2027 Volkswagen ID. Polo GTI

Battery

Battery Net energy content, which is the figure Volkswagen quotes.

52 kWh

Battery (usable)

52 kWh

Range

Range WLTP combined, up to. Volkswagen quotes 424 km, for the specification that goes furthest.

263 miles

Efficiency Worked out from the best of the 15.7 to 14.2 kWh/100 km Volkswagen quotes.

4.38 mi/kWh

Charging

Max fast charge power

105 kW

Fastest charge time 10 to 80% on a 105 kW charger, in around 24 minutes.

24 mins

AC charge power

11 kW

Plug & Charge Every Volkswagen Group car on the ID. software has Plug & Charge, and this one is on it, but nothing has confirmed this model on its own: Octopus Electroverse does not name it and the maker has not said so for this car. Recorded as unconfirmed until one of them does.

Yes Unconfirmed

Autocharge Volkswagen Group cars send a different identifier every time they plug in, so no network can tie the session to an account, and it is not something a driver can switch off. Plug & Charge is the group's answer to this instead. Fastned's published list stops at the cars of December 2022 and does not name this one, so treating it as the same software is our call.

No

Performance

Drive

FWD

Top speed Electronically limited. Volkswagen quotes 190 km/h, and says it set the figure on customer feedback.

118 mph

Acceleration Volkswagen quotes 0 to 100 km/h, which is 62 mph.

6.8 secs

Motor

166 kW

Horsepower Metric horsepower, as Volkswagen quotes it: 226 PS is 223 bhp.

226 hp

Torque

290 Nm

Sound generator A sound developed for the car plays when the GTI driving profile is selected from the steering wheel, and the cockpit changes to its own colours and graphics.

Yes

Details

Seating

5 seats

Dimensions

Boot volume More than the ID.3 or a Golf, which is the point of the front wheel drive layout.

441 litres

Boot volume (max) With the rear seatbacks folded. 441 litres with them up, against 351 in the petrol Polo GTI.

1,240 litres

Tech

App

Yes

Android Auto

Yes

Apple CarPlay

Yes

What you get

Interior

• Top sports seats in a check pattern Standard
• Sports steering wheel with a red 12 o'clock marking Standard
• Red contrasting stitching Standard
• 12-way electric front seats with pneumatic massage Optional

Exterior

• IQ.LIGHT LED matrix headlights Standard
• Illuminated Volkswagen logos, front and rear Standard
• Red stripe across the front and the GTI honeycomb pattern Standard
• Split roof edge spoiler Standard
• Panoramic glass sunroof Optional

Screens and audio

• 10.25 inch Digital Cockpit Standard
• 12.9 inch infotainment display Standard
• Navigation with the e-route planner Standard
• Retro display, in the style of a late Golf I's instruments Standard
• 425 watt Harman Kardon sound system Optional

Driver assistance

• Connected Travel Assist, which brakes for a red traffic light Optional

Chassis and drive

• DCC adaptive sports suspension Standard
• Progressive steering Standard
• Electronically controlled front axle differential lock Standard
• GTI driving profile, from a button on the steering wheel Standard
• 19 inch alloy wheels Standard
• 19 inch premium sports tyres Optional

Charging and towing

• Detachable tow bar, 75 kg nose weight Optional