Volkswagen ID with neo-retro stripes, launched last year. Life seems to have been shelved by the design team due to concerns.
ID, which Volkswagen introduced as a concept in 2021. The Life project managed to attract attention with its neo-retro design character, which we also saw in the Honda E. An important development has recently been brought to the agenda for the model, which we saw that it will not remain in the concept due to the sharing of the information that it will be put into mass production in 2025 by the official sources of the brand. based in Germany Automobilwoche In the details shared by the company, it is noteworthy that Life was canceled on the grounds that it was not suitable for entry-level qualifications and a different project was started with a new design approach.
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It was shared that Volkswagen ID Life will be located under ID.3.
It has been known from the very first moment that Volkswagen, whose current ID product range started with “ID.3”, wanted to carry the Life concept into mass production as ID.2. Despite being positioned in the B segment in parallel with the Polo, we see that the model, which is intended to offer an interior living space to the C segment thanks to the advantages brought by the electrical infrastructure, has been canceled with the decision of the design team. It is noteworthy that the experienced head of the department, Jozef Kaban and his team, were not satisfied with the design dynamics of Life at the last point and started to work on a new vehicle with a completely different approach.
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In the new project, where a more modern philosophy will be adopted instead of retro design lines, it seems that multimedia and connectivity features will also be at the forefront with the focus of appealing to the young user group. It is also known that the starting price of the vehicle, where no change is on the agenda on the part of its transition to mass production under the name ID.2, is wanted to be kept around 20,000 euros. At the same time, a second version of ID.2, which will be the most accessible name of the ID product range, is planned in 2026 with the “X” version, with crossover qualities. ID built on the MEB platform. Remarkable numerical data such as 234 PS power and 400 kilometers range were shared for Life.