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Press releases

  • 09/03/23

    Sporty, electric, emotive: Volkswagen presents the ID. GTI Concept show car

    The Volkswagen brand is giving its electric offensive an additional boost: by 2027, Europe’s largest automotive manufacturer will launch eleven new all-electric models and thus offer the widest electric vehicle range of all manufacturers – from a compact car priced as less than 25,000 euros through to a family saloon. In the future, there will also be sporty and emotive GTI versions of selected models from the all-electric ID. family. The ID. GTI Concept show car presented for the first time at the IAA Mobility in Munich provides a concrete insight into how Volkswagen will transport the iconic GTI label into the electric future. At the international motor show, the new orientation of the brand will be visible in all areas for the first time. Alongside electric vehicles such as the ID. GTI Concept, ID.4, ID.5 and new ID.7, Volkswagen will also continue to offer efficient combustion engine vehicles such as the new generations of the Passat and the Tiguan In the Open Space on the Odeonsplatz, Volkswagen will also show itself as an approachable brand that is looking to engage in discussions with visitors.
  • Volkswagen ID.7
    06/14/23

    The ID.7: sophisticated aerodynamics for long range and high efficiency

    The ID.7 is the first electric model from Volkswagen for the upper mid-sized class. With a range of up to 700 kilometres (WLTP), the Volkswagen limousine is an efficiency champion. In addition to a new drive generation, sophisticated aerodynamics contribute to the ID.7’s long ranges. The aerodynamically favourable basic form, low drag coefficient (Cd value) of 0.23 and frontal area of 2.46 m² are the result of close cooperation between the Design and Development departments.
  • 01/24/23

    Andreas Mindt appointed as Head of Volkswagen Design

    Change at the top of Volkswagen Design: Andreas Mindt, currently Director of Bentley Design, will head up the Design function of the Volkswagen brand starting February 1, 2023. He succeeds Jozef Kabaň, who has been appointed as Creative Art Director Volkswagen and will report directly to the member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen brand responsible for Technical Development. As part of his new role with the Volkswagen Group Future Center Europe in Potsdam, Jozef Kabaň will develop forward-looking mobility solutions for the Volkswagen brand.

Basic Infos

Volkswagen Golf GTI
05/15/20

The new Golf GTI

Virtual presentation
Volkswagen ID. ROOMZZ Showcar
04/14/19

ID. ROOMZZ – world première

Auto Shanghai 2019

Stories

  • Story: Hello ID. Light! – How the new ID. models communicate with the vehicle occupants via a light strip
    04/08/21

    Hello ID. Light! – How the new ID. models communicate with the vehicle occupants via a light strip

    Digital assistants are increasingly taking over our everyday lives. They are the little helpers that play us our favourite songs on demand, tell us the weather or control the heating and lights in our homes. They often show whether they are receiving or communicating directly with us by means of a coloured light ring. This feature has also arrived in the latest generation of electric vehicles, the ID. family, in a very similar form – as ID. Light. This is a narrow light strip under the windscreen designed to intuitively assist the vehicle occupants. The ID. Light uses different light pulses to signal whether the car is ready to drive, which direction – according to the navigation system – it should turn next or whether the battery is currently being charged.
  • Story: “We share a love of cars.”
    12/28/20

    “We share a love of cars.”

    At Volkswagen, designing a new model always involves a large team. That was no different in the case of the new Golf: designers from a diverse range of disciplines helped to shape the car and contributed to the design of the Golf with their own individual skills, experience and passions. We spent a day with two such designers, discovering what moves them, what inspires them, and what drives them. “People shaping the Golf”, part 3 – Astrid Göring and Tomasz Bachorski on their favourite places in Wolfsburg and Braunschweig.
  • Story: Fascination in just three letters
    12/22/20

    Fascination in just three letters

    With the Volkswagen Golf GTI, Volkswagen launched a sports car for everyone in 1976, hitting the pulse of the time. We look back and show how the sports car from Wolfsburg has developed from generation to generation.

BECOMING ID.

Video series

Becoming ID. - Chapter 2 - Konzeptentwicklung

Becoming ID. - Chapter 3 - Plattformmodell

Becoming ID. - Chapter 5 - Plastilinmodell

Becoming ID. - Chapter 6 - Digitales Datenkontrollmodell

Becoming ID. - Chapter 7 - Datenkontrollmodell

Becoming ID. - Chapter 8 - Hochvoltbatteriegehäuse

Becoming ID. - Chapter 9 - Fahrzeugsicherheit

Becoming ID. - Chapter 11 - Design Interieur

Becoming ID. - Chapter 12 - Farben, Materialien und Geometrien

Becoming ID. - Chapter 14 - Lichtinszenierung

Becoming ID. - Chapter 15 - Prototypenentwicklung

Becoming ID. - Chapter 16 - Prototypenfahrt

Becoming ID. - Chapter 18 - Werk Zwickau

Becoming ID. - Chapter 19 - Pre-Booking Event