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ADAC Car Test: For the first time, a rating of "very good" - for the VW ID.7

For the first time ever, a vehicle achieves a "very good" rating in the strict club testing procedure - and it's an electric car from Volkswagen. The Wolfsburg-based company scores particularly well in terms of drivetrain and environment, with significant praise for its energy efficiency.

Weighted and rated "very good": The ADAC is full of praise for the VW ID.7. | Photo: ADAC
Weighted and rated "very good": The ADAC is full of praise for the VW ID.7. | Photo: ADAC
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Johannes Reichel

For the first time, a vehicle in the current ADAC car test has received the overall rating of "very good" with a total score of 1.5. The electric sedan VW ID.7 Pro achieved this result in April 2024. Until now, three vehicles shared the top spot with an overall score of 1.6 ("good"): BMW iX xDrive50 (tested in April 2022) and Mercedes EQS 450+ Electric Art (February 2022) as well as the Skoda Enyaq 85x L&K, which only moved up in March 2024. With a base price of 56,995 euros, the tested VW ID.7 Pro is significantly less expensive than the long-time frontrunners in the car test from BMW and Mercedes, which cost over 100,000 euros. The Skoda Enyaq, rated at 1.6, is priced at around 61,000 euros, on par with the VW.

"For us, it is good news that safety, efficiency, and comfort are not exclusively a matter of price," says Dino Silvestro, head of vehicle testing at the ADAC Technology Center in Landsberg am Lech, and adds: "Due to the comprehensive testing methodology with modern test laboratories, the car test is one of the most extensive consumer protection tests by the ADAC and offers unrestricted comparability of all test results, regardless of vehicle class and price."

With a score starting with a one in every category, the ID.7 performed excellently in Motor/Drive (1.0), Safety (1.1), Environment/Ecotest (1.2), and Comfort (1.5). The test engineers particularly praised the high energy efficiency of the ID.7. With a consumption of only 18.1 kWh/100 km, the sedan is one of the most economical models in the mid-range segment and achieved five stars in the Ecotest, which has been an integral part of the ADAC car test for over 20 years.

The other main categories such as driving characteristics (2.1), body/trunk (2.3), and interior (2.4) were graded with B-level scores. In terms of car costs (3.4), which do not affect the overall grade, the VW ID.7 Pro managed only a satisfactory performance. Nevertheless, the sedan can ultimately be credited with good value for money thanks to its very good technical features.

About the ADAC Car Test:

Each year, around 100 vehicles are scrutinized in the ADAC Car Test. When selecting test vehicles, an effort is made to ensure a broad variety of models. Criteria such as market relevance, innovations, and technology mix play a decisive role. The focus for individual vehicle models is on energy-efficient engines and popular variants. The test engineers examine over 350 individual checkpoints in the car test, following strict testing procedures with high-quality standards. The evaluation of the test criteria is done with grades ranging from 0.6 (best grade) to 5.5 (worst grade). The overall grade of a vehicle is calculated based on the grades of the mentioned main criteria, with the points for environment and safety being the most heavily weighted. The separately evaluated car costs do not factor into the overall grade. Since 2016, the evaluation has been done independently of the vehicle class, allowing cars of different classes to be compared with ease.

Translated automatically from German.
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