Yahoo Autos Electric VW Golf due in 2028 might mean the death of the ID.3
A few Volkswagen model nameplates must be warily eyeing one another across the showroom floor. On one side, the growing battery-electric newness that starts with ID, like the ID.3, ID.4, ID.7, and ID.Buzz. On the other side, historic nameplates like Passat (since 1983), Golf (since 1974), Polo (since 1975), and much newer but highly favored names like Touareg (2002), Tiguan (2007), and Up (2011). As the lineup goes majority EV in the U.S. and perhaps entirely EV in other markets, the VW marketing department will need to grab a Bowie knife and decide which ICE-powered names get to make the conversion and which names head to the underworld.
TopGear heard from VW's head of technical development, Kai Grunitz, the Golf name is safe. "It's the heart of our brand," he said. "We won't kill the Golf." The ID.3, on the other hand, might be asked to swing by the boss' office at the end of the day. Grunitz wouldn't say anything else definitive about what's ahead, but suggested the impending collision with, "There is not enough space to have two or three different models fitting to the same customer."
