• Great space up front, fair in the rear
• Not quite as practical as ID.4
• No front boot

How much space is there?

The ID.5 is easily large enough to transport four large adults. Legroom is virtually unchanged from the ID.4 SUV and headroom is only a little tighter than it’s boxier sibling.

The floor does feel high which eats into kneeroom. But this is the same with most electric vehicles.

Bootspace

The 549-litre boot is a pleasant surprise, as it’s actually a little larger than the ID.4’s up to the parcel shelf. It’s smaller with the rear seats folded, but you can still make room for up to 1,561 litres of stuff. This means it’s pretty similar to VW’s non-electric SUV, the Tiguan.

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Broadly the boot is big and flat. It should certainly be large enough for most people’s needs. However, unlike with the Ford Mustang Mach-e, there’s no load area under the bonnet.

Is it easy to park?

The ID.5 is a large car with a sloping roofline. It’s this kink that makes it particularly difficult to see out of the back. However, all models come with a rear-view camera and a 360-degree one is on offer too, which greatly increases how easy it is to park.

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Safety

• Five star Euro NCAP score
• Includes the latest safety tech
• Semi-autonomous tech broadly works well

The ID.5 received a full five stars from European testing authority Euro NCAP. It scored particularly well in the adult occupant tests and in the safety assist category. The high score can be attributed to the sheer number of driving aids it comes with.

Expect to find Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), Lane Keeping Assist, autonomous emergency braking as well as a driver fatigue alert system.

During our testing we found the semi-autonomous tech that can control how fast you’re going and keep you in lane worked well, and performed calmly with no erratic speeding up or slowing down.

It comes with three Isofix points as standard, one on the front passenger seat and two on the outer rear seats.