Volkswagen ID.4 facelift to be renamed ID. Tiguan in line with other EVs – big redesign, physical buttons

A substantial facelift is coming to the Volkswagen ID.4 to help lift it beyond relative anonymity. To go with the redesign, the car will ditch its alphanumeric name and be called the ID. Tiguan, bringing it in line with Wolfsburg’s forthcoming new EVs like the ID. Polo.

Electrek, citing Automotive News, reports that the car is set to debut later this year, adding that the name change was announced by German industrial union IG Metall during a press conference. Spyshots indicate that the SUV’s redesign will indeed be massive in a bid to create a closer resemblance to the combustion-engined Tiguan, despite camouflage trying to pass the car off as the current ID.4.

At the front sit boxier headlights joined together by a thicker (and almost certainly illuminated) centre strip, while the rear end gains a new full-width taillight bar and a diffuser-like rear valance. The changes even extend to new door panels with conventional door handles, dispensing with the ID.4’s flush electronic door pulls. There are also restyled D-pillars, jettisoning the outgoing model’s silver cant rails.

Likewise, the interior is expected to receive a far-reaching makeover, adopting physical switchgear in a similar fashion to the ID. Polo, likely including the air-con controls. This should go hand-in-hand with the upgraded screens, including a larger 10.25-inch instrument display and a 13-inch infotainment touchscreen – up from 5.3 inches and 12 inches respectively.

Under the skin, the ID. Tiguan is slated to move onto the ID. Polo’s updated MEB+ platform, adding LFP batteries at the lower end. All this should help it remain at the sharp end of Europe’s EV sales table, with VW having sold 80,123 units last year, placing it fifth and helping the company unseat Tesla in the overall stakes. It was also the tenth best-selling EV in the US in 2025.

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