I don’t think it is about the names or the naming logic itself. I have no clue about the EV’s names or what they can do but I do exactly know what a polo is and what it does. By attaching the polo name to the EV, I’d have an instant assumption that the car is just like a polo, does what a polo does in terms of internal space and equipment but now it’s electric. I believe they think by linking them to established names people will buy more of them and I am inclined to agree.
Good point, I just liked the logic of the numbers.
The polo equivalent would be the ID1. Possibly to be named ID-Every1.
Which seems very logical to me to be an about Polo sized car, even with no prior knowledge of VW naming schemes. So you can also quickly figure it’s like a FIAT 500, or Peugeot 108 or Citroen C1.
Polo is actually a pretty stupid name IMO.
Golf makes an association to a golf cart, and should clearly be the smaller car of the two.
I thought Up! and Polo were similar size, so there you go, complete failure of the old naming scheme.
Without prior knowledge, the Up! might as well be bigger than a T-Roc.
But the ID2 is advertised as having as much space as a Golf!?
So I guess it depends if you measure exterior or interior, although I don’t see much sense in measuring on the exterior?
The golf is longer but the ID. 3 is wider and taller (not by much)
Honestly the fact that I’m having to google this proves your point that the numbers are easier for non experts to understand.
Maybe there’s a compromise where they can call it “ID.3 Golf” lets the golf users know what they need to look at and if they want to go up or down in relative size they can easily do so
I don’t think it is about the names or the naming logic itself. I have no clue about the EV’s names or what they can do but I do exactly know what a polo is and what it does. By attaching the polo name to the EV, I’d have an instant assumption that the car is just like a polo, does what a polo does in terms of internal space and equipment but now it’s electric. I believe they think by linking them to established names people will buy more of them and I am inclined to agree.
Good point, I just liked the logic of the numbers.
The polo equivalent would be the ID1. Possibly to be named ID-Every1.
Which seems very logical to me to be an about Polo sized car, even with no prior knowledge of VW naming schemes. So you can also quickly figure it’s like a FIAT 500, or Peugeot 108 or Citroen C1.
Polo is actually a pretty stupid name IMO.
Golf makes an association to a golf cart, and should clearly be the smaller car of the two.
Something didn’t feel right about the polo being compared to the ID.1
Checking the dimensions on google, a closer comparison would be:
VW Up! - ID.1 VW Polo - ID.2 VW Golf - ID.3
I too am a fan of the numbering. I drive an ID.4 and when I was purchasing, I understood where the size slotted in.
Although, the ID.5 being almost the same size definitely confused things a little
I thought Up! and Polo were similar size, so there you go, complete failure of the old naming scheme.
Without prior knowledge, the Up! might as well be bigger than a T-Roc.
But the ID2 is advertised as having as much space as a Golf!?
So I guess it depends if you measure exterior or interior, although I don’t see much sense in measuring on the exterior?
https://www.volkswagen.dk/da/elektriske-biler/elbiler/id-2all.html
And it’s the 2nd point.
Means spacious as a Golf.
I tried to find it in English, but apparently VW doesn’t let you choose language?
But it seems to me the ID3 is obviously bigger than than the Golf?
I think all the IDs are bigger than their ICE equivalents, A quick check shows https://www.automobiledimension.com/model/volkswagen/id-3 https://www.automobiledimension.com/model/volkswagen/golf
The golf is longer but the ID. 3 is wider and taller (not by much)
Honestly the fact that I’m having to google this proves your point that the numbers are easier for non experts to understand.
Maybe there’s a compromise where they can call it “ID.3 Golf” lets the golf users know what they need to look at and if they want to go up or down in relative size they can easily do so
I like easy. 😀
That could work, but if it’s actually more roomy, it seems a bit diminishing to the car to call it a Golf.