VW ID. Cross Finally Hits Its €27,995 Price — With a Smaller 37-kWh Battery
The small electric SUV can now be ordered with a 37-kWh pack: 201 WLTP miles, 90-kW fast charging, and a price €3,000 above the ID. Polo.
Volkswagen has opened orders for the ID. Cross with a 37-kWh battery, and the entry price lands at €27,995 in Germany. That is the number VW floated when the small electric SUV debuted in July, but until now the cheapest version you could actually order was a 52-kWh Life trim at €36,525 list.
The trade-off is range. VW quotes up to 324 km (201 miles) on the WLTP cycle for the 37-kWh pack, against 427 km (265 miles) for the 52-kWh car. The company is pitching the smaller battery squarely at commuters and city drivers, the same playbook it used in July for the ID. Polo, the hatchback sibling that shares most of its parts with the ID. Cross.
What €27,995 buys
The 37-kWh ID. Cross comes with a choice of two front-mounted motors: 114 hp (85 kW) in the base Trend, or 133 hp (99 kW). Top speed is 99 mph (160 km/h) either way, which VW says keeps the car usable on the autobahn. The 52-kWh version keeps its 208-hp (155 kW) motor.
DC fast charging peaks at 90 kW, with a 10-to-80 percent session taking about 23 minutes. The larger battery charges at up to 105 kW and needs 24 minutes for the same fill, so the smaller pack gives up little at the charger.
All three trim lines, Trend, Life, and Style, can be ordered with the 37-kWh battery. Trend includes front and rear parking sensors and smartphone mirroring; the pricier lines add features from VW's bigger cars, including Connected Travel Assist, a Harman Kardon audio system, a panoramic roof, and 12-way power seats with massage.
Where it sits
Inside VW's own lineup, the ID. Cross now opens exactly €3,000 above the ID. Polo Trend with the same 37-kWh battery, which starts at €24,995 and goes a bit farther on a charge at 334 km (208 miles). The ID. Cross is about 10 cm longer and 5 cm taller, and it is the SUV, which is what most European buyers in this price band are shopping for.
Against outside rivals, the price is aggressive. Kia's EV3, the obvious comparison in the small-electric-SUV class, starts at €36,190 in Germany with a 58.3-kWh battery, according to Kia's German configurator. That car goes considerably farther, but it is more than €8,000 dearer than the base ID. Cross.
None of this applies to U.S. buyers. The ID. Cross is built in Pamplona, Spain, alongside the Škoda Epiq, and VW has not announced any plan to sell it in North America. Stateside, the brand's electric strategy centers on the ID. Tiguan that replaces the ID.4, a larger and pricier car. With VW's U.S. EV sales dragging down its third-quarter numbers, a sub-$30,000 electric SUV is exactly the kind of product the brand lacks there.
VW has not said when deliveries of the 37-kWh ID. Cross begin, and all pricing refers to the German market. The 52-kWh car remains the only version with a published 0-62 mph time, at 7.1 seconds.
Source: Volkswagen Newsroom.
