The new cockpit can transform into a retro display akin to the Golf I of the 1980s
Volkswagen has provided a look inside its new ID. Polo, revealing the interior of its future models. The new holistic design approach, shaped by customer feedback, will influence the cockpits of upcoming ID. models
Features include new clarity and quality, and new intuitive controls that adopt and further develop familiar VW operating patterns. A new software generation is also bringing new functions to the ID. Polo.
Kai Grünitz, Volkswagen Brand board member for Technical Development, said, “Our new interior architecture, starting with the all-new ID. Polo elevates the customer experience to a new level: with clean lines, high-quality materials, and an intuitive operating environment with physical buttons and newly structured screens. In addition, from the ID. Polo onwards, our next software generation will deliver noticeably more comfort and functions for our customers. This includes, for example, the third generation of Travel Assist, which will soon recognise red traffic lights and stop signs, as well as comfortable one-pedal-driving.”
Volkswagen’s new cockpit landscape focuses on even more intuitive operation. Key elements include:
- Displays with clear information and tidy menu structures
- More buttons for direct functions
- A multi-function steering wheel with clear button controls
- Adoption of familiar VW operating patterns
Andrea Mindt, Volkswagen chief designer, said, “The all-new ID. Polo is an affordable friend for everyday life. Just as the Polo always was, but now electric. We have created an interior that feels like a friend from the very first contact. Clear physical buttons provide stability and trust, warm materials make it appealing, and charming details such as the new retro views of the instruments show the typical Volkswagen wink. All this makes the ID. Polo a compact car with a big heart, ‘Pure Positive’ in its purest form.”
The cockpit includes two large displays, arranged along a single line of sight. These include the digital cockpit behind the steering wheel, with a screen diagonal of 26cm, and the 33cm touchscreen of the infotainment system. Separate buttons for climate functions and the hazard warning lights are integrated below the infotainment screen. The multi-function steering wheel is also new and features clearly structured button fields.
A rotary controller for audio is positioned between the smartphone tray and the cup holder, making it accessible to the driver and passenger, enabling volume adjustment and track and station selection. The ID. Light has been further developed with the light strip now extending across the width of the instrument panel at the base of the windscreen and into the front doors.
The ID. Polo’s retro display can be activated with a button on the steering wheel or via the infotainment system, transforming the digital cockpit displays into classic views from the Golf I of the 1980s.
