Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award; Becomes First VW EV To Win Prestigious WCOTY

The Volkswagen ID.4 has been awarded the World Car of the Year 2021. The World Car Awards has awarded the Volkswagen ID.4 with the World Car of the Year 2021 title. The Volkswagen ID.4 is an electric crossover launched in 2020, and is sold in the European, North American, and Chinese markets.

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

The World Car of the Year is the most prestigious award that can be conferred to a car. A jury made up of 93 reputed and distinguished automotive journalists vote for the car they think to me most-deserving of the title. This year, the votes were tabulated by KPMG before the Volkswagen ID.4 was announced the winner.

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

The initial list of contenders for the top award consisted of 24 vehicles from across the world. After much testing and deliberation, the top three finalists were chosen. The top-three finalists for the 2021 World Car of the Year award were the Honda e, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen ID.4.

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

On 20 April, 2021, the Volkswagen ID.4 was pronounced the winner of the World Car of the Year award. The ID.4 is the fifth Volkswagen car to be pronounced the World Car of the Year. In 2009, the Volkswagen Golf Mk VI took the title. In 2010, it was the Volkswagen Polo. In 2012, the Volkswagen UP! took the title, and in 2013, it was the current-gen Volkswagen Golf that won the prestigious title.

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

The Volkswagen ID.4 is the second all-electric car to take the award, as the 2019 WCOTY award went to the Jaguar I-Pace. However, it is the first electric car from Volkswagen to get the WCOTY title.

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

The Volkswagen ID.4 is a crossover SUV positioned by Volkswagen as a mass-market electric vehicle. Advertisement campaigns for the Volkswagen ID.4 had the catchphrase - "A car for the millions, not the millionaires."

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

The Volkswagen ID.4 is based on the I.D. Crozz and I.D. Crozz II concept cars that debuted at the 2017 Shanghai Auto Show and Frankfurt Auto Show respectively. The production version of the crossover was revealed in September 2020 as the ID.4.

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

In the European market, the Volkswagen ID.4 is available with three electric motor options. The least-powerful variant comes with an output of 145.9bhp, while the mid-range variant gets 167.6bhp and the top-spec variant comes with 201.2bhp. The top-spec version comes with a range of 520 kilometres, thanks to its bigger 77kWh battery pack.

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

In the North American market, the ID.4 is currently available in just the 201.2bhp variant. VW plans to launch a more powerful, 302bhp variant with AWD later this year. In China, Volkswagen sells the ID.4 in a 167.6bhp variant and a 201bhp variant. The German auto giant has a few other variants of the ID.4 in development and are expected to be launched soon.

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

The Volkswagen ID.4 comes with features like regenerative braking, LED lighting all around, a 10-inch display for infotainment, augmented heads-up display, etc.

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of Volkswagen Cars was quoted as saying, "We are particularly pleased about our ID.4 being named "World Car of the Year". Not only because it is one of the most important car awards in the world, but because the jury also honored a great idea and a great team. The first ID. Model for the key markets of Europe, China and the U.S. carries our electric offensive around the world. A convincing car, a great idea, and the "World Car of the Year" award? That goes well together for us!"

Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car Of The Year 2021 Award: First Electric Car From VW To Win WCOTY

Thoughts On Volkswagen ID.4 Being Named World Car of the Year 2021

The Volkswagen ID.4 is a revolutionary car in many ways. It offers great performance, brilliant range and is not very expensive when compared to other similar EVs. It has been selling well so far. Now that it has been named the 2021 World Car of the Year, we expect sales to increase. Volkswagen won't launch the ID.4 in the Indian market anytime soon. We might have to wait for the Indian EV market to mature before we start seeing such cars in India.

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Article Published On: Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 12:21 [IST]
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