

The production version was unveiled globally on 23 September 2020. A prototype version of the ID.4 appeared in camouflage at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show discreetly so as not to steal the show from the first electric mass-market vehicle of the German brand, the ID.3. Crozz II concept cars, which debuted in 2017 at the Shanghai and Frankfurt Auto Show, respectively. The ID.4 was elected World Car of the Year 2021 over runner-ups Honda e and Toyota Yaris. It was delivered to European customers from late 2020, and the first quarter of 2021 for the North American market. The ID.4 is positioned by Volkswagen as a high-volume, mass-market electric vehicle - a car for "the millions, not the millionaires," as the company claimed in its advertising. The production version of the ID.4 debuted in September 2020 as the first fully-electric crossover SUV under the Volkswagen brand, while the coupe-shaped variant of the ID.4 (akin to the Audi e-tron Sportback) is marketed as the Volkswagen ID.5 and was revealed in November 2021. Based on the MEB platform, the ID.4 is the second model of the Volkswagen ID. The Volkswagen ID.4 and Volkswagen ID.5 are battery electric compact crossover SUVs produced by Volkswagen.
