After what has felt like an age with teaser images and camouflaged drives plastered across the internet, Volkswagen has finally revealed its new electric supermini – the ID. Polo.
The newcomer is part of a quartet of new EVs from the Volkswagen Group, sitting on the ‘MEB+’ platform shared with the Cupra Raval, Skoda Epiq and Volkswagen ID.Cross. It’s also the first VW ID model to wear an historic name instead of a number, as the German firm seeks to make its electric line-up feel more familiar.
The ID.Polo is equipped with either a 37kWh or a 52kWh battery. The smaller pack comes with 114bhp or 133bhp motors, and can manage up to 201 miles. The larger battery comes with a 208bhp motor, with VW claiming a 208-mile range.
The exterior features Volkswagen’s new ‘Pure Positive’ design language with the C-pillars derived from the first-generation Golf, while the front end has similar elements taken from the new ID.3 Neo hatchback.
Inside, Volkswagen has equipped lots of physical buttons alongside a 13-inch infotainment system, and a 10-inch digital cockpit which can be customised to have a ‘retro display’ from the first-generation Golf hatchback.
Prices and UK specifications will be revealed soon, though the car has gone on sale in Germany from the equivalent of £29,280, while a cheaper model priced at £21,650 will be launched in the summer.
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