2022 VW Multivan (T7) hybrid review - a 7-seater family van that feels like a CAR?!
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- The 2022 VW Multivan (T7) is NOT based on a van - it uses Volkswagen's MQB car tech to give you a 7-seater van that drives and feels more like a car than ever. But does it work? Join me for a full walkaround of its interior, tech features, driving assistant tools and a whole lot more!
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Seeing this from the USA, I’ve always been a van fan. It’s so sad that this type of van isn’t for sale in the US, there’s so much character and versatility in this vehicle - everyone over here wants an SUV/CUV. People wanted them to get away from vans and wagons but now that they are everywhere, they have become dull. In my opinion, vans like this have always been a unique choice, I have 2 kids with a 3rd on the way, this would be PERFECT. Sadly I and other like-minded Americans are penalized by a large buyers market that prefers to use their vehicles as a bland appliance rather than something to take interest in. As a result, the family vehicles in the USA have no personality. Thanks for the review!!
Hi, siting here from New Zealand. We have a family of 2 Little’s and a 12 year old. We currently have a T6 Multivan which my wife LOVES because once you get toddlers seated, the puppy in and everything in, the van still feels relaxed and fun and it has an excellent HK stereo and my girls all just love it.. expensive as it is.
Having learnt a lot about car aerodynamics, the spoiler and the side wings under it really do reduce drag and improve aerodynamics. It’s really very incredible.
Excellent review as always! I think I want one even with VW's infotainment system.
If it had 4motion (and an electronic diff lock for snow) it would eat the SUV market for lunch.
and a mild or plug in hybrid diesel...
My thoughts exactly.
Having four kids under 5 years old, back in 2004 we bought a VW Caravelle (RHD swb) as our family car, since then we’ve moved to France and had another T4 (LHD lwb) and then a T5 (4motion LHD lwb ) they were all great family cars and coped with huge amounts of luggage on regular cross Europe holiday trips. But now the kids are all older and have moved out. If I had 4 small kids and two double buggies I’d definitely get the petrol T7 lwb - the auto gearbox and lane assitance/cruise control would be very welcome.
Love it and want one but can’t afford one! Booooo! Enjoyed the humorous commentary Tim! Nice one! Dev
Nice review. I need to replace my 21-year old Jaguar S-type and need room for my wheelchair. Another plus, now that I'm disabled, is that there's an option to have electrically-adjustable seats in the front.
The VW Multivan is now top of my list. It is well built and very versatile. All the rear seats can be removed too. I especially like how VW has created more room in the cabin with the novel gear shifter and the electronic parking brake.
VW just needs to resolve the laggy screen on the infotainment system. I doubt that the latest software upgrade makes much difference - it requires better hardware for the processor and screen.
Look forward to seeing what mods become available through the tuning companies: some window shades would be nice for overnight camp-overs. A little wooden dash trim to embellish the cabin, and some sound-deadening to help with the noise on motorways.
my 2004 touran really wants to be this car when it grows up!
I'd have loved this when the kids were little. We useda zafira as a family car and it was really good, actually . Couldn't afford this.
However, they're all grown up now....and I'm not doing it again!
I think it’s brilliant
As a T6 Caravelle owner (Gen Six 204) I feel it's a very hard act to follow, but despite my concerns summed up by your Sharon comment it looks appealing. The extra seat flexibility (really only matching the 2003 Espace) is definitely a positive over the T6 with the rear bench, but then the bench doubles as a bed :)
Exactly .....looks like my Espace 4 and copies the superflexible rail based seats....the Espace 5 was over stylish
Looks like shit i own a T6 Caravelle and will never change the Transporter for that crap
@@redstar612 but it isn't replacing the transporter surely it's just the in-between of a caddy and a transporter. It fits my lifestyle perfectly to be honest. the t6 is such a great vehicle for family's.
Reminds me of a 90's Renault Espace.
NOPE....its copied my Espace 4 even down to the superflexible rail system for seats....The Espace 5 was too stylish.
Thanks for review not sure why you had to mention dogging twice! Just need the info on the vehicle !
It's a gorgeous "Can".
I wonder how alike the interior of the ID buzz will be to this? I guess this is the petrol (non-identical) twin of the ID buzz.
We bought a multivan in 2008 and still have it. Fantastic car, but thirsty and very high tax here i Sweden. Will a heavy car like this, based on a Golf last, or will the weight make all those flimsy golf parts break?
Can you put three seats in the second row?
Hi Tim, great review, thanks! Having had 2 caravelles and an ocean and loved the permanently mounted bike racks do you know if this will have a similar bike rack option? Not sure how it will work with all that rear spoiler.
Can you fit 4 bikes in the back with a couple of seats?
Really like it, despite the performance which tbh isn’t really that relevant in a “car” like this, but now that the prices are out I’m disappointed. Once you’ve factored metallic paint and a spare wheel you’re easily over £60k for the hybrid (the only model currently available in the UK, and probably the only one I’d want) which given 10 years ago a cloth seated base Carravelle was around £30k is too much. Prices have just got silly these days.
The Multivan from the multiverse.
Awesome. Just add a bit more oomph under the bonnet and an offroad version with higher clearance. Ah yes, and 4Motion of course.
I was really holding out for the T7 but I love my T6 and don’t think it’s anywhere near as nice as the out going T6 and T6.1
Reviewing a family car and you forgot to mention isofixes! Are there any isofixes and how many?
Looks like Renault missed out when they went for the over stylish Espace 5..This VW even looks like my Espace 4....even copies the superflexibler emovable seats on rails.
looks like a good replacement for our Touran, but I want fully electric!
Same. I think that is the ID buzz.
@@MuskVideo Me too! I hope it has the same flexibility as the T7. I need it as an everyday car, or a bike transporter, or for carrying a week's camping equipment for 4 people
… so a minivan…an intriguing take on the minivan…but…still…a minivan
What was VW UK thinking when it renamed Multivans to Caravelle where rest of the europe was already using Caravelle, Shuttle and Kombi Transporter variants in addition to top of the line Multivan.
Yes! This! Confusing as hell now
I bet the ID buzz shares the interior with this.
I have a T4 since 2003. I wanted to pass T5 and get 6. That wasn’t a better unit. Yes more technology, more gimmicks but no change in driving comfort. This Multivan isn’t a T for Transporter it isn’t Golf on steroids. It has way to much technology for my taste. I recon my T4 will have to do for another half million kms. It may be a good limo transport.
Tbh I want this so bad, especially if it comes with a camper
YOU SAID YOURD SHOW US THE BIG SUN ROOF LATER BUT YOU DIDN'T AND THATS MY GO TOO!!!🤒
Ah sorry Anne! I think I filmed this video in 3 hours flat while flying in and out of Germany in a day. Sorry!
Interesting review.
00:23 You're supposed to pronounce it "folksvagen"; NOT "volkswagen".
05:05 Ha ha ha!
I'm planning to go to a dealer to test-drive this model before the end of this month (Feb. 2022). It doesn't cost me anything, save for the trip, so why not. But I don't think I will purchase one as I think it's far too expensive for its utility. Price at this side of the North Sea starts at around 700k. To put in perspective, I expect to make on average around 25 k a month this year, after taxes and expenses.
This model is marketed with an electric range of 48 kms. Not min. but max. That's without a trailer. So you're looking at driving mostly on petrol on longer trips. You're probably better off buying a used diesel powered vehicle. There's no use in dragging a heavy battery pack along. At least go for the diesel engine and long chassis option.
Who wants to wait 45 min. to charge the battery and then drive 45 min. on electricity before the combustion engine starts automatically? After 1,5 hr. that engine is likely to have cooled down again. And you don't want to start a combustion engine that isn't run warm without preheating it, now, do you?
And driving a fully loaded Multivan (esp. with a fully loaded trailer as well) with an 1,4 L petrol engine sounds questionable at best. My Transporter has a 2,0 L (140 PS) TDI engine and that's not too much. It's a two seater van equipped with features like 6 speed manual gearbox, long wheel base, glass fibre roof, LED headlights, Webasto diesel-powered pre-heater, front wheel drive and no separate electric motor/battery pack, it's net weight is actually less than 1,8 tons. Yet it cost around 450 k when I purchased it brand new eight years ago. With rear seats, four wheel drive and automatic transmission (180 PS) the price would easily pass 1 million, and even more for a more luxurious Caravelle or Multivan; not to mention for petrol model. That was, needless to say, totally out of the question. I've measured fuel consumption as low as 0,49 L/mile on a long trip and 0,54 L/mile on a short trip. I usually drive it in 70 km/h (5th gear), increasing to 80 km/h (6th gear) on the best roads (double carriageways/central divider) but not on steep ascends.
Why would you drive as fast as 70 mph (10:12)?
After being fortunate the past couple of years, I have more available funds than ever (currently 1,9 million in bank deposits and cash minus debt). Now I'm considering selling one of my cars and trading in the other for a Caravelle/Transporter/Multivan or perhaps Hiace/Proace or Vito/Viano, with rear seats, a trailer hitch, (at least 7 speed) automatic transmission and cruise control, as well as both electric and diesel-powered engine/coupé heater (unless it's fully electric). Preferably not electrically operated doors or parking brake, adaptive cruise control or glass/sun/panorama roof, and certainly not a pure (not plug-in) hybrid, as that sucks.
I've been considering the fully electric 9 seater Proace Verso, but it's max. range of 316 kms. with at least 42 hours charging time (by normal wall outlet) isn't reassuring, considering our climate and our poor electricity supply. So far this year, in my home power has been out about a dozen times in six weeks.
I'd be remiss not to mention the fact that they (believe it or not) put salt on the roads, and, as we all know, salt and water doesn't mix well with electricity and metals. That would probably would destroy the electric sliding door motors the first winter. Though I image driving in the dark with heads-up display (10:35) might cause road rage already after a few minutes.
Can you have three seats in the second row?
"Can you have three seats in the second row?"
There should be enough space for it. I'm less sure of the first row.
I know most people buy on PCP nowadays but circa £60K+?! That’s mad.
Don’t look at the price of California campervans… they cost more used than new!
If these are 60k+ I can only imagine how much the full ev T7 multivan will be.
I love vans as cars and want an ev but can't see myself shelling out 80k+ for the ev T7.
I'll just buy something Chinese.
Dammit, Tim, now I want Currywurst
No fog lights?
Fog Lights are from the 90th...this has Matrix LED, which blows any light away, you have ever seen. I am driving a Passat GTE with these lights, and they cut out the cars in front of you..you see a dark rectangle in front and not dazzling the car in front of you...and the car in front of you has more bright light, since it shines over at the right and left. ;-)
And in fog, you can just let the car decide for you...it is everything automatic and works brilliant.
How impervious to stones thrown up by Semi’s is the Sun roof
Sadly I didn't get the chance to test that…
Great marketing trick: renaming the VW touran - previous incarnation of van shaped golf - as multivan. As if by magic, it's no longer not a dud of a mid size people carrier, but a vanlife surfer youtuber's dream. With no diesel (at least hybridised) or just 60L tank on a thirsty petrol engine, this will not be the long haul cruiser it could have been.
I'd like electric windows in the back for my dogs.
Coming to an Uber driver near you soon.
Looks like the new ID buzz electric van lol
I have all the vans and a 2 year old VW Transporter Crew Van at present. This looks very under powered with the small petrol motor. Better off with a really big battery (118 kw) or straight diesel IMO. Also a big problem with VW side mirrors is they aren't spring loaded and smash off too easily. I had trucks wipe two off them off and in Australia they cost $900 each to replace.
Of course it is better than a Tiguan. It is also twice the price.
VW are a bit late to the party . Toyota have the Alphard Hybrid which was designed from the ground up been for sale nearly twenty years in various guises .
And benefits from Toyota quality & reliability.
this is far from being the first mpv from Volkswagen
@@jh5kl yep and far from the first mpv . Lol
Lovely if the did an R.
🚘🔝
Only 20yrs behind the Toyota Alphard 😉
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And my Espace 4....with its super flexible seating...
How come reviewers never tow a caravan as part of the test?
Vw a bit slow to catch up with the Japanese vans, Toyota, Honda, Nissan have been building vehicles like these for at least 20 years.
As much as Volkswagen tries to sell us this... it's NOT a Multivan anymore!!! No bed transformation, no lifted suspension height, and the list goes on... the things people loved these Vans so much for, no - and I'm sorry to say that, no Multivan anymore and that's it! In the city.. maybe ok, but cmon, really... get a Touran then?
We use these vans for family, traveling, transporting, camping, resting in nature, etc. Now it has become a lifestyle joke for people working in some offices. The hard plastic front dashboard and the sliding table are a terrible joke for this price range. On the other hand, the rear seat heating is a great idea. The review is good though :)
So VW have just reinvented the MPV.... something that has been popular in the US and Japan for over two decades.
It would be inappropriate and definitely not needed in a van, and a van's purpose would not include this, but I would love to see a GTI version for laughs
Edit, if going that path, a GTD would make more sense
Nah, Golf R drivetrain all the way!
@@TimRodieDrivesStuff that would go well, then paint it that nice blue the the R models come out in, would look less airport bus and be a hooligan at the same time 🤣🤣
Or go all out and RS3 5 cyl it 🤣
Obviously this is Nissan Serena C25 , only change VW badge
Only tows 2000kg and isn’t available 4x4. It isn’t a faithful replacement for the Caravelle.
4x4 is planned in future...the second rear axle will be a pure electric drive train...means one ICE and two electric engines...I read it is planned for 2024 only. If the pure electric ID Buzz will be a success...lets see if they really introduce this ?
From the front and from a distance it looks a bit like a Renault espace 😂
Bring back the Espace (we don't get it in the UK)
WHAT happened to the VW BUS they've been promising us??? All electric please. I'm ready to buy my next all electric (have a 2019 Kia Niro on lease) - and would buy a VW bus if it were available...
It's coming! Apparently...
The ID buzz pre-booking just opened in Europe.
I believe the ID buzz will be very similar in both exterior and interior to this one. The back part is more curved on the ID buzz. Apart from that they will probably be twins.
@@Daabai awesome - thanks!!!
As a form of transportation for families, it is a good vehicle, I guess. But in my personal taste, to much unpractical bling which will cost money to maintain. If I am not able to shut a sliding door by myself anymore, I should stop driving ;-)
What are you talking about? 5 min into your video shows how little space you have in that car. Check the space between the seats and you said yourself that there is not much space in the luggage. So where is all the space? Car is built on a Golf platform so why does it cost 50,000?
A golf as hybrid with this hp easily costs above 40k...and the platform is just used to have all technology available for any car in the line up.
To you really care about this marketing speech of platforms?...drive it and check if this is a car you like or dislike...regardeless the platfrom...or how they call it.
But I agree, the cars are too expensive to buy it as a new car...I would lease it, although Vans loose less money per year than a normal car in the first year
MARKETING SPEECH OF PLATFORMS
Airport taxi 😂
MPV
Glass roof = lots of noise
I can’t understand that in this era of environmental awarement that we are building bigger and heavier cars ??? Even electric cars are huge - doesn’t anybody really care ?
As a 14 year VW Caravelle owner and owner of new T6.1's. What you are looking at is "new coke" this is VW reinventing something that wasn't broken and destroying it. Notice tiny boot space - can you fit shopping in there for a large family? Nope its too small unless you spec the longer one which will overhang a standard space. No leg room for adults in the back especially when seats in the rear are facing. Dash is useless and no storage. The A pillars obstruct the view. VW have missed "vw life" crowd, people with a family who want a car and and van. This isn't that, this is a mess sometyhing VW will regret It wont sell, they will never get people out of the transporter into this. They will only when they bring out the transit version which again wont sell.. This will go down as a flop alongside the VW Fox and Polo Saloon. Pay more for a smaller, less practical and poorly designed Sharan....
Hmm, with this they can replace the unreliable engines...which are defect too often. The construction of the hood is a nightmare for anyone who needs to repair anything.
The T7 uses MQB and they can add all new technology to this car, like for any VW Group car in the near future. For the T6 Line, they have to implement most all again.
And the T6.1. is still in production since it sits on the commercial platform, which is needed for crafts worker, too....at the Moment it is simply a matter of taste and I don't think they both have the very same target consumer.
Plus it's 60K, the lambs will buy it.
A little bit more money for a lot less space? Doesn't sound like a great deal for a jumped up Sharan, ha ha.
The price is just ridiculous...
Sorry Tim - The VW fleet continue to get bigger and bigger. Our reliance on SUVs as a staple - and now every family needs a van. We need to move on and get smaller and genuinely consume less.
Nah, everyone should just ride motorbikes. It’s the future
Did he really say they´ve just been dogging?
I bravely go where no other journalists do…
@@TimRodieDrivesStuff Well, good for you, I suppose...
нет опозитныз счеток = не очень оно то что надо
спс едектричек с опохитными
IMO this car is a complete fail from the engine POV. I have test driven thy hybrid one and it is seriously underpowered for it's size and weight.
I am confuse 🤓
Isn’t this a bit like a less good people carrier?
‘People’ stopped buying those, as they preferred less practical, worse to drive and more expensive 4x4 everythings!
Even though this is an MQB thing, will VW labelling it a ‘Van’ make it cool to some folks?
Enjoyed the nonsense as usual anyway Tim 👍🏻
Vanish - like a van - makes you feel invisible when driving it. (Uxbridge English Dictionary).
@@chrishb7074
Haha I guess it might.
I think I’d feel more like a plasterer / plumber in a vanish thing 🤓
Do you think this feeling of van driving invincibility, is why so many seem to be piloted by unhinged c**ts?
Not sure why you call it a Ford! and mention a ford transit!
1.5 seriously ? wtf
Rockstars get around in MPVs. Plonkers get around in SUVs.
Wurst reviewer 🤣
So vw finally ruined the Transporter
T6 is still sold as is! If you like it...buy this.
T7 is based on MQB and you get rid of this unreliable engines, which fail very often in the T6 line..and you get access to latest Technology, which will be most likely never adopted to the T6 line...like Travel Assist; Matrix LED...like it very much in my Passat GTE.
And as you called it...T6 is a Transporter...T7 is more like a big car and hopefully it drives like this!? Thought about to buy a California...but driving like in truck was not my taste. Mercedes V-Class (Marco Polo...a camper, tooo) drives more like a big station wagon for example.
@@josefv8708 MQB vws are also very unreliable. This is a minivan, basically, a Routan 2.
Watch the T6 disappear.
Looks practical but oh so bland. No wonder VW is offering two tone variants. Styling apes latest Golf Mk3 8 ie caught somewhere between Golf Mk7 and ID3. Not ugly, but worse than before... where's the inspiration? Still I guess no one will buy a van for looks.
This isn't the T7
You're not the T7
@@TimRodieDrivesStuff Your right, regardless this is a myth.
Looks like a 1995 Chevy Astrovan.... Did VW buy GM's tooling? I hope Volkswagon got the Koreans to do the engineering and assembly.. German made cars are CRAP.... Starting with Mercedes, BMW, Audi.. and VW
The amount of dad jokes is way too much even for a family van review.
This is not rolls Royce. Why it is so expensive? Toyota is prious plus is far better than this and price is only £34000
If you want a van that drives like a car buy any ford transit from 1965 onwards.
yeah go down any secondary road in Ireland and youll see how car like it is 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't get it why VW is getting uglier... the chapes on all new VW's are so ugly... when I see this front, it reminds me to a first renault espace :p
overpriced and cheaply built with many problems...and thats from a vw tech of 20 years
What's with that stupid moronic joke about dogging? Can we just have a normal review please?
There are plenty of dull reviews online, so if you want your life to be boring then carry on watching those instead. You add nothing to the internet 👍
Vw hybrid,rubbish,I will never buy one.
VW vans have had a massive cult following for decades. Goodbye to that with this monstrosity.