Post by PG on Nov 20, 2022 15:49:09 GMT
From Autocar - www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volkswagen-golf-return-electric-power-ninth-generation
There will be EV Golf. Per the article -
The Volkswagen Golf is tipped to continue into a ninth generation with electric power, in line with the firm's plan to retain historically significant nameplates.
Volkswagen boss Thomas Schafer said the firm would not be retiring the Golf name, and instead the model could become part of the ID line-up of electric vehicles. The current, eighth-generation VW Golf is due to retire around 2027-2028.
The ID naming convention is here to stay, said Schafer, as it was already well known by buyers and is associated with electric VWs.
He pointed to the example of the Volkswagen ID Buzz already carrying a name, and that ID models didn’t always need to have a number after them (eg ID 3, ID 4 etc). To that end, VW “might have ID Golf”.
He added: “We would not let go of the Golf name, no way.”
I always wondered at the logic of VW (and others) creating new nomenclatures for EV, as once they were mainstream, what about the names people know? A potential customer might well think "If I can't buy a Golf any more, then I may as well look at other brands". So now, the ID Golf will appear. Unless it's rear wheel drive like the ID3, surely that will just leave VW with multiple platforms? Sounds to me like the global acceptance of the ID range as "proper VW's" has not been good enough and they are now going to have to think again. The motoring press certainly have not swooned over the ID range.
There will be EV Golf. Per the article -
The Volkswagen Golf is tipped to continue into a ninth generation with electric power, in line with the firm's plan to retain historically significant nameplates.
Volkswagen boss Thomas Schafer said the firm would not be retiring the Golf name, and instead the model could become part of the ID line-up of electric vehicles. The current, eighth-generation VW Golf is due to retire around 2027-2028.
The ID naming convention is here to stay, said Schafer, as it was already well known by buyers and is associated with electric VWs.
He pointed to the example of the Volkswagen ID Buzz already carrying a name, and that ID models didn’t always need to have a number after them (eg ID 3, ID 4 etc). To that end, VW “might have ID Golf”.
He added: “We would not let go of the Golf name, no way.”
I always wondered at the logic of VW (and others) creating new nomenclatures for EV, as once they were mainstream, what about the names people know? A potential customer might well think "If I can't buy a Golf any more, then I may as well look at other brands". So now, the ID Golf will appear. Unless it's rear wheel drive like the ID3, surely that will just leave VW with multiple platforms? Sounds to me like the global acceptance of the ID range as "proper VW's" has not been good enough and they are now going to have to think again. The motoring press certainly have not swooned over the ID range.
