Volkswagen's electric SUVs could be called ID X in the future, as the firm looks to ensure its model line-up is easily understood in markets around the world. For example, the upcoming compact SUV version of the Volkswagen ID 3 would be called ID 3 X, Autocar reports.
VW boss Thomas Schafer said the maker was assessing a number of avenues but on using X for SUV models, he commented: "It's one option and not an unlikely option that the SUV part is an X but it's not 100%. It has to be consistent across the range and because our range is still quite big and overlapping here and there, we need to sort it out. But it looks as if it would make sense with the numbering and X."
Schafer said the firm was trying to determine how to use well-established names such as Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Polo in the future for electric models.
"We are really working out now for the next ten years how we see the names developing. This is happening right now, this process of what we do with the name - Golf, Polo or whatever - what do we do to transform key names differently."
Volkswagen offers three electric ID SUVs: the Volkswagen ID 4, Volkswagen ID 5, and Volkswagen ID 6. The ID 4 and 5 are available in Europe, while the ID 6 is only sold in China. If it gets the go-ahead, the arrival of an ID 3 compact SUV to sit alongside the hatchback in 2025 could be the first example of this new nomenclature.
