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Is there a reason to start this new model name vs simply calling it the 2020 "eGolf"? Is the eGolf basically a hack design and the ID3 a true, ground-up electri

by ed312 7y ago

Is there a reason to start this new model name vs simply calling it the 2020 "eGolf"? Is the eGolf basically a hack design and the ID3 a true, ground-up electric design?

sbradford26 7y ago
I would say a lot of it comes from it being a completely different platform. Most likely there will have a line of cars with similar names kind of like BMW's i series that will encompass all the electric vehicles made on the platform.
mikestew 7y ago
From the article: "The ID.3 will be the first car built on the Volkswagen Group’s “modular electric toolkit” or “MEB” — a technological platform for EVs that includes the battery pack and motor." That, and this not the only planned vehicle based on this platform, so "eGolf" would be a bit restrictive.
alkonaut 7y ago
That would be my interpretation. That the traditional Golfs and Tiguans will continue to be delivered with ICE/Hybrid drivetrains but that any pure EV model of an ICE car would always be a compromised design because of how radically different they can be built. So even if they make the ID look like a golf in the body it’s a radically different car, and if they still make the golf they shouldn’t be selling this under the same name. As the article says, the interior will have much more space for example. Calling it eGolf might be confusing, and might be underselling it.
theluketaylor 7y ago
Volkswagen is positioning this as the 3rd era of the company. They started with the beetle, then the golf has been the backbone of the company for 40 years, and now the ID.3 is going to be their core identity.
zaphirplane 7y ago
Or VW is trying to get some association with Tesla model 3 Wow how very uncreative, I would be too embarrassed by such blatant copying model => Id 3 => 3 New name ID3
- capitalisthakr 7y ago
  cough BMW i3
  - skgoa 7y ago
    And Audi A3, BMW 3 series etc.
    - zaphirplane 7y ago
      The word model has similarity to the word ID I’m not saying the number 3 is owned by tesla

by ed312 7y ago

Is there a reason to start this new model name vs simply calling it the 2020 "eGolf"? Is the eGolf basically a hack design and the ID3 a true, ground-up electric design?

sbradford26 7y ago

I would say a lot of it comes from it being a completely different platform. Most likely there will have a line of cars with similar names kind of like BMW's i series that will encompass all the electric vehicles made on the platform.

mikestew 7y ago

From the article: "The ID.3 will be the first car built on the Volkswagen Group’s “modular electric toolkit” or “MEB” — a technological platform for EVs that includes the battery pack and motor." That, and this not the only planned vehicle based on this platform, so "eGolf" would be a bit restrictive.

alkonaut 7y ago

That would be my interpretation. That the traditional Golfs and Tiguans will continue to be delivered with ICE/Hybrid drivetrains but that any pure EV model of an ICE car would always be a compromised design because of how radically different they can be built. So even if they make the ID look like a golf in the body it’s a radically different car, and if they still make the golf they shouldn’t be selling this under the same name. As the article says, the interior will have much more space for example. Calling it eGolf might be confusing, and might be underselling it.

theluketaylor 7y ago

Volkswagen is positioning this as the 3rd era of the company. They started with the beetle, then the golf has been the backbone of the company for 40 years, and now the ID.3 is going to be their core identity.

zaphirplane 7y ago

Or VW is trying to get some association with Tesla model 3 Wow how very uncreative, I would be too embarrassed by such blatant copying model => Id 3 => 3 New name ID3

capitalisthakr 7y ago
cough BMW i3
- skgoa 7y ago
  And Audi A3, BMW 3 series etc.
  - zaphirplane 7y ago
    The word model has similarity to the word ID I’m not saying the number 3 is owned by tesla