- The VW ID.2all concept previews features and styling of an upcoming electric hatchback.
- The production version of the EV hatch will be priced under €25,000—the equivalent of about $26,300—but it likely won’t be sold in America.
- The front-drive concept has a single 223-hp electric motor and about 280 miles of estimated range based on the European WLTP cycle.
Volkswagen likes to think that it’s going back to its roots—as “the people’s car”—with this latest concept, called the ID.2all. This tiny hatchback portends a new electric model that will almost surely be called the ID.2.
Production Preview
The production version is slated to go on sale in Europe in 2025, with a price starting under €25,000—or around $26,300, at current exchange rates. Since we don’t even get the ID.3 in the U.S., we doubt the ID.2 will come to America, but we’re digging its simplistic, nicely proportioned styling that’s meant to recall the Mk1 Golf. We also hope Volkswagen figures out a way to bring something like this to our shores.
The ID.2 will use an updated version of the MEB platform that underpins all the existing ID models. Unlike the rear-driven ID.3 and ID.4, it will have front-wheel drive, with the concept boasting a front-mounted electric motor producing 223 horsepower—a fair bit more than the base RWD ID.4’s 201 hp.
VW isn’t sharing battery size but estimates a 280-mile range on the optimistic WLTP cycle. Of course, the actual €25,000 base model will surely have less power and less range than that, with VW likely to offer multiple battery sizes and output configurations.
Golf Comparisons
At 159.4 inches long, it’s almost 10 inches shorter than the current Mk8 Golf, but its wheelbase is just over one inch shorter than the Golf’s. This makes for fantastic-looking hatchback proportions, with the GTI-style wheels pushed out to the corners and short overhangs that create a sporty stance.
Due to the more space-efficient packaging of an electric platform, VW promises that it’s nearly as spacious inside as the Golf despite having a smaller footprint. The concept has a sharp-looking interior, with a sporty steering wheel shape, a prominent center console, and dual screens serving as a digital gauge cluster and a large central screen. We can only hope that VW improves its subpar infotainment software by the time it launches this new model.
It makes sense that Europe will be the primary market for the ID.2, as buyers there are already immersed in small hatchbacks like this. Unfortunately, the subcompact segment has all but disappeared in the U.S., and we think VW would struggle to make a business case for such a car in America.
Still, we really like the idea of an affordable EV that looks like this, and we think many other Americans would too. We doubt we’ll be able to change VW’s mind, but at the very least, we can hope the ID.2all’s great design previews the future of other electric VWs that will make their way to our shores.
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Despite being raised on a steady diet of base-model Hondas and Toyotas—or perhaps because of it—Joey Capparella nonetheless cultivated an obsession for the automotive industry throughout his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. He found a way to write about cars for the school newspaper during his college years at Rice University, which eventually led him to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for his first professional auto-writing gig at Automobile Magazine. He has been part of the Car and Driver team since 2016 and now lives in New York City.
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