Volkswagen just revealed the ID Cross.
It is an electric take on the T-Cross. Built to fight Renault 4 and the Ford Puma Gen-E. This segment? Brutal. Everyone is fighting for space here.
Siblings include the ID.3 (Polo), Cupra Raval, and Škoda Epiq. Four EVs on the MEB+ platform. Think of it as a stripped-back version of the larger architecture used in the ID.3 and ID.4.
Size wise? Slightly bigger than the old combustion T-Cross. But the interior feels significantly roomier. Thanks to packaging electrical systems differently. 475 liters of boot space. Twenty liters more than the gas version. There is even a 22-liter frunk for your charging cable.
Design director Andreas Mindt wants the inside to feel like a friend.
Not a machine. A friend. Fabric covers the center console. Dashboard too. Door cards. Combine that with ambient lighting. You get a lounge vibe. Relaxed.
And here is the kicker. Real buttons.
Physical buttons on the steering wheel. And the dashboard. No haptic feedback screens pretending to be dials. You press a button. You get a tactile response. Like it is supposed to be.
Why did they add them back? Mindt admitted earlier that dropping them was a “mistake.” He believes buttons offer stability. The ID Cross proves he means it. He plans to bring buttons back to all future VWs.
There is even a rotary knob for volume or track changes. Situated so the passenger can reach it easily. Democracy in the cockpit.
Performance options vary. Three front motors available. Outputs sit at 114bhp. 133bhp. And a punchy 208bhp variant.
Two batteries on the table. A smaller 37kWh LFP pack gets you 196 miles. The bigger 52kWh NMC pack pushes that to 271 miles.
Charging is decent. Small pack tops out at 90kW. Big one hits 105kW. Either way. Ten to eighty percent charge takes under half an hour.
That matches the related Epiq. And currently beats the Renault 4. Although. Renault is promising an update soon. More power. More range. New motor coming.
Will it happen before you buy? Hard to say.
