with every standard feature of the other ID.7s, including the 15-inch infotainment system, augmented reality head-up display, 360-degree parking cameras, three-zone climate control, matrix LED headlights, an electric tailgate, all the safety gear we talked about earlier, and even a light-up Volkswagen badges front and rear. We're not sure how we feel about that last bit. 

On top of that lot, there are 20-inch diamond-turned wheels, a 12-speaker Harman Kardon sound system, adaptive suspension, ventilated front seats, heated front and rear seats, and GTX-specific bumpers.