Volkswagen ID.2 EV to launch on March 15, on sale in 2025 – Will the MEB Plus-based hatchback take the Golf name?

Volkswagen is expected to unveil its urban electric vehicle concept, the ID. Next 2 weeks on March 15th, follow car. Volkswagen insiders say the concept will give a glimpse of a future production compact car that will go on sale in 2025 and could take the name Golf.

A future production version of the ID.2 has been tipped to start at 22,500 euros (RM107,681) when it goes on sale in about two years, and it will be Volkswagen’s first to be based on the MEB-Plus’s MEB-Plus. it’s architecture.

The MEB-Plus platform is an updated version of the MEB electric vehicle platform that will use new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) prismatic battery cells and have a charging capacity of up to 200 kW, according to the report. car source.

While it’s likely that the new EV hatchback will use the Golf name, there are also a number of possible naming combinations for the production version that have been suggested internally in recent months, including special the ‘ID Golf’ moniker that Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer alluded to in an earlier interview, according to car.

“The name Golf has great value. The recognition it gets at the client clinics, people completely understand what we’re talking about. So it doesn’t make sense to change the name to something completely different,” said Schäfer. Earlier proposals suggested that the name Golf be applied to ID.3 . upgradehowever “the true value of volkswagen golf course in a car the size of ID.2,” said the source of the magazine.

The production version of ID.2 was previewed by IDENTIFICATION. concept of lifeHowever, the ID.2 will be heavily modified into a more conventional hatchback shape being developed by a design team led by new Volkswagen design chief Andreas Mindt. car.

This follows what has been described as a “not very warm reception” of the original concept developed by Josef Kaban by Schäfer and the brand’s new management team, and Kaban was asked to step into a behind the internal debate about the original design of the model.

Sources with knowledge of the original ID.2 proposals said car that the upcoming model falls somewhere between the size of the current Golf and T-shirtand it will have an overall length of “about 4,250 mm,” the sources said.

With a relatively short bonnet and flat floor, the upcoming concept is expected to offer “the kind of interior space of cars that are typically higher up in the segment,” the magazine’s source said.

Initial information says the ID.2 will be a single-engine, front-wheel drive, although Volkswagen sources say car that the MEB-Plus platform for this model will support a dual-engine, all-wheel drive configuration, so a power-line configuration remains a possibility.

The ID.2 will be “relatively light by EV standards, between 1,600 kg and 1,700 kg,” the magazine said, and the GTI badge will return to denote a more performance variant for the sedan. fully electric, thus Replace GTX badge as mentioned above ID.4 SUV.

“GTX [designation] dead. A decision has been made to replace it with the traditional GTI name and it is being considered for ID.2,” a source said. car.

Furthermore, the MIB infotainment system will be provided with a rotary controller for one heavily modified center console, like the development that will appear in the third-generation Tiguan later this year. The rotary controller will complement the touchscreen controls as found on current Volkswagen models. Criticisms about the lack of ease of use.

These important changes to the development of the ID.2 are part of a “comprehensive reset” for Volkswagen and its EV strategy led by Schäfer, according to the report. car.