A first idea about the successor to the Volkswagen Up!

In the future range of Volkswagen there will also be room for an ultra-compact model. It will be called ID.1 and will be the indirect heir of the Up!, the little car from Wolfsburg that was recently withdrawn from the market after a 12-year career.

This baby electric should arrive in dealerships around 2027 and be the first in a series of compact models from the Volkswagen Group, which will be enriched with the debuts of similar versions branded Skoda, Cupra and Seat.

The first indications

Based on initial information and official statements from Volkswagen, we tried to imagine what the ID.1 would look like in our render.

As previously admitted by Kai Grünitz, technical director of the new model’s development, this Volkswagen will take on some design elements and aesthetic features. According to the manager, the ID.1 “will retain the typical functionality of a Volkswagen”, while having a list price around 20,000 euros.

The small electric should be built on a platform unreleased, different from the MEB on which the larger ID.2 will be based. In all likelihood, to keep production costs down, the architecture will not include some advanced driver assistance systems. And it is equally likely that the interior will be more focused on versatility than on technology.

In fact, it is possible that instead of theinfotainment there is a station to connect your smartphone and use it for navigation and multimedia functions, just like in the Up!.

The city is its habitat

Regarding the powertrainit is still too early to talk about precise specifications. At least we expect rather compact batteries (around 40 kWh capacity), for a range of around 250-300 km, being a car designed primarily for city travel.

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Volkswagen ID.1 (2027), the render of Motor1.com. Detail of the pavilion

Given the rather low list prices, Volkswagen does not expect great profits from the model. More than anything, the ID.1 will have to be a sort of business card of the brand towards younger customers, with the aim of gaining their loyalty over time.