Volkswagen's ID.4 – the game changing electric SUV due in Australia next year – has completed a 2000km plus dealership visit.

The trek was undertaken by Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles Director Michal Szaniecki primarily to visit six key east coast dealerships and introduce them to ID.4, one of the four Volkswagen electric SUVs that commence production in March for Australian release in July.

Setting out from Volkswagen Group Australia headquarters at Zetland in inner city Sydney, Mr Szaniecki charted a northerly course, stopping by Klosters at Newcastle, John Oxley Volkswagen Port Macquarie, Geoff King Motors of Coffs Harbour, Cricks at Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton Volkswagen and Mackay City Volkswagen. He concluded with a well-earned break at Airlie Beach.

For Mr Szaniecki the trip provided first hand insight into the reality of driving a Battery Electric Vehicle a distance that European private owners would seldom undertake.

His take out from his first stint on the journey: "I never imagined feeling so relaxed after 14 hour driving."

"The facts and figures about our ID range are known, but none of those convey how it makes you feel. The comfort, the relative silence … If you need to re-charge yourself you can do it while the vehicle re-charges."

ID.4 is aimed squarely at families, being roughly comparable to the best-selling Tiguan SUV in exterior dimensions, but more akin to the larger Touareg within due to the space saving underfloor battery.

"Parents, you won't have to raise your voice to be heard by those in back," Mr Szaniecki said. "Even Australia's steady open road speed limit – low by Germany's standards – is conducive to extending range.

"ID.4's quietness, comfort and spaciousness give you a much better beginning and end to your holiday."