Hot! Volkswagen: What's Next
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"At the ADAC 24-hour race at the Nürburgring on Friday 20 June, Volkswagen will present the world premiere of the most powerful production Golf GTI ever built to date. Performance, appearance, equipment? Still secret. But it can already be revealed that the vehicle is a top-class anniversary model to mark the 50th birthday of the GTI next year, which Volkswagen is celebrating with this special car."
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Preview of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring: Volkswagen is celebrating a Golf GTI Festival this year
A special GTI weekend is coming up soon: at the ADAC 24-hour race at the Nürburgring on Friday 20 June, Volkswagen will present the world premiere of the most powerful production Golf GTI ever built to date. Performance, appearance, equipment? Still secret. But it can already be revealed that...
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First sightings of the production bodied electric Polo class vehicle.
The Volkswagen brand returning to a tried and proven recipe of offering vehicles featuring evolutionary designs that are as unoffensive as possible. Skoda and Cupra siblings will provide a bit more pizzazz, I suspect.
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Well, it will almost certainly not officially be designated as such. Volkswagen intends to retire the ID nomenclatures and replace them with traditional designations. "Polo-e" could be a possibility.
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More like id2 if they were to name it that. Which they will not as the whole ID name is poison, much like MB's EQ line.
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VAG relied to much on China for growth and profits. China was the main customer thet has now turned into the main competitor.
Attitudes have also changed. With cars, the way to express status was to drive a German car. In developing markets, attitudes was was luxury can only come from Europe. However now, attitudes have changed. It's now acceptable to drive a Chinese car in China and still be considered of high social status.
Here in the UK I see more and more Chinese EVs every month.
I fully agree.
Meanwhile, Bild newspaper reports that BYD sits at an inventory of 340000 unsold cars in China .
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Sounds plausible. There’s no denying that BYD aim to put their cars into the hands of anyone who’s in the market for an EV.
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A crucial car for the Volkswagen brand. And it may indeed be the vehicle that ushers a significant turnaround in the brand's fortunes. Reportedly to be priced, depending on configuration, between 25K-to-30K Euros here in Germany (not including possible future incentives), it could appeal to a very broad audience. Could the ID 2 be the reincarnation of the Golf I ? In 1974, that car, along with the first Passat of 1973, pretty much singlehandedly saved VW. I clearly recall them "being all over the place" here in Germany shortly following the official presentation.
Incidentally, this rendering is reported to be "very, very close".
I really like VW and hope that this ID 2 will be the car that turns things around for their EV fortunes. Having owned 3x Golfs (2x Golf 1 and 1x Golf 2) over the years and also having a 1976 Passat in our family made me love the brand in my youth and I still have fond memories of all my escapades in my VW cars. If this is close to the real deal then the ID2 could definitely be a car that will tickle my fancy and give me an inkling to restart that VW ownership magic again.
A crucial car for the Volkswagen brand. And it may indeed be the vehicle that ushers a significant turnaround in the brand's fortunes. Reportedly to be priced, depending on configuration, between 25K-to-30K Euros here in Germany (not including possible future incentives), it could appeal to a very broad audience. Could the ID 2 be the reincarnation of the Golf I ? In 1974, that car, along with the first Passat of 1973, pretty much singlehandedly saved VW. I clearly recall them "being all over the place" here in Germany shortly following the official presentation.
Incidentally, this rendering is reported to be "very, very close".
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The new Gen II T-Roc is looking pretty sweet, IMHO:
Images courtesy of cochesspias.com
Images courtesy of cochesspias.com
That looks very very nice indeed.The new Gen II T-Roc is looking pretty sweet, IMHO:
Images courtesy of cochesspias.com
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I'm suspecting that we may be on the threshold of a formidable resurgence of the VW brand. And Skoda is one of the healthiest VAG brands in general. As for Cupra...we'll see.
As for the more elevated VAG corporate brands, I'll admit to being far more skeptical. But that being said, Porsche, with a little help from it's friends, has managed to pull a "Houdini" on numerous occasions throughout it's history, freeing itself from the shackles of grave financial distress and returning to strength with a vengeance. Lamborghini is doing well. Bentley and Audi....not so much. Two respective, possibly serial production relevant, concept vehicles due to be officially presented shortly may provide some clues regarding the ability of of both brands to stage a turnaround of fortunes.
As for the more elevated VAG corporate brands, I'll admit to being far more skeptical. But that being said, Porsche, with a little help from it's friends, has managed to pull a "Houdini" on numerous occasions throughout it's history, freeing itself from the shackles of grave financial distress and returning to strength with a vengeance. Lamborghini is doing well. Bentley and Audi....not so much. Two respective, possibly serial production relevant, concept vehicles due to be officially presented shortly may provide some clues regarding the ability of of both brands to stage a turnaround of fortunes.
Hopefully a return to form for Volkswagen, both ID.2 and T-Roc look great and very VW. As if an old friend has come back to town. Add the ID.1 a year later and it should give good fortunes to the brand. Just as many others, I still have fond memories of my Golf IV of more than 20 years ago.
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