2021 Volkswagen ID.Roomzz SUV previewed

Volkswagen has released teaser images of the fifth and largest model to join its pure-electric I.D. line-up, the Volkswagen ID.Roomzz SUV.

Set to sit above the ID.Crozz SUV, the images posted overnight preview the Volkswagen ID.Roomzz ahead of its official unveiling at the Shanghai motor show on April 15.

Measuring about 5.0-metres long, the battery-powered ID.Roomzz looms as an alternative to the current conventionally-powered Touareg SUV.

The tease suggests the new I.D. Roomzz will come with looks inspired by the smaller ID.Crozz, with the benefit of a set of cool rear-hinged suicide doors.

Claimed to "set trendsetting impulses when it comes to variability of the vehicle interior", the large VW ID.Roomzz will have a reconfigurable interior similar to that of a people mover, or the ID.Buzz that featured swivelling seats.

The zero-emission I.D. Roomzz is promised to come with "high-quality materials" hinting that it's primed to become the flagship of the Volkswagen's I.D. sub-brand.

Confirming it will come with Level 4 autonomous driving aids, including a new system called I.D Pilot, in most conditions the ID.Roomzz will be capable of driving itself but still requires human supervision in case the driver needs to assume control.

Based on Volkswagen's dedicated MEB architecture that underpins the entire ID. range of vehicles, the I.D. is reported to share the same 3300mm wheelbase as the ID.Buzz.

That means it will face direct competition size-wise from cars like the Tesla Model X and the Nio ES8.

Beneath the skin, the all-wheel drive ID.Roomzz is expected to be at least as powerful as the ID.Buzz minivan.

That means it will come with two electric motors that should produce around 275kW, enabling it to hit 100km/h in less than 5.0 seconds.

From launch there should be a long-range version that will come powered by a 111kWh lithium-ion battery that should provide the ID.Roomzz with a range of more than 600km.

Set to launch in China first in 2021, it's thought that Volkswagen's full-size electric SUV will go on sale in Europe and possibly Australia a year later in 2022.