Volkswagen ID Polo prototype review

Cupra may have led development of this electric supermini, but Volkswagen insists that it’s a proper Polo

The new Volkswagen ID Polo drives like a Volkswagen. If you haven’t been paying attention to all things Wolfsburg in recent years, that might seem a curious statement to make. It looks like a Volkswagen and it carries a well-known Volkswagen name, so was there any doubt that it would drive like one?Well, yes. The first wave of Volkswagen’s bespoke electric ID models, while they had many merits, didn’t necessarily look or feel much like you would expect a Volkswagen to. So this car, the brand’s vital entry into the circa-£22,000 affordable EV market, is essentially the start of a hard reset of the look and identity of the brand’s ID EV line-up. Except the development of the ID Polo’s underpinnings have – whisper it – been led by sister brand Cupra.