There’s a light-bar across the front and some more LEDs at the rear, but the actual surfacing is pretty plain. Common to all the ID cars on sale so far, VW wanted a design theme that’s different from its combustion cars’.

But since its design was decided, new bosses have arrived and they figured, er, why not make VWs look like VWs? So for the next stage in the family, they’ll change strategy and make the small ID.2 look a recognisable evolution of a Polo.

Another big focus for the ID.7 is to make it as aerodynamic as possible. The drag coefficient is shaved down to an impressive 0.23Cd for the saloon and 0.25 for the Tourer. And of course the frontal area is less than a taller SUV, so total drag is even more impressive.