Beginning underneath $22,000 (20,000 euros), Volkswagen’s new ID.EVERY1 might be its most cost-effective EV when it arrives in 2027. Volkswagen’s tech growth boss, Kai Grunitz, says an ID.1 GT1 is feasible however will rely upon if sufficient consumers need it.
Is Volkswagen’s most cost-effective EV getting a GTI variant?
Volkswagen unveiled the ID.EVERY1 idea automobile earlier this week, previewing its upcoming entry-level electrical automobile.
Since launching the Beetle, the German auto model has had an inexpensive compact car for consumers to select from. The ID.EVERY1 is Volkswagen’s new entry-level mannequin for the electrical period.
Volkswagen will launch the manufacturing model in 2027, with a beginning worth of round 20,000 euros, or lower than $22,000. Based on Grunitz, Volkswagen’s most cost-effective EV might even spawn a sizzling GTI variant.
When requested by Autocar if an ID.1 GTI is within the works, Grunitz stated, “It might as a result of we’re utilizing modules from the MEB platform.” Nonetheless, “it depends upon numerous elements, together with the response of shoppers to this automobile,” VW’s tech boss defined.
Since Volkswagen is already planning to launch a GTI variant of the ID.2all, its barely larger entry-level EV beginning at about 25,000 euro ($27,000).
Each are a part of VW’s upcoming “Electrical City Automotive Household” collection, primarily based on its new front-wheel-drive MEB platform. The ID.EVERY1 is anticipated to have a WLTP vary of not less than 250 km (155 miles).
At 3,880 mm lengthy, the entry-level EV sits between the previous Volkswagen Up (3,600 mm), ID.2all (4,050 mm), and Polo (4,074 mm).
Volkswagen model CEO Thomas Shafer referred to as the ID.EVERY1 “the final piece of the puzzle” within the quantity phase.
Volkswagen will launch the manufacturing model of the ID.EVERY1 in 2027, following the ID.2all, which is ready to reach subsequent yr. The brand new entry-level EVs might be a part of 9 new fashions rolling out by 2027, together with an ID.2all SUV mannequin.
