VW ID. Polo Sold Out With 30,000 Orders, 10-Month Wait — SkimNews
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- Volkswagen's ID. Polo received more than 30,000 orders after opening at the end of April, with the base Trend trim starting at €24,995 (~$29,000) and pairing a 37 kWh battery with 334 km of WLTP range.
- The ID. Polo is sold out across all trims, and a large VW dealership group head told Automobilwoche the waitlist has now reached at least 10 months.
- Volkswagen confirmed the report to Automobilwoche, calling the response "very positive," and is ramping up production at its Martorell, Spain plant to meet the higher-than-expected demand.
- Sister models Skoda Epiq and Cupra Raval — built on the same MEB+ platform at the Martorell facility — are facing similar backlogs.
- Volkswagen's ID. Cross SUV, the electric counterpart to the T-Cross, opened orders in July at €27,995 in Germany (~$32,000) and is also seeing strong initial demand.
- Despite the demand surge, Volkswagen's supervisory board last week approved a Future Plan 2030 calling for up to 100,000 global job cuts, a trimmed model lineup, and additional plant closures to cut costs and keep pace with Chinese brands like BYD.
Why it matters: 30,000 pre-launch orders and a 10-month waitlist for a €24,995 EV suggests price — not range or tech — is the real bottleneck for mass-market European EV adoption. But Volkswagen is paying for the fight: its Future Plan 2030 calls for up to 100,000 global job cuts and plant closures specifically to fund competition with cheaper Chinese rivals like BYD.
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