The Volkswagen is an upcoming battery electric supermini car to be produced by Volkswagen. It is the first electric Volkswagen to adopt the new naming scheme for the Volkswagen ID. series, now using existing nameplates.
The is the production version of the Volkswagen ID.2all concept first shown in 2023. It is expected to have a starting price of , or roughly . The name was changed to ahead of the IAA Mobility show in Munich, Germany, where the 's production version was revealed.
The is the first electric car of the Volkswagen ID. series to use an existing nameplate, followed by the ID. Cross, the electric equivalent of the T-Cross. It will be sold alongside the internal combustion engine Volkswagen Polo.
The front end uses a stubby, sloped bonnet. Sleek headlights that are similar to the design used for the ID.7 are also present, alongside a light-up VW logo. The rear door handles are hidden. The rear light bar and roof spoiler are inherited from the ID.2all. In the interior a central touchscreen and a digital driver's display are expected, alongside physical switches for the audio and climate controls.
The Volkswagen ID. Life was the first VW concept car intended to foresse an upcoming supermini car for the ID. series â and even to replace Volkswagen Polo, in the early plans of replacing the entire range by BEV models â as a crossover SUV model, designed by Klaus Zyciora and Jozef Kabaà Â, who said "Volkswagen's design language always has to move in a more timeless direction. It fits the brand. We want to be authentic and clear and use real materials.â However, in 2022, the project based on this concept has fallen out of favour, to be replaced by models designed closer to existing VW models.
The Volkswagen ID.2all is a concept car first shown publicly on March 15, 2023, foreseeing the , then intended to be called Volkswagen ID.2, following the early Volkswagen ID. series nameplates. The ID.2all uses a shortened and simplified version of the MEB electric platform called the MEB Entry, with a targeted range of and producing , with a time of 7 seconds.
A sport version of the ID.2all was introduced as the Volkswagen ID.GTI in September 2023.
The will also receive a GTI version, which was previewed by the ID.GTI concept that was also first shown in 2023, alongside the ID.2all.
The will be offered with 37 kWh LFP and 52 kWh lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides (NMC) batteries. At its debut in spring 2026, the The GTI with 166 kW (226 PS)